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How would a balloon-like plant function?

I've been thinking about a floating and photosynthesizing plant, which would either float due to trapped light gasses, or something else that has a very low density. I'm thinking of a plant roughly in ...
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Feasibility of a species based on Yog Sothoth (HP Lovecraft lore)

in the Cthulhu mythos, yog sothoth is depicted as a mass of splitting and fusing orbs, it is the past, present, and future and seemingly knows everything. but for the sake of trying to make it ...
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Feasibility of the coral highlands

In the game Monster Hunter World, there is a place called the coral highlands. The coral highlands is one of the most spectacular things to look at in the game, having a resemblance to a ocean without ...
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What ways could flight evolve besides the wings of bats, birds, and bugs? [closed]

I'm trying to come up with alternate versions of flight for a new animal species. Wikipedia has this to say: "Powered flight has evolved only four times (first in insects, then in pterosaurs, birds ...
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Anatomically correct Zerg Overlord

Zerg Overlords are flying alien creatures that aid their broods by managing lesser members of the swarm, transporting units within their carapaces, and alerting a hive about any danger they perceive ...
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If I made a plant that could float between clouds, what would it look like?

If I had complete control over the plant's appearance, what would be the best shape for it? I need the plant to be able to float between the clouds. It doesn't have to spend its whole life cycle ...
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Biological Flight With Lighter-Than-Air Gasses [duplicate]

I have a character in the expanse of my various fictitious worlds, who is a genetically modified version of a peculiar creature. This creature visually resembles something somewhere in between a squid,...
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Feasibility of a Synthetic Buoyancy Bladder, Used in the Air

Many fish have specialized organs called buoyancy bladders which allow them to control their buoyancy - effectively rising or sinking in the water. What if humans adapted this to use in the air? I'm ...
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Plants that rise above the clouds, possible?

Due to a thick cloud layer(at approx the same heigh as Earth's) surrounding this planet, it's plants have evolved to stay above the clouds so that they can absorb sunlight from their nearby star. Is ...
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Evolution of giant floating mammals

Whales are majestic creatures of the sea, as they glide more gracefully through the water than their size should seemingly allow. What kind of evolutionary path would it take for whales to glide ...
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What pressures could drive evolution of a floating creature?

What environmental pressures could drive evolution of a creature that has the ability to float in the air? How it floats isn't important.
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Could Mobile cities exist?

The concept of flying cities was discussed here and that got me thinking. In a world where every animal has to migrate to live (in the case a 9 year day), would it be realistic to build and create ...
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Plants or animals lighter than air [duplicate]

Would it be possible for plants or animals to evolutionarily develop a trait to accumulate molecular hydrogen in their body cavities (produced for instance by electrolysis of water) so as to become ...
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How could a large spherical plant heat air inside to fly?

In another question, Are flying plants possible?, a point was raised that because of the square-cube law, a large, hollow, spherical plant could fly by having the air inside be a little bit hotter ...
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Big Green Men... from Earth

There are a couple of stories where humans gain chloroplasts. Here's a clip from one story: They are also infused with bacteriorhodopsin, allowing photosynthesis. It is now possible for a human ...
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