Timeline for How plausible are underwater trees?
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| Jan 13, 2021 at 22:30 | comment | added | FrankRebin | Thank you for your insights, you've given me lots to think about! | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 22:18 | comment | added | The Square-Cube Law | @FrankRebin The exact prototaxites we had on Earth were surely land-based lifeforms, but there is nothing keeping an alien lifeform on an alien planet from evolving a different way. They might need to be in a place where there aren't strong currents, though - water is 800 more viscous and 1,000 denser than air, and they would break under a strong current. | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 22:15 | vote | accept | FrankRebin | ||
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| Jan 13, 2021 at 22:15 | comment | added | FrankRebin | Ah, prototaxites seem perfect. Does any reason come to mind why they absolutely could not evolve underwater? | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 21:48 | history | answered | The Square-Cube Law | CC BY-SA 4.0 |