Timeline for Can the fleshmoles breathe?
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| Mar 23, 2016 at 4:03 | comment | added | The Nate | Okay, my comment above is mostly redundant with this... | |
| Mar 22, 2016 at 12:48 | comment | added | Separatrix | @JoeBloggs, should also say, burrowing animals are very sensitive to vibration. It would be no problem for them to avoid the footfalls of surface animals to avoid predators/being crushed by falling deer along with the high dose of toxins that a surface animal would release, then move in once the air had cleared after the fall. That way there's almost no risk of being crushed in the tunnels. | |
| Mar 21, 2016 at 14:48 | comment | added | Separatrix | @JoeBloggs, that'll depend on the consistency of the soil the bonegrass likes to grow in, density of roots, whether the roots like to spread into a mat or go deep down. I'd assume growing wide and shallow as a mat as you're absorbing surface nutrients rather than deep, so you could have a very tough surface layer allowing shallow tunnels. The roots themselves could reabsorb toxin that filters down through them. | |
| Mar 21, 2016 at 14:43 | comment | added | Joe Bloggs | Any idea how close the tunnels would have to run near the surface for air to effectively reach the fleshmoles? It'd suck if they had to be near enough to the surface that a collapsing Gomorrah deer could crush them... | |
| Mar 21, 2016 at 14:35 | comment | added | Henry Taylor | +1 for making the ground a filter, but make it an element in the soil, possibly something excreted by the flesh moles. That way, if science every evolves among the inhabitants of this planet, they will have a clue as to how to nullify the airborne poison. | |
| Mar 21, 2016 at 14:23 | comment | added | Aarthew III | Nice, the ground could be like a filter. | |
| Mar 21, 2016 at 14:18 | history | answered | Separatrix | CC BY-SA 3.0 |