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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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Does size limit intelligence?
Not Really
There are a couple of creatures that are small and rather clever. I remember stories about octopuses for example escaping from their tanks, and one the says the octopus snuck into another …
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Could lips and tongues be used as appendages by a sentient species?
I don’t really see any reason why not. The elephant's trunk is proof that non standard dexterous appendages can develop. And it would make sense that they would be extensions of the face, since the f …
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Is there any way that a creature could "telepathically" communicate with other members of it...
I think the closest thing we might get to old fashioned telepathy is something like the tseheylu from avatar.
No words, no language, just the instantaneous transfer of data from one nervous system to …
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Size cap for alien sky-whales on a high gravity dense atmosphere planet
I was recently inspired by a Netflix series into an idea for an alien biosphere, and I wanted some help with the finer details.
See the planet I have in mind has about twice the gravity and 6 times th …
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How do cold-blooded aliens keep warm in the snow?
Note: this question uses third party worlds and species to illustrate
the point, but it is not in any way about them, therefore this question
is not off-topic. I checked.
I have just finished watch …
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What do you call fishing on a planet where there are no fish? [closed]
When Plato gave Socrates the definition of man as “featherless bipeds,” Diogenes found and plucked a chicken and brought the poor creature into Plato's Academy, placed it on the ground and announced, …
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