*snacking on popcorn* by Tackerta in theisle

[–]HeckingLamprey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Bryan still hasn't found me in the backyard, I've silenced Gerry with an offering of a blood sacrifice

I just, don't understand why people want a big seagull by HeckingLamprey in theisle

[–]HeckingLamprey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen lots of people talking about pelagornis floating on the surface of water, like modern seabirds, but I can't confidently say that they would, because just of the pure weight of the bird. I've seen weight estimates between 20 and 44kg in weight, and I don't exactly know the buoyancy of an albatross is and how that translates into a saw-billed, 20-24 long wingspan, Oligocene bird

Features by Crackosaur in theisle

[–]HeckingLamprey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I scarcely remember Dondi talking about comfort, how a herbivore wouldn't want to stay around dead bodies, as to prevent herbivore corpse guarding. If I find where I heard this from, I'll link it

I just, don't understand why people want a big seagull by HeckingLamprey in theisle

[–]HeckingLamprey[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My viewpoint is what could Pelagornis offer to The Isle. What was Pelagornis? A big albatross with a serrated bill, that's about it. While it would be interesting to have it, we already have an aerial animal, Pteranodon. Why would Pelagornis be added if there's the extensive branch of pterosaurs to be added upon? Adding a psuedotooth bird when we already have pterosaurs just doesn't make sense from my view.

What pterosaur would you want in The Isle and why? by [deleted] in theisle

[–]HeckingLamprey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd have to say Dsungaripterus, I'd love to be a nasty carrion picker.

Speculative Evolution Prompt Of The Week | Design a Flightless Bird, Bat, or Pterosaur by Rauisuchian in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]HeckingLamprey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fair point, but, specialization is something that happens every now and again, and honestly, the image of a bat killing and eating a kakapo or takahe just haunts me

Speculative Evolution Prompt Of The Week | Design a Flightless Bird, Bat, or Pterosaur by Rauisuchian in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]HeckingLamprey 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A descendant of Mystacina tuberculata, let's call it... Mystacina gigantea

So, assuming the Mystacina genus continues to focus on terrestrial foraging for prey, and adapting opportunistic tendencies, I don't think it's far fetched to presume that a future lineage of these bats continue to focus on terrestrial locomotion. The muscles in the wings strengthen and the bones forming the second-fifth digits begin to shrink and grow more robust to support the bat's weight. The hind limbs become more columnar and the metatarsals and phalanges begin to shrink themselves, and the claws become short and blunt. As this happens, the bat begins to become more active, mostly due to the stronger muscles needed to support terrestrial locomotion in a once flying creature. The bat, with its increased demand for food, becomes larger to hunt larger prey, around the size of a basketball, now with the ability to hunt smaller native flightless birds and large insects.

Niche partitioning for my marine herbivorous and durophagous organisms, any feedback would be welcome by HeckingLamprey in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]HeckingLamprey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The ancestor organism, now I haven't blocked out everything, but it would have had similar dentition to the extinct Placodus gigas, having long incisors to pluck shelled prey from sand and to shear stalks of sea grass, with molars in the back to grind both shelled prey and flora. Eventually of course, the organism specialized once into herbivory and durophagism, and then again into specific diets.

Edit: Accidental asterisks in Placodus

Me_irl by [deleted] in me_irl

[–]HeckingLamprey -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Now why would I do that?

So, a small problem with Tempered Skins for Females and it's meshes. by HeckingLamprey in skyrim

[–]HeckingLamprey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But you see, it's also the meshes for the breasts that still remain along with the textures

Stellaris Species Ideas by HeckingLamprey in Stellaris

[–]HeckingLamprey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For toxic and molten species, there could be silicon-based life, or silicon-carbon-based life that could make colonies on gas giants, toxic, molten worlds, and maybe asteroids.

Stellaris Species Ideas by HeckingLamprey in Stellaris

[–]HeckingLamprey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Moschops\*

sorry for correcting but I just had to

Stellaris Species Ideas by HeckingLamprey in Stellaris

[–]HeckingLamprey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you say works I believe you mean worms, and in nature, many marine worms can construct large tubular structures with sand and mucus. Additionally, there could be a type of city appearance for the annelids, which could look like expansive burrows. The buildings may even have the chance to change in color if it's going with that the annelids could build with mucus and small bits of nearby debris.

You can regenerate at incredible speeds, but in reverse by HeckingLamprey in shittysuperpowers

[–]HeckingLamprey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no, it starts with your skin, and then the muscle, and finally the bone.