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Can facial Nerve damage cause all facial functions to shut down (temporarily)?
So I'm writing a character that cut his face very deep making a big x mark on his face at some point in the past to scare off a couple of thugs.
He survived the ordeal, but now it so happens that ...
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Can a person use plants instead of blood, and what would the consequences of this be? [duplicate]
I have been brainstorming an idea for a kind of human-plant symbiosis, in which a plant has either evolved or been modified to photosynthesize with heat instead of light. This plant may have evolved ...
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How realistic is a genetic memory?
Many pieces of popculture (like assassins creed or the aboleths in dungeons and dragons) use the concept of a genetic memory. How realistic is this concept?
In particular, I am interested in ...
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Is it plausible for a world without fossil fuels to have developed naturally?
So the idea of worlds like this has been brought up a few times, about how human technology would have developed without fossil fuels, but the question I have is whether it is plausible for a world ...
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Is it possible to create a new hybrid species of the homo genus that can produce offspring?
I have read about hybrid speciation: "speciation where hybridization between two different species leads to a new species, reproductively isolated from the parent species". I wanted to know ...
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How could an animal evolve with carbon nanotubes?
Is it biologically feasible for an animal to evolve in a way that allows the body to produce carbon nanotubes? How could this happen? What advantages would it give?
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What if our body could postpone exertion?
Generally, whenever you do physical activities, your body pays with physical energy, and your body experiences exertion. So, if say I ran 100 metres, I would lose some energy and my muscles and organs ...
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Giant superpredatory pike?
In my world, there is a species of pike, like a muskellunge, but it grows to massive proportions. They are 9 to 18 ft and weight 235-1,900 lb, with a maximum size of 26 ft and 3 tons. They live in ...
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Anatomically Correct Egyptian God/dess
Ancient Egypt is famous for its plethora of gods and goddesses, many of whom have the head of an animal.
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I'm looking for a real-life inspiration for the physical shape of these gods ...
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Could my chameleon dragon exist?
chameleon dragon are closely related to Parson's chameleon and some basic characteristics of them include:
being ambush predators
use active camouflage (similar to cuttlefish and some octopuses)
are ...
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Could my leviathans exist?
Leviathans are closely related to hydrophis spiralis. Some characteristics of these leviathans include:
continuing to grow until they die and are able to grow almost as large as a blue whale
are warm ...
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anatomy or musculature to achieve full rotate jaw?
you know a jaw or mouth where the jaw full of teeth fully rotate like a drill or gear to shred their food or prey, usually show often in worm type of monster (my question is not necessary to be worm ...
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biologically or anatomically is there a problem with this type of double mouth or jaws?
i am not talking about xenomorph or moray eel type of jaws or multiple mouth or lower jaw inside the mouth.
but this type of mouth/jaws or i called it double chin jaws where the chin also work as ...
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Proportions of a giant humanoid?
In a humanoid mammal, say 15-20 feet tall, how would the brain, heart, reproductive organs, facial feature and other attributes scale up? In very large mammals, the brain seems to be comparatively ...
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Does this magic system seem sufficiently hard-rational?
The world I'm making is primarily sci-fi with a few elements of hard fantasy (the fantasy is mostly aesthetic). The magic system I've come up with so far consists of these premises:
1) Everything in ...
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