tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post3230800323181368016..comments2024-03-27T01:28:28.346-07:00Comments on False Machine: Imagining Roteopiapjamesstuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-23161439434637641182023-02-01T00:15:38.395-08:002023-02-01T00:15:38.395-08:00Imagine rodents digging their burrows with a mouth...Imagine rodents digging their burrows with a mouth like a bucket wheel excavator. High-speed-moles. Imagine big ones that want to ambush you from below...Martenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978941864880013486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-34440359305266922222023-01-31T17:41:49.566-08:002023-01-31T17:41:49.566-08:00Excellent stuff.
To riff:
More derived rotationa...Excellent stuff.<br /><br />To riff:<br /><br />More derived rotational limbs - limbs that throw stones or darts like a pitching machine, limbs that scoop up and sift edibles from soil like a centrifuge, limbs like a chainsaw for rolly-beavers<br /><br />Rotating limbs makes utilizing mechanical energy more feasible - gears like a planthopper's or elastic tissues to store the energy in the body - animals that sit by riversides, or windy outcroppings, or rip geysers like bongs to power their leaping and launching - maybe winding up a fellow animal's gear develops a social-bonding importance like grooming does to regular, non-rotating Earth-life - instead of clashing horns & antlers, mating rivals duel with ultra-hard wind-up slaps from paddle-arms<br /><br />In addition to your proposed anglerfish-womb development, rotating limbs could perhaps also evolve from the implanted young of a Surinam toad-like brooder, or budding lifeformssemiurgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10613841869525544649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-40067909209528210992023-01-31T12:25:23.675-08:002023-01-31T12:25:23.675-08:00Really love this idea. I had a similar idea a few ...Really love this idea. I had a similar idea a few years ago which I posted about but you've put much more thought into the plausibility / speculative science of it. Hope to see this developed further.maxcan7https://www.blogger.com/profile/12504030224075149157noreply@blogger.com