tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post6299963686250658473..comments2024-03-25T09:31:36.926+01:00Comments on Furahan Biology and Allied Matters: Slowing down before speeding up againSigmund Nastrazzurrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-70219121675349797162019-11-29T09:57:05.589+01:002019-11-29T09:57:05.589+01:00Aww, kind of a shame that you turned down those wh...Aww, kind of a shame that you turned down those whale-creatures since they "look too much like earth whales". Personally, I've got a thing for alien designs that look superficially like an earth animal but structurally are very, very different (particularly Amaterasu and its "starfish birds" made of colonial zooids fused together, made by NocturnalSea on DeviantArt, certainly worth a look!)twenty-five kilograms of dehydrated bear droppingsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-56009924881258883792019-08-26T03:41:49.651+02:002019-08-26T03:41:49.651+02:00Rodlox here.
Had a better thought than what I'...Rodlox here.<br />Had a better thought than what I'd thought earlier: leave the initial amphibious tetrapods' conquest of land a mystery - Romer's Gap on another world, and let any modern amphibious forms and "amphibians" be later arrivals from land-lubbers and other marine lineages.<br /><br />That way, you can focus on how you want the hexapods' limb layouts to be, rather than to be stuck on the conquest of land for who knows how long.<br /><br />just a thought.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-59404295694002288022019-08-23T20:16:01.578+02:002019-08-23T20:16:01.578+02:00Congratulations on the positive developments in yo...Congratulations on the positive developments in your life!Spugpownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-86710575267104439632019-07-29T20:00:20.872+02:002019-07-29T20:00:20.872+02:00Anthony: our messages seemed to be going in differ...Anthony: our messages seemed to be going in different directions, so I think I misunderstood your original question. Sorry about that. I will think about it some more as I haven't given the transition to land much thought. Many tropical fish that gulp air have a mouth that opens to the highest point of their body, so gulping air can be done simpler than with redeveloping fins. But suppose the mouth may not be altered for some reason, then high fins will do the trick of getting you a mouthful of air from the water. But some other advantage must have become available once they got to that stage, or why would else they evolve further? I will try to read up on that putative second advantage. Fresh greens? Fewer predators? Sigmund Nastrazzurrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-58961501551635389492019-07-28T21:53:01.707+02:002019-07-28T21:53:01.707+02:00hmm...well, both "elbows" and "knee...hmm...well, both "elbows" and "knees" (splayed and under the body) can be used to propell the body around; Earth early tetrapods lacked a neck, so the push-up stage is not something Furaha's early hexapods would *need* to do (though they might do push-ups for another reason (courtship? intimidation?)<br /><br />thanks for the link; yes, I'm still on Patreon. If I may ask, have you looked at In Defense Of Plants, either on Patreon or online? http://www.indefenseofplants.com/ lots of fascinating strategies used by plants - flowering, gnetophytes(sp), parasitic, and more. (one flower actually grows a pole for birds to perch on)<br /><br />have nice days and be well.<br /><br />-Anthony Docimo.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-77375923745886304892019-07-28T09:36:42.100+02:002019-07-28T09:36:42.100+02:00Anonymous: Thank you fo the siggestion. I hadn'...Anonymous: Thank you fo the siggestion. I hadn't gotten as far as sea urchins yet! These lanterns are a good inspiration. It looks like I will hev to delve deep into the source matetrial to get a close look at the precise mechanics. At my present stage of thinking, I wam considering mechanims that shoot out to catch prey as wel as teethe that slide along one another. The lantern looks like they are useful for the second concept, but not much for the first. But I would like to see the mechanical details first. Sigmund Nastrazzurrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-30807045606864173122019-07-27T20:15:48.089+02:002019-07-27T20:15:48.089+02:00The idea of radial jaws with linkages sounds exact...The idea of radial jaws with linkages sounds exactly like the Aristotle's lantern of a sea urchin. There are even artificial models pretty close to what you described already viewable on YouTube.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-90199720457326923572019-07-27T10:08:54.066+02:002019-07-27T10:08:54.066+02:00Anthony: thank you. I haven't actually worked ...Anthony: thank you. I haven't actually worked out the 'amphibian'stage of hexapod evolution, although some of the anatomical details of the 'Fishes' group that climbed ashore set the scene. That particular group looked somewhat like plesiosaurs, meaning that a neck was already present before the first one raised its head above the surface of the water. As the aquatic ancestors used their limbs for locomotion, and as their terrestrial progeny diud the same, the ones in between must have done the same. That scenario is uncomfortable similar to the Earth one, but I cannot think of another one that makes an equal amount of sense. <br /><br />I agree with your statement about early depections of multi-legged animals: for the artists, directors or producers involved the benefits of impressing the audioence with cool looks will far outweigh the importance of scientific accuracy. <br /><br />That subject was discussed in the blog in the past. It also applies to dinosaurs, where filmmakers prefer to ignore feathers and lips. Did I see your name on Patreon? If so, and if you can access it, there is a nice Powerpoint on that theme by John Conway: https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-went-down-28660923 Sigmund Nastrazzurrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-34794342450425694242019-07-23T21:07:56.454+02:002019-07-23T21:07:56.454+02:00hm, had a thought just now: perhaps the earlier, ...hm, had a thought just now: perhaps the earlier, inaccurate leg structures of the oil paintings, are from an artistic school who hold its better to display the might/?/spirit of an animal or plant, rather than have every detail anatomically accurate?<br />(like how not all paintings of water lilies here on Earth, look very much like water lilies)<br /><br />-Anthony DocimoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-2288813051550401802019-07-23T21:03:21.912+02:002019-07-23T21:03:21.912+02:00The baloors are adorable.
>lazy
you are NOT la...The baloors are adorable.<br /><br />>lazy<br />you are NOT lazy - you had better IRL things to do. None of us begrudge you happiness, so go for it!<br /><br />>legs<br />the forelimbs of Earth came from fishes both pushing themselves along & doing pushups to get air, right? I suppose the question is, what did the early Furaha hexapods use their forelimbs/midlimbs for?<br />(imho, nothing wrong with having two sets that are structurally forelimbs, give that you're not going to committ the sins of _Avatar_, having them right alongside each other)<br /><br />-Anthony DocimoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com