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Post by Shyft Trakia-Vorga VahtiDahl on Sept 12, 2008 10:17:43 GMT -6
Why aren't there more bad ass animals that can release electric shocks and spit poison and shit? Why is our planet's intelligent race not one that has wings and armor plating? I think that before we were intelligent we should have had some thing cool to help us survive, like chameleon skin or some thing.
I suppose that I'd find more of what I'm looking for in Australia, though.
So I suppose that the original question here was stupid. Evolution has been traced. So, in its stead: what are your favorite natural 'super' powers? My vote is for electric shocking. If we had those battery packs like eels do in our hands or some thing, that'd be sweet. They would, of course, have to allow us to shoot ranged bolts.
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Post by kaian on Sept 29, 2008 19:18:56 GMT -6
I keep trying to think of things like insane speed, camouflaging, armor and spines and all that, but the main thing that comes to mind when I read the term "natural superpower" is explosive farting. Of all mammals in the world, there is nothing I fear more than a skunk.
Along the same line, bombardier beetles can shoot caustic chemicals from their asses. If that's the case, then The Gabber Jihad may be reincarnated as one in his next life*.
...Although nothing beats the octopus. It has it all: extreme strength, flexibility, the ability to squeeze itself down into super-small spaces, camouflage, ink, freaky-looking eyes, intelligence, the ability to detach their arms from their bodies... It's insane.
*Kidding.
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Post by 11111 on Sept 29, 2008 21:18:18 GMT -6
I keep trying to think of things like insane speed, camouflaging, armor and spines and all that, but the main thing that comes to mind when I read the term "natural superpower" is explosive farting. Of all mammals in the world, there is nothing I fear more than a skunk. Along the same line, bombardier beetles can shoot caustic chemicals from their asses. If that's the case, then The Gabber Jihad may be reincarnated as one in his next life*. ...Although nothing beats the octopus. It has it all: extreme strength, flexibility, the ability to squeeze itself down into super-small spaces, camouflage, ink, freaky-looking eyes, intelligence, the ability to detach their arms from their bodies... It's insane. *Kidding. I just had a dream last night where I fell into a pit of water and at the bottom was a bunch of octopi...they ate me. Twas some scary shit.
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Post by kaian on Oct 1, 2008 13:42:56 GMT -6
That's freaky! A dream like that would scare the shit out of me.
Speaking of which (and I guess the movie "The Mist" brought this to mind), what about those wasps that lay their eggs inside the body of other bugs, like caterpillars, and then when the eggs hatch the larvae eat the host bug from the inside out... Ick.
Actually wasps are just crazy in general. Any hive-oriented, collective-consciousness creatures are. All the drones are just clones of each other, and can't reproduce because they only have one X chromosome (as opposed to XX or XY).
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Post by vaalea13 on Feb 16, 2009 17:16:07 GMT -6
Hmmm....I would have to say Synesthesia. It is the involuntary neurological response of sensing something through two different sensory channels. Like sounds and tones having specific colors. You hear a sound and see a color as a result.
Pretty awesome. lol
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Post by Shyft Trakia-Vorga VahtiDahl on Feb 17, 2009 12:04:39 GMT -6
I wonder if other animals have synesthesia. Might some animals have a significantly higher percentage of population with it than other species? Is there even a way to test for synesthesia- especially if the subject can't communicate vocally? Some people don't even believe that it is real.
I'd still prefer to have the ability to shoot lightning out of my finger tips, though.
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Post by vaalea13 on Feb 18, 2009 11:50:46 GMT -6
Well, the current theory on how birds migrate kinda revovles around synesthesia. Scientists postulate that they might see like an overlapping grid of color that corresponds to the Earth's magnetic field. Then there's sharks who can sense electrical impulses of muscle movement. Might that be synesthesia?
They're becoming fascinated with it in the scientific community.
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