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How do Eagle-Men hunt?
The eagle-men are a race of aquiline creatures found in the wilderness. They are flightless and wingless creatures about 4ft in height, with legs like an eagle, a body partway between humanoid and ...
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Why can only this race of people called "bees" make honey and beeswax?
The "bees" of my world are not insects, but instead are a race of tiny bird-people, no more than an inch tall. They can make honey and wax with rather mundane means, not much different from ...
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How could a werewolf cook their food?
Werewolves are predatory wolf-like humanoids. To be more specific, they have an upright, plantigrade frame like an ape, with a doggish snout and paw-like structures instead of hands. They have no ...
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Transhumans that replace eating with breathing
We are in a far future setting where humans (or transhumans I should say) achieved two things:
be able to modify themselves genetically to the point where they can have completely different organs to ...
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How do semi-sapient yeti/ogres live in the wild?
Assume that a species of bigfoot-type animal/person exists. Most of this also applies to ogres or trolls, whatever big dumb giants your particular setting has.
My world's specs:
They range 7-10 feet ...
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Effective 16th century military ration system for particular fantasy race
A race of pseudo-humans army must plan a system of rations for a long campaign on a faraway land in which they cannot rely on foraging. The campaign’s expected to last somewhere between a few months ...
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Should pregnancy wait? [closed]
Robin and Lisa have run into a bit of a conundrum. They just planted a garden in the beginning of spring and are growing fruits, vegetables, and grains, some of which came from Robin's grandparents. ...
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Speeding up bone digestion
My Kepler Bb humanoids have 2 stomachs for multiple reasons, 1 of which is the digestion of bone.
When it comes to bone digestion, the bone is chewed up and goes through the esophagus into the first ...
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How would a humanoid race differ physiologically if it stored excess dietary calories in a form other than fat?
I'm thinking primarily in terms of the macronutrients, carbohydrates and proteins.
I know that fats are 9 calories per gram and both proteins and carbohydrates are 4 calories per gram, which makes ...
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Middle of the food distance spectrum, plausible?
My Kepler Bb humanoids are in the middle of a spectrum that goes from complete hunter gatherer (and thus having to go long distances for food and rely on ketosis to survive) to complete agriculture (...
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It would be considered cannibalism if a humanoid-lizard eats other humanoids? [duplicate]
Even when they would be considered different species, a humanoid lizard from others humanoids, all the humanoid intelligent species are considered people with the same dignity and rights. So ...
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Would a fat humanoid last longer in a famine?
This might seem like an obvious yes but I asked my Momma this question and she said that there are more nutrients in muscle but she isn't sure whether a fat humanoid would last longer than a muscular ...
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