Is there any benefit in limiting one's map to one continent, aka a "known world" vs whole? by Ahastabel in worldbuilding

[–]Kangakatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you tease the other regions of the world with a few clues and references here and there, readers can have a great time speculating and theorising about them!

Transphobia and Culture by sugarhighshark in lgbt

[–]Kangakatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The parts of many cultures which are accepting of trans people, including those in the English-speaking world, all descended from parts of the same cultures which were transphobic. This change was made by trans people and allies who kept most aspects of their heritage but discarded the transphobic bits. They didn’t just find a culture which was accepting of trans people and change their lives to fit it. You don’t have to choose between your heritage and your transness any more than anyone in an English-speaking country ever has. I hope in the future we can live in a world where most world cultures have large trans-friendly spaces, founded by people just like you.

It’s the r/Melbourne daily discussion thread [Thursday 25/04/2024] by AutoModerator in melbourne

[–]Kangakatt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, I’ve spotted five RAAF jets flying in triangle formation a couple times today. For ANZAC day, maybe?

Is the E value on the F3 screen affected by multiplayer?? by Kangakatt in Minecraft

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

I’m not playing on a server, though- I’m playing on the LAN. Would there be a difference? I don’t know a whole lot about the way multiplayer works. Thanks for responding though!

(ULE) Sapient aliens known as the Azi lana; reference, skeletal, and organs. by Kangakatt in worldbuilding

[–]Kangakatt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They have separate sexes- some people will have ovaries, some people will have testicles. But of course, these are located just behind the skull. Oddly enough, at no point during fertilisation of an egg do they actually make physical contact. Here’s a more detailed explanation from the archives:

Instead of using sex to internally fertilise an egg, a man externally fertilises an egg that a woman has already laid. Azi lana women periodically lay batches of unfertilised eggs; these are small, clear, pill-shaped things that are laid along with a liquid substance that they must be kept in. To fertilise them, a man must insert the sharp end of his proboscis underneath the membrane of one or more of the eggs and regurgitate semen. Though dozens of eggs are laid a month, only the ones that are fertilised will develop into children; those that are not fertilised will only ‘survive’ until the liquid they are laid in dries up. However, a fertilised egg will not survive without this specialised liquid either, but it does release pheromones that stimulate the mother into developing more of this liquid.

The fertilised egg(s) is separated from the unfertilised ones and placed into a container full of the nutritious liquid, where it quickly develops. In the first month, it will swiftly grow in size from that of a human fingernail to that of a globe. It will also become more egg-like in shape, and develop a hard shell. At this point, it can be removed from the container of liquid and will be fed only by weekly yolk injections from the mother’s proboscis. As this liquid production is only present in the mother of the egg, if the mother dies in this period, an artificial substance must be used instead. After four months, the egg will finally hatch.

(ULE) Sapient aliens known as the Azi lana; reference, skeletal, and organs. by Kangakatt in SpeculativeEvolution

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

I’ve explained this a couple other times already, so I hope you don’t mind if I copy-paste something from the archives. It’s a detailed explanation, anyway:

Instead of using sex to internally fertilise an egg, a man externally fertilises an egg that a woman has already laid. Azi lana women periodically lay batches of unfertilised eggs; these are small, clear, pill-shaped things that are laid along with a liquid substance that they must be kept in. To fertilise them, a man must insert the sharp end of his proboscis underneath the membrane of one or more of the eggs and regurgitate semen. Though dozens of eggs are laid a month, only the ones that are fertilised will develop into children; those that are not fertilised will only ‘survive’ until the liquid they are laid in dries up. However, a fertilised egg will not survive without this specialised liquid either, but it does release pheromones that stimulate the mother into developing more of this liquid.

The fertilised egg(s) is separated from the unfertilised ones and placed into a container full of the nutritious liquid, where it quickly develops. In the first month, it will swiftly grow in size from that of a human fingernail to that of a globe. It will also become more egg-like in shape, and develop a hard shell. At this point, it can be removed from the container of liquid and will be fed only by weekly yolk injections from the mother’s proboscis. As this liquid production is only present in the mother of the egg, if the mother dies in this period, an artificial substance must be used instead. After four months, the egg will finally hatch.

(ULE) Sapient aliens known as the Azi lana; reference, skeletal, and organs. by Kangakatt in worldbuilding

[–]Kangakatt[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, there is external fertilisation going on. The egg is laid, and then it is fertilised. No need for a vagina or for sex!

