Questions tagged [xenobiology]
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Biped species with trunk evolved to use for locomotion
So currently in my speculative evolution scenario, I have a creature with an elongated trunk that it uses for rock climbing. This species transitions to a savannah like lifestyle and I was wondering ...
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Would it be biologically possible to have a species that use a photochromic material instead of an iris to control light intensity?
So in real life there is glasses that use photochromic lens to adapt to the light intensity
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Can a Pterosaur-style wing membrane attach directly to the exoskeleton?
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In my world of arthropod-like creatures (in that most of the creatures have an exoskeleton rather than an endoskeleton), I wished for a group of my aliens to convergely evolve ...
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Can a Biosphere Exist With Sulfur as an Oxidant?
I've been looking a lot at hydrothermal vents recently, because I was making a moon with a subsurface ocean that has life in it, and I found out that Sulfur can be used as an oxidant. My question is: ...
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