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For questions regarding the viability of a life-form design. These questions should focus on biologically plausible creatures.

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What sea-dweller did my hexaped Beast-of-Burdern evolve from?

You're positing a split a very long way back. Things like the quadrupedal form and the pentadactyl limb developed so far back you'd almost have to posit another Class entirely to make it reasonable. …
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How to make a viable flying mount?

Your planet needs to be either small or not very dense, with a fairly thick atmosphere. Per relevant XKCD a human with manageable-sized wings could fly on Titan, which is about 2.3% Earth's mass and 7 …
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How does the Booze-Rat fuel its defensive mechanism?

Others have brought up the problem of strong alcohol needing more than just yeast. I'd like to propose a solution to this: forward osmosis through a semipermeable membrane into brine. The latter is re …
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