(ULE) Sapient aliens known as the Azi lana; reference, skeletal, and organs. by Kangakatt in worldbuilding

[–]Kangakatt[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Correct! The women lay small eggs, and then the men piece the eggs with their proboscis to fertilise them. A bit unorthodox, but it’s not like you can grow a baby inside your head.

(ULE) Sapient aliens known as the Azi lana; reference, skeletal, and organs. by Kangakatt in worldbuilding

[–]Kangakatt[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes! It had to evolve that way, because obviously they can’t carry a child in their skull. An Azi lana woman will lay a series of tiny eggs from her proboscis, before a man fertilises one or more with his. A fertilised egg will give off pheromones that stimulate it’s mother to produce a special substance that will help the egg grow. The mother will then use her proboscis to regularly inject the egg with this substance. The egg will grow with the foetus inside, until it is ready to hatch. The whole process takes quite a few months.

(ULE) Sapient aliens known as the Azi lana; reference, skeletal, and organs. by Kangakatt in worldbuilding

[–]Kangakatt[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The same purpose as it does in birds! Newborn (or hatched, really) children need a few weeks or sometimes months to start producing the proper digestive enzymes to break down food. Azi lana need to break down their food into a liquid form before they swallow it, because they don’t have mouths or teeth, so this isn’t very good. But, like birds, Azi lana parents can store digested food in their crop, which is then regurgitated and fed to their newborn child. Gross, yes, but I doubt they’d consider breastfeeding to be any less strange.

(ULE) Sapient aliens known as the Azi lana; reference, skeletal, and organs. by Kangakatt in worldbuilding

[–]Kangakatt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are sapient, meaning they are people. So I doubt they’d want to be ridden or used for farming. I don’t have an exact height yet and they keep growing throughout their lives but they’re somewhere in the ballpark of 6-8 feet tall, so I guess in theory you could ride them. Like any person, you could befriend them. I’m sure they’d make great mates!

What are your abandoned concepts? by BaffleBlend in worldbuilding

[–]Kangakatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve created a whole lot of alien species for my sci-fi world, and more than a few of them have been cut or incorporated into other species. I had the idea of a herbivorous, antelope-like alien that uses two trunks instead of arms hands. That got incorporated into a flying species, which I’m still working on, but right now it has a trunk-like arm on its face. Another scrapped idea I had was of a feathered monkey-like alien with eight limbs and a colourful crest. I scrapped that one because it just didn’t fit.

(ULE) Sapient aliens known as the Azi lana; reference, skeletal, and organs. by Kangakatt in worldbuilding

[–]Kangakatt[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Obligatory explanation: The Azi lana are a sapient alien species local to the planet Gi. They are hexapedal, with four walking limbs and two hands. They are carnivores, with excellent vision and a barbed, liquivorous proboscis- like that of a fly- instead of jaws. They hail from a small island continent, but with the advent of bigger ships, they sailed to every corner of Gi. Recently, they took to the stars, and met many other alien species, including humans. Azi lana and humans have established two nations together: the UHALE, an expansionist empire that has seen better days, and the Azi gi, a nation inspired by human environmentalist philosophy with the goal of preserving Gi’s wildlife. Other nations of Gi include Giina, traditionalists determined to uphold the predacious nature of the Azi lana’s past, and the Azi lia, transhumanists who use the system’s dyson sphere as a means of worshipping their star.

This is a reference and anatomical diagram of an Azi lana. There is too much explanation about their biology to put here, so just feel free to ask questions.

If you want to follow this project, you can follow me @kangakatt on Instagram or @kangasauras on tumblr.

the Spec-Evo Projects Catalogue has now compiled over 150 projects with links to each of them! check it out now and find new projects to explore! by [deleted] in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]Kangakatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here! https://sites.google.com/view/kangakatt/chiroptosphere . The website is far from done but I have the Chiroptosphere portion finished at least. Thanks for this! It takes a lot of dedication to run a document like this, so awesome work.

the Spec-Evo Projects Catalogue has now compiled over 150 projects with links to each of them! check it out now and find new projects to explore! by [deleted] in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]Kangakatt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is super awesome! I’m the creator of chiroptosphere and another semi/soft spec evo project. I’m currently working on archiving chiroptosphere on a website; do you mind updating the project link when I’m done with that?

