Questions tagged [species]
For questions about specific groups of living organisms that are similar enough to interbreed successfully.
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How do different species communicate casually in-person?
Setting: the same one as this question and this question; TL;DR, life is common throughout the Universe, it just tends to blow itself up before it figures out FTL travel and upgrades to Kardashev 2, ...
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Why does controlling warp fields require biological intelligence?
The Namuh species consists of highly-intelligent organisms who have developed interplanetary travel and have colonized their home star system. Their science base has an excellent understanding of ...
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In a world with a species of Parasitic Flower, What afflictions could it cause to a living organism?
CW: Parasites, Sickness, Mentions of Wounds & Infection.
I’m currently working on a game and trying to decide if i want to keep this part in game whatsoever.
This species is a type of parasitic ...
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Question about speculative human biology
What kind of evolutions would humanity have to undergo to be able to live comfortably on the moon or any other sufficently low-mass body? As I am aware that it can be bad for bones and the ...
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How would a species with intangibility-powers deal with war and violence? [closed]
I've got an idea for an alien species with intangibility powers, similar to Kitty Pryde from the X-men or Mira Nova and the Tangeans from "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command". They are capable ...
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Could a species be highly apathetic to their brethren yet have a strong pack/herd mentality?
This species comes from a world 1.7x the mass of Earth that is about 75% water.
I would like them to be very apathetic so that when a space-faring species contacts then there is a definite difference ...
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Optimal Organ Preservation in a Steampunk World?
In a steampunk world where multiple more-or-less humanoid species (with varying levels of intelligence) coexist, organ hunting is prevalent and authorized (outside of cities).
The harvested organs are ...
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How would a fantasy civilization terraform Mars-like planets using magic?
Backstory
The fantasy civilization in question was stolen from this other question:
Which of these space colonizing civilizations has the advantage in a conflict
It is a civilization with Roman/...
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Is this Wingspan Enough/Necessary for My World's Parameters?
I have a species of sapient humanoids in my world capable of flight using 24 foot wide wings. The world's being used for a science-fantasy world, so I'd like some realism, but some can be handwaved. ...
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What could lead to an ability to “share instincts” to evolve? [closed]
So there’s a small animal species that live pretty simple lifestyles of eat, don’t be eaten, reproduce, and that’s it. They live in forest/jungle or swampy environments, eat a wide diet of insects or ...
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Could two sentient species of the same ancestor evolve to live side by side
I know that two sentient species can evolve from the same origin. We can look back and see Humans, Neanderthals, and others living at the same time. But Humanity either beat the others or interbreed ...
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Formula for calculating aging rate of a decaying half-elf dynasty
A powerful human king had a child with an elf princess. His life expectancy is about 70 years (human average), hers is 2000 years. The half-elf prince is expected to live for about 1000 years, more or ...
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What would influence skin color outside of stars and radiation? What sort of biology would allow for skintones of a wider color palette? [duplicate]
The star is an F3.5 Main Sequence with a mass of 1.3 solar masses. The planet itself is 1.72 AU out from the star. The mass of the planet of about half the mass of Earth, while the Core Mass fraction ...
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How could humanity colonizing multiple planets and solar systems prevent speciation of the human species
I am exploring the idea of humans leaving planet Earth and colonizing different planets. However, I would like the humans to remain "human". By "human" I mean that the different ...
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Is it possible to have a planet with only one plant, one animal and one bug?
The animal species on my planet has a highly sophisticated communication method and part of the reason for this is that they had no enemies on the planet except themselves.
So far, the reason for this ...
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