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The Serval is a fairly muscular, dog sized African wild cat. While doing research on them for other worldbuilding purposes, I began to think that these animals could make great hunting pets, if they …

I have a world with days lasting 9 years. The inhabitants of this world have taken to migrating across the globe to avoid the deadly night, keeping themselves in a sweet spot. One of the biological qu …

I love the game Inside. Like its predecessor, Limbo, it is a game where you cannot fight; only running and hiding are allowed. The game ends however, with you coming across a large ball of meat strewn …

One of the strangest and most effective weapons in the wonderful world of arthropods in the proboscis of the famed assassin bug, with even the head of the insect working as part of the weapon. The …

Anyone who knows what the IPA is will know about manner of articulation and places places of articulation. Places of articulation are places like the glottis or lips, while manners are how how obstruc …

A common trope in zombie mediums in to base the virus off of rabies. While this choice does have some obvious reasoning to it, it has been long over done. Relatively recently, The Last of Us came out …

Having eyes and having mouths Assuming earth biology and natural occurrences, how could a slime exist? How could it move in such a way, how could it eat or even see? …

1. Anatomy If we try and think of slimes as animals in nature, they must be composed of cells, or at the very least one cell. In fact, slimes do show an uncanny similarity to single-celled organisms, …

The Mokèlé-mbèmbé (meaning "one who stops the flow of rivers") is a legendary water-dwelling creature of Congo River basin folklore, loosely analogous to the Loch Ness Monster in Western culture. It …

The creature is described as rather large, with size estimate ranging from as small as a hippo to the size of an elephant. The largest reptiles, the saltwater Crocodile has the required length, but it …

I recently discovered (via a friend) that relative to size, kiwi's produce the world largest egg. I also found out that when the egg does hatch, the chick is practically an adult in its own sense. Thi …

Space nets are a theoretical space organism designed by Tim B, to quote him: Imagine a life-form shaped like a giant net. It gathers space dust into itself to grow, using light from stars both t …

Slenderman is unarguably the most iconic creation of the early internet. It has led to games, stories and even books. But is his design evolutionarily possible? What evolutionary pressures would lead …

Having a different anatomy would definitely change things up a bit. They may not have the same consonants as we do, but they may be able to produce some. With a snout, it's possible to have several pa …

A common problem I have with modern science fiction and fantasy (Halo, Mass Effect, Narnia etc) is that the aliens and animals are somehow able to speak in perfect human speech. How does an alien or a …