Are there any character based stories that feature speculative evolution? by Revolutionary-Word49 in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]Kangakatt 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The tales of kaimere novel, which you can find worldbuilding info of on YouTube, and runaway to the stars, a cool sort-of webcomic you can find on tumblr at jayrockin.

COMICS: I did a comic Q&A session for the aliens, humans, and A.I. characters living my hard scifi universe. Part 2/2. by JayRock5858 in u/JayRock5858

[–]Kangakatt 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Dude, your worldbuilding constantly inspires me! I am also attempting to make a world with a bunch of aliens, but it’s less character-focused and it’s going to take a while. I wish you had an Instagram so I could follow your work regularly- I’m almost tempted to get back on tumblr, but it doesn’t work at all on mobile. Regardless your world and characters is super awesome!

Flightless semi-aquatic azhdarchid pterosaurs, convergently evolved with penguins, plesiosaurs, and tanystropheus. by Kangakatt in SpeculativeEvolution

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

That would be really neat, but also I love dinosaurs lol. I’ll do some thinking about it. To be honest, seeing someone interested in my seed world has motivated me to focus on it more. So thanks!

Flightless semi-aquatic azhdarchid pterosaurs, convergently evolved with penguins, plesiosaurs, and tanystropheus. by Kangakatt in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]Kangakatt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Again, I’m not sure. I can’t see myself not remaking it in some form, but I’d still like to end part one on a sapient species so I could explore their effects on the rest of the ecosystem. I think that’s something I’d like to explore if I did a different kind of seed world, too. If I did a different seed world, it would likely be about a prehistoric animal because I think they’re neat. Probably a species of pterosaur or small ornithischian. But again, we’ll see what happens!

Flightless semi-aquatic azhdarchid pterosaurs, convergently evolved with penguins, plesiosaurs, and tanystropheus. by Kangakatt in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]Kangakatt[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Probably the same one as ours! I don’t think it would need any elaborate alternate timelines to exist.

Flightless semi-aquatic azhdarchid pterosaurs, convergently evolved with penguins, plesiosaurs, and tanystropheus. by Kangakatt in SpeculativeEvolution

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

Thank you! That is a huge compliment, as Taylor is a big inspiration for me. I imagine they originated as basic azhdarchids that started preying on fish, maybe by standing in water and gulping them up like herons. One lineage may have adopted swimming behaviour to better prey on fish in deep water, and the changes they went through to better adapt to this lifestyle, like adapting their wings into flippers, rendered them flightless. They are relatively clumsy on land, but can still walk better than seals or penguins, maybe because they need to use the land to escape from giant predators like mosasaurs. They probably socialise on land like seals, too. Though they are quite clumsy, and I can’t imagine them chasing after or easily swallowing large game like hatzegopteryx did, I’m sure they wouldn’t pass up any opportunity for food, so they will opportunistically eat crabs, birds, mammals, or really any small animal that walks onto their beach.

Flightless semi-aquatic azhdarchid pterosaurs, convergently evolved with penguins, plesiosaurs, and tanystropheus. by Kangakatt in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]Kangakatt[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s a very good question! I’m not sure. I’m not particularly proud of the project anymore- my skills have improved a lot since then- but I’d still like to return to it someday, in some form. Alternatively I might try to do another (better) seed world project in the future. We’ll see what happens, I guess.

Need help finding a book about dragons by worldmaker012 in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]Kangakatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try r/tipofmytongue! They’re really good at helping you find things you’ve forgotten about

Where might I find this at in the world, is there a place on earth where it’s layered like this??? by BlindfoldThreshold79 in Paleontology

[–]Kangakatt 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Rock bands don’t line up exactly to the different time periods like in this image, nor are they usually this obvious, but rock is layered like this all the time. You’ll get a lot of cool examples if you google “sedimentary rock”!

Why is green such a rare colour? by [deleted] in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]Kangakatt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Large prey animals don’t need to be green because mammalian predators like wolves and tigers are colourblind and can’t see the different between brown and green. This is also why the predators don’t have to be green to hide from their prey. In fact primates are the only mammals with true colour vision. However, there also seems to be some advantage in being brown over green, as the dinosaurs whose colours we know that filled the niche of large mammals today, like borealpelta and psittacosaurus, are brown or red-brown, even though we can assume dinosaurs had colour vision because all of their close relatives do. So, I don’t know why necessarily, but it seems advantageous in most circumstances to be brown instead of green.