Timeline for Could a unicorn species have the horn as its male genital?
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| Dec 30, 2019 at 7:40 | comment | added | IndigoFenix | In general, the more advanced or complex an organism is, the harder it is to make significant anatomical changes. The vertebrate brain is extremely complex so it's very unlikely for an existing mammal like a horse to develop a ring-shaped brain. But a simpler animal could evolve a different body plan and then through convergent evolution wind up looking roughly horse-like after millions of years. | |
| Dec 29, 2019 at 15:07 | comment | added | Li Jun | oh thanks for the information, and to be honest the squid brain is actually what inspired me to put the glands there, but iam curious does that mean it possible for horse or other creature to have ring brain or other weird shape brain ? | |
| Dec 29, 2019 at 10:53 | comment | added | IndigoFenix | Structurally it's fine - glands can be pretty much anywhere as long as they have a blood supply, and the brain can be any shape you need to make room for them (squids have a ring-shaped brain and their esophagus passes through it). | |
| Dec 29, 2019 at 9:07 | comment | added | Li Jun | so outside of the evolutionary/natural selection thing, are theres no complication against all my proposed genital organs or anatomy ? | |
| Dec 29, 2019 at 8:32 | history | answered | IndigoFenix | CC BY-SA 4.0 |