Timeline for Tank-Fighting Alien
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| Jan 16, 2017 at 1:37 | history | edited | kingledion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 7, 2016 at 21:44 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek | on oldschool tanks, yeah. Modern tanks probably have better protection and are much bigger | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 15:27 | comment | added | Peteris | "Blocking out the air intakes? I've never heard of anyone ever doing it." IIRC air intakes was the proper target when attacking heavier tanks with molotov cocktails in WW2 urban fights. | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 15:39 | comment | added | Michael Schumacher | My mental image of this is a camouflaged living blanket, which attacks/hunts prey by dropping on, engulfing and smothering/crushing it, then feeding on its remains. Midworld has something like this. It might have to prey upon large insects with a thick shell to make it not shy away from a tank's hard surface immediately, and any kind of reactive armor might blow it to shreds - but assuming the tank crew does not feel as if they under attack, trying to open a hatch to check why the heck their tank just stopped might lead to one heck of a messy surprise. | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 11:27 | comment | added | Daerdemandt | @JDługosz yeah, feel free to. There's already, like, 10 answers or so though - little to no point in properly sourcing a post that nobody will read anyway. Things that may be relevant: 1 2. Also, creature could inject digestive liquids with undigested remains from previous meals - don't waste the chemical and let prey suffocate faster (will help with clogging pipes too). | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 8:03 | comment | added | Daerdemandt | Yes, sort of. It only needs to be big enough to store enough glue for exhaust port. With opportunistic hunting strategy it's pretty doable and that creature doesn't need to be anti-tank sbioengineered extravaganza - it could, theoretically, evolve on its own in the wild. | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 7:59 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek | so... a tank-hugger? | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 7:58 | comment | added | Daerdemandt | Imagine that you lay dormant and camouflaged. When prey comes close, you're all over prey's face, inject digestive liquids into prey's breathing orifices (everybody has those) and glue them shut. Wait a day or two and dinner is ready. One day, epic creature appears - bigger than anything you've ever seen but once it passes your hiding spot you notice something on its rear. It breathes too. | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 7:49 | history | answered | Journeyman Geek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |