Timeline for What environment would support an electric alien species?
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| Jan 11, 2016 at 13:55 | history | edited | Xandar The Zenon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 11, 2016 at 13:54 | comment | added | Xandar The Zenon | Okay, it can be bigger, but I was told here - worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/32622/… that planets could be quite small. Their atmosphere might have fewer gases in it, too. But I'll probably delete that comment, because it's irrelevant. | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 11:58 | comment | added | Confused Merlin | wait a minute, 20-35% earth surface area? That would be... pretty small. Such a world would't be able to hold any atmosphere, I'm afraid of. As always, this is a matter of calculating, which I'm horrible bad at. But please do take this into account! | |
| S Jan 11, 2016 at 3:44 | history | suggested | AEonAX | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 11, 2016 at 3:36 | comment | added | Theraot | The predator may take hint from sharks, as they have electroreceptors and some species eat octupus. | |
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| Jan 11, 2016 at 2:58 | comment | added | Xandar The Zenon | Good idea, they could use a kind of morse code with differing strengths of electrical signals.mtheir bioluminescence could aid in this, too. | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 2:46 | answer | added | Henry Taylor | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 2:28 | comment | added | Ville Niemi | Such fingers could be used for catching small prey from mud or muddy water. You might be able to also communicate by touch or water (if say toes have similar adaptation and you stand in water). | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 0:58 | comment | added | type_outcast | Understood. Like I said, mine was a minor suggestion to your good question. If you're satisfied with your usage of "humanoid", that's absolutely fine! The extra description you gave is helpful, as well. | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 0:42 | comment | added | Xandar The Zenon | @type_outcast They are bipedal, and have two human like arms. Now add the tentacles attached to their sides below their arms. The alien is humanoid in that it is bipedal and has two main arms and a head. The main two arms are for manipulating hints like humans, and the tentacle thingies are for electrical purposes and possibly a few other things, but they're not that strong. | |
| Jan 10, 2016 at 23:55 | comment | added | type_outcast | Good question! I have one minor suggestion: you might want to re-think using "humanoid". "Humanoid" doesn't have an undisputed definition, but most definitions I've read would exclude species with 2-4 electric tentacles, flat disc palms, etc. It's up to you of course, I'm just afraid that "humanoid" might put the wrong image in people's minds. (Or maybe it's the right image, and I've just interpreted your text wrong!) | |
| Jan 10, 2016 at 23:18 | history | edited | Xandar The Zenon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 10, 2016 at 23:05 | history | asked | Xandar The Zenon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |