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zincbot · 4 months

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just housed the first 6 episodes of scavengers reign. i'm so fucking upset

#scavengers reign #scavengers reign spoilers #LEVI #ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME #levi's death actually actually made me cry #and azi's reaction was fucking brutal #because! they were just fuckinh learning how to live dammit #god i wish azi had been able to kill that stupid psychic bastard #oh my god #this show is so good but i'm ruined. levi..#like since ep 1 i was waiting for major character death cause i thought no way are all these mfers getting out of here alive #buti wasn't expecting levi... especially because i was really really intrigued by how their transformation into #a blend of biological and mechanical was going. the way azi softened. the wish to go swimming.#the way that blending with the mold connected levi to the natural world for the first time. made them realize they could be a part of it #the dream they had. where they had biological hands. man. man. I'm literally ruined. i'm so upset #oh also sam died/is abt to die whatever-#i'm Kidding okay it's just that sam's incoming death was a lot longer coming esp with all the environmental clues.#the mimic plant things are such an interesting idea a thing about this show i LOVE is how it shows different flora and fauna interacting #it's so good it's such good speculative biology #sam: literally dying #me: wow this is so interesting #the behaviour of the mimic was very interesting too it returned to try and rebury sam as a priority #very cool #anyway this show rules but WAAAAAA WAAAAA WAAAA

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actual-haise · 2 months

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I love how the dragon in Dungeon Meshi doesn't have the usual lizard-y limb anatomy but something more along the lines of a large land mammal or even a sauropod +500 points from me (also the way the fire breathing is explained is in line with a lot of spec evo stuff, cool)

#the suitcase chronicles #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #dragon #like #the mangaka really really has a knack for good speculative biology #but the dragon really activates my neurons cause I've seen a LOT of great spec evo for dragons #and made some myself #so its like #yeah this is a plausible animal

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taniushka12 · 11 months

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some brillo whales (and their calves) from South Scrimshaw, Part One

bonus:

#south scrimshaw #tani's personal shit #hiiii!!! hello!!! play this game if you like speculative biology and also cool worldbuilding!! its so good!!

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iguanodont · 2 years

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I’ve decided to draw sea monsters for inktober

Unlike than the great serpents of the depths, the sea wymes bear no scales, and may have many hundreds of legs. Here are two well documented examples.

Fig I. The writhing bowel-wyrms; when swallowed by a whale, it grows and multiplies within the body to replace its bowels entirely. An unwelcome surprise for beach combers and whalers, though they quickly flee to sea when exposed, or perish when prevented from doing so.

Fig II. The Resplendent Ship-wyrm, so named for the glittering armor which clads its body. It is the bane of untold scores of sailors, by measure of its ability to gnaw through the hull of a ship in a matter of minutes, where it may crawls about on a quest for stores of fish and whale meat, fat, and oil. The carcasses of great armored leviathans are sometimes found with holes of striking resemblance in their hides; it can be assumed these wyrms prey on the flesh of these mightiest of sea monsters as they do the stores of unwary whalers.

#inktober #however I lost all my good liner pens on public transit so uh #we shall see how this pans out #mythology #sea monsters #speculative biology

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starstruck-critter · 22 days

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ive posted about my aliens here before but i dont think ive ever posted my rover oc, so here they are! EXPLORER and its rhomboid friend :]

#original art #original character #speculative biology #artists on tumblr #robot #robot character #help me how on earth do u tag non fandom stuff #wueagh thats good enough #my art #paper rhomboids #im still figuring out the scale of this thing because its supposed to be pretty much a moving lab + maintance center #so yeah #i know jack shit about robotics and engineering i just slapped shit together so if this makes no sense well it is what it is

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aeriona · 1 year

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[Dedf1sh]: it is good to see you again, light

Some art for @therantingsage’s fic “Communing with the Dead”.

Please read it, it is very well-written!

#my art #dedf1sh #splatoon #splatoon 2 #xeno tag #Xeno octoling #speculative biology #octopus #horror #sanitized octoling #Octoling #octo expansion #Since my design for Octolings have a tail it means the thing also atrophied from lack of use just like her legs and voicebox #So she has to put it in her lap so it doesn’t drag on the floor lol #communing with the dead #Also inspired by hwkgrass’s post their artwork is INSANE! REALLY GOOD!

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bloodmoonlvr · 8 months

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some fancy dressed up tripods in the (new!!!) sketchbook, getting a grasp on fashion

#the teacup that the one avian has in jay eatons 'airsled'–#which as an aside is good go read that–#heavily inspired the tripod cups/drinking vessels #except tripod vessels have generally longer stems and are pipe shaped with a deep well so that it can refilled just by pouring into it #this one here is made to look like a fish :)#tripods fot #moonie art #speculative biology #creature design

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azpher-omega · 10 months

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The Y Malom (Literally, Cyan Bigtooth) is a species on Ternual, found primarily along a coastal plain. A middlingly sized mesocarnivore, that gets by on ambush predation and scavenging. On Ternual, this completely independent evolutionary tree has converged on something familiarly canine-like. At first look.

As you can see, their lower jaws can split slightly. They're not actually all that powerful though, since they mostly bite down with their top jaw, as their spine is on the bottom! Basically, they open their mouth like those bins with the pedal, you know the ones. This is honestly really inconvenient for hunting, but they're stuck with it! This is one reason for the enormous teeth; its imperative that if they bite something, they really, really bite it. In combination with the slight opening of their lower jaw, they can open their mouth reeaaally wide.

Their nose probably looks fairly typical at first glance, but its actually a single nostril on the top jaw, and two pseudo nostrils on the bottom jaws. (Internally, they join together, only a bit of flesh separates them, so they can still inhale while the jaws are out) They branch out to the eyes as their sensory lines, which are repurposed lateral lines. They keep the eyes and noses moist, detect air pressure, balance, and enhance the senses, particularly smell and chemical detection.

Along the inner mouth, parallel to the lines, are the 'teeth'. Comparatively its more like a beak, with tooth-like serrations. It grows out of the bone, coated in a hard sheath. While the inner part stops growing, the sheath is shed periodically and regrows. As such, they remain extremely sharp, and are much less prone to infection and decay.

Notice that its eyes are concave, shaped like a bowl, rather than a sphere. (It still has a convex cornea though, that covers it entirely, and is much tougher) I can't really speak on the effectiveness of it, but it is an ancestral trait; its stuck with it. It can actually rotate them slightly, but not much. Like birds, it alters its visual range more so by moving its neck. It probably stabilises its head like one too!

Speaking of, on its neck is a cobra-like frill. The inside of it is lined with glands, which collect energy from the surroundings, and store it. This energy is specifically ice/cold energy, which it can release through its teeth or claws (mostly teeth) for a freezing bite. If the fangs weren't enough to keep prey down, injecting the energy into somethings' muscles would almost certainly make it unable to move.

Its neck is also pretty flexible. However, since the spine is on the bottom, its range of motion is sort of flipped, being able to swing its neck very far backwards, but not as much forwards. It would struggle to look in between its legs, but would comfortably curl its neck onto its 'back' to rest!

Said legs as you can see are pretty odd looking. Anatomically there's not actually much to say here; I see no reason they'd function any different from our legs! They have a different range of motion, and probably a more horse-like gait, on account of the long 'wrists'.

They have 3 toes, which are symmetrical. Underneath the skin however are probably vestigial extra toes, from its ancestors, who had a toe on each joint. You will see what I mean in my other creatures someday. :]

Their colouring probably seems very out there, but in its natural environment, it blends in perfectly. It has countershading on its underside and feet, to blend in the shadows and the lighter soil, while the varied pinks blend into equally pink foliage. The white spots on its back are also to blend in, as dotted throughout its natural habitat are round white 'flowers', sort of like puffball mushrooms.

