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Snaiad
Topic Started: Jun 1 2008, 01:10 PM (21,473 Views)
Giant Blue Anteater	Jun 1 2008, 01:10 PM Post #1
Posts: 892 Group: Global Mods Member #4 Joined: May 30, 2008 Gender: Male Browser: Internet Explorer Nationality: American Favorite Quote: "...it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin	Snaiad is a planet created by Nemo Ramjet. It is home to a wide variety of odd and enjoyable animals. For those unfamilar with Snaiad, let me explain the general biology of Snaiad 'vertebrates': The things sticking out of their chests are their mouths. Their 'beaks' contain the genitalia, and have no role in feeding. Visit Nemo's website and his DeviantART gallery. Edited by Giant Blue Anteater, Sep 28 2008, 05:15 PM.



Parasky	Jun 1 2008, 02:47 PM Post #2
Explorer of the Galaxy Posts: 969 Group: Global Mods Member #2 Joined: May 27, 2008 Gender: Male	I love the Snaiad creatures. They're very creative and well designed. I spent hours reading about them and looking at them. They're one of the main influences in what made me get into exobiology.



JohnFaa	Jun 1 2008, 02:53 PM Post #3
Guess what I am Posts: 3,536 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	I love them too, but my friends say that the f*ckers, the second heads and the worm like vertrebrates are result of a perverted mind



Parasky	Jun 1 2008, 02:57 PM Post #4
Explorer of the Galaxy Posts: 969 Group: Global Mods Member #2 Joined: May 27, 2008 Gender: Male	I don't think they are, but the names could have been more (or less) creative.



pantheraleo3	Jun 1 2008, 03:39 PM Post #5
I'm illegal in 17 states! Posts: 172 Group: Members Member #7 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Browser: Mozilla Firefox Nationality: Mexican Favorite Quote: An eye for an eye.... makes us all blind	They're really creative and various of my creations are inspired in this.



Giant Blue Anteater	Jun 1 2008, 03:43 PM Post #6
Posts: 892 Group: Global Mods Member #4 Joined: May 30, 2008 Gender: Male Browser: Internet Explorer Nationality: American Favorite Quote: "...it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin	Here are one of my most favorite order of animals:



Proletarian	Jun 1 2008, 05:20 PM Post #7
Posts: 1,943 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 24, 2008 Gender: Male Browser: Mozilla Firefox 3 Nationality: American Favorite Quote: "Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt." - Humayun Azad	As far as Snaiad, I understand the just of it but I don't really follow it in depth. I prefer just to admire the art work.



Saxophlutist	Jun 1 2008, 05:30 PM Post #8
Posts: 727 Group: Admins Member #8 Joined: May 31, 2008	Sniad is an amazing project in my opinion. He has so much depth in it. I've done my share of Sniadi fan art. I have to admit, when I first saw it I thought it was just going to be one of those project with the Earth-like creature in it, but when you learn more about it, you'll find that they only appear to be like vertebrates because of anthropomorphism. When you learn more about them they're only superficially like vertebrates and have completely different homologies and evolutionary histories. (Aside from both coming from the ocean.
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Parasky	Jun 1 2008, 05:57 PM Post #9
Explorer of the Galaxy Posts: 969 Group: Global Mods Member #2 Joined: May 27, 2008 Gender: Male	What I like about them is that they look alien. Many times people (including myself) make aliens and instead of evolving something from scratch they base it off something they've seen on Earth. Why should aliens look like something from Earth? I saw a show called Alien Worlds that explained some things about what alien life would be like. The "top men in their fields" came together and managed to create what was essentially a featherless ostrich. Some of it was creative, like these animals that were very plant-like. They had a big fan on top of their head and preformed photosynthesis through it. They had root-like structures connected to a heart that pumped water up from the swampy environment and pulled it throughout the body (it was used like blood). Overall, it could have been more creative. Everything had two eyes, lungs, two nostrils, and all the same organs that Earth-life has.



Proletarian	Jun 1 2008, 06:00 PM Post #10
Posts: 1,943 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 24, 2008 Gender: Male Browser: Mozilla Firefox 3 Nationality: American Favorite Quote: "Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt." - Humayun Azad	Parasky Jun 1 2008, 05:57 PM Why should aliens look like something from Earth? Perhaps being Earth-like is the best design when evolving in an Earth-like world. Since Earth is the only inhabited planet we know and have experience with, its normal to be a bit gaiacentric/terracentric.



Parasky	Jun 1 2008, 06:03 PM Post #11
Explorer of the Galaxy Posts: 969 Group: Global Mods Member #2 Joined: May 27, 2008 Gender: Male	True. And I suppose many Carbon-Water based lifeforms will resemble our structure in some way (skeletal system, muscular system, and so forth). They won't look exactly like us though. But what of