tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post5641518988858919080..comments2024-03-18T16:45:36.195+01:00Comments on Furahan Biology and Allied Matters: Extraterrestrial life after the Drake and Seager Equations: the 'Nastrazzurro Equation'! (the what?)Sigmund Nastrazzurrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-29687335846710911472019-07-17T22:48:58.289+02:002019-07-17T22:48:58.289+02:00Hi Petr! I listened (thanks). GertHi Petr! I listened (thanks). GertRoelienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02033683308678776480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-72958781451901199152019-07-09T22:36:51.084+02:002019-07-09T22:36:51.084+02:00Hello Gert!
No pressure, just asking to let you k...Hello Gert!<br /><br />No pressure, just asking to let you know I'm still excited for it, no matter when it comes! :)Petrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537642993606964893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-80978033563912754872019-05-25T10:55:19.565+02:002019-05-25T10:55:19.565+02:00Anthony: Thank you; much appreciated!Anthony: Thank you; much appreciated!Sigmund Nastrazzurrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-6533573363527137312019-05-23T16:39:32.851+02:002019-05-23T16:39:32.851+02:00congratulations on the good things in your life
-a...congratulations on the good things in your life<br />-anthonyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-1445534419553360572019-05-15T23:25:57.828+02:002019-05-15T23:25:57.828+02:00Petr: thank you! The book is coming along slower t...Petr: thank you! The book is coming along slower than before because of unexpected but good events made me spend my hours other than expected. I should be able to pick up speed again in a few months, and then I will also increase the blogging frequency. I think I have your email. I can explainmmore later when I aam back home again (I'm abroad now).<br /><br />Gert Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296687551276996434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-63779787219718338692019-05-15T14:17:11.734+02:002019-05-15T14:17:11.734+02:00This was a fun read! I really like this sort of mu...This was a fun read! I really like this sort of musings. I a firm believer in abundant Life somewhere out there as well. <br /><br />I'll be here to read your next post about gaits! It was your analyses of various aspects of animal biomechanics that got me interested in this blog, so it's definitely going to be a fun read for me.<br /><br />P.S. How is the book comic along? <3<br /><br />Petrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537642993606964893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-84722379567195363902019-04-19T18:02:54.082+02:002019-04-19T18:02:54.082+02:00Anthony: thank you!Anthony: thank you!Sigmund Nastrazzurrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-55799381979547790642019-04-19T06:13:22.681+02:002019-04-19T06:13:22.681+02:00a fine delving into the mathematics of alien life,...a fine delving into the mathematics of alien life, with the Seager and Nastrazzurro Equations both giving so much new food for thought to us all. super work on all of that, and on whats to come.<br />-anthony docimoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-5600285924557406232019-04-15T12:17:52.103+02:002019-04-15T12:17:52.103+02:00Anonymous: It is a nice animation. I think I would...Anonymous: It is a nice animation. I think I would call it a 'bound' rather than a 'gallop', but words for tetrapodal gaits need not be b-very useful for hexapod gaits. I have also use the idea of offsetting legs to avoid them bumping into one another. Hexapods use it, and so do rusps.<br /> For thoats that would be a bit more difficult but not impossible: you could have the second or thoird pair of legs be the widest one, and the ones in front or back use a narrower track the further they are ways from the wides pair. An alternative is alternating track widt: the first and third pair use a narrow track, and the second and fourth a wide one. Again, that's what some rusps do. <br /> Another way, and this is nothing new since you can see dogs usning it, is to skew the body a bit, so it is held at an agle to the direction of movement. Anatomically you can then have all legs in line, but funtionally they would be staggered. Some thoats might prefer left angling, others right angling... Sigmund Nastrazzurrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-72971206870689959712019-04-12T06:14:47.071+02:002019-04-12T06:14:47.071+02:00https://66.media.tumblr.com/67dfd31e2c024be66a2cf4...https://66.media.tumblr.com/67dfd31e2c024be66a2cf459fc2f7c61/tumblr_inline_p7gqobo7Gb1qku73m_500.gif<br /><br />Found this gif of a galloping hexapod from jayrockin in tumblr. It seems that the front and hind legs move simultaneously while the middle legs, spaced wider apart, swing outside the other legs and oppose them in movement, creating a smooth run with the legs not hitting each other.<br /><br />That said, I wonder how this would apply to an eight-legged creature such as the Thoats? Would it basically double up the middle legs? Would the fourth pair also be widely spaced to avoid hitting the third?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-87643030209460516782019-04-07T17:40:05.161+02:002019-04-07T17:40:05.161+02:00Anonymous: I used to have those animations, but th...Anonymous: I used to have those animations, but they were done a long time a in a language calles BBC Basic, and I only rabnsered one or tow to windows. But hexapod gaits are a main reason for the long delay. I wish to redesigns them completely, and that is not strightforward. I aim to discusss that in more detail in the next post. Sigmund Nastrazzurrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-32782433420725022422019-04-06T04:41:17.427+02:002019-04-06T04:41:17.427+02:00this may seem off-topic, but do you have any anima...this may seem off-topic, but do you have any animations of a hexapod gait in a six-legged creature with longer, more slender legs? the example on the furaha site, the marshwallow, is stout and short-legged like a hippopotamus, and while the gait patterns we see there are definitely interesting-looking i'd love to see how those would work on a skinnier, deer-like hexapod.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-21757986819205304932019-04-01T17:45:57.694+02:002019-04-01T17:45:57.694+02:00PS. I guess I should explain my long absence. I wi...PS. I guess I should explain my long absence. I will shortly! Sigmund Nastrazzurrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.com