(Old art obviously but for a visual... look how far my boy has come)

Its tail is split, as you can see. Actually technically its entire spine is, but the two halves are long fused. Only the tip, which house the ears, remain separated. There's not much to say here, they're just ears! They're derived from a tail fin, and function much the same as ours, aside from the odd location. Their tail is very flexible, so it can turn in any direction to listen.

To finish, I think you'd love to hear that it reproduces entirely with its mouth. As its oceanic ancestors were mouthbrooders, it evolved to do much the same on land. Aside from the location, they aren't too inventive. Lots of posturing and displaying, fluid exchanging, and in a few months, a moderately developed puppy gets vomited out. They aren't parental much, but the pre-adults live in the forest rather than the open plains, to avoid competition and make use of different niches. Oh, the same goes for digestion. Food in... Food out. Probably why the split jaw stays around, opening it makes things much less messy.

And that's the guy! Thanks for reading. :]

#art #my art #spec evo #spec bio #speculative biology #speculative evolution #creatures #creature design #3d #blender #3d modelling #digital art #somehow I did this in a week???#Look at that creature ooooh #i made them and yet i am so surprised at how good and cute they are

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corvidist · 1 year

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Dtca from @dead-clade-waltz of a Director. Look at them!

#digital art #other people's art #art #corvid #crow #raven #This Grand Nest #Dtca #IT'S SO FUCKING GOOD #spec evo #spec bio #speculative evolution #speculative biology

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honkowo · 1 year

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GUTS POST V1 YIPPEE

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ok so a lot of this post is labelling and showing off the inner workings of the angels. I'm deliberately leaving out the suuuuper technical details that come with organs and muscles because im not really knowledgable in anatomy stuff (yet) and i mostly just wanted to get my ideas out. just a vague layout so that i(and u guys) better understand angel dimensions and gut stuff yknow?

gif stills under the cut :)

^ bones

^ organs

^ muscles

^ skin

#owo whats this #angel tag!!! wahoo #xenobiology #spec bio #speculative biology #as innacurate as half of this stuff prolly is(mainly muscles) i gotta say those skeletons look SO GOOD #edit: OH OK TUMBLR JUST POST IT THEN #thought i saved this bitch to the drafts buttttt alright then #guts tag for guts stuff yippee

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zincbot · 4 months

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just watched the first episode of scavengers reign! it's incredible

#scavengers reign #IT'S BEAUTIFUL FIRST OF ALL #and it's so tailored to me it isn't even funny #speculative biology. survival stories. BODY HORROR?! the sequence in the fungus pit was my most favourite thing i've ever seen #i was smiling so hard omg. when her guts dropped out?! so so good #look it's weird i'm weird or whatever but i love fungus and fungal body horror a LOT #also!! ROBOTS!! levi might be my favourite character i'm obsessed with them. robot with mold in em

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junipershouse · 25 days

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ethnic groups* of rika

kkariko ("embodied child" in kkarikiko, a dominant language spoken throughout much of rika, originating from a mikrikka culture, part of the central ethnic grouping.)

mikkriko ("small underground child" in kkarikiko)

grik krog ("over the mountain" in kkarikiko)

*(these are largely political groups as opposed to genetically distinct groups. like humans, there is a huge amount of genetic diversity and interminging between geographic groups. these images are based on beauty standards and stereotypical depictions.)

#speculative biology #alien species #xenobiology #kkariko tag #worldbuilding #oc #sci fi #the divisions in color represent different culture groupings within the larger ethnic groupings #so for example. western flats as a term includes rikka cultures sinyarr cultures fori cultures and garriko cultures #(rrikrik is from a rikka culture) (karra is from a mikrikka (central) culture)#and the dark teal ground on the grik krog and mikkriko maps represent areas where those two species do not live #mikkriko live underground in cave systems. so they dont live where there arent caves #and grik krog are largely isolated in the west due to the huge big mountain range which created the western flats #grik krog arent very good at climbing mountains or swimming so they dont live on islands either

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dromaeo-sauridae · 1 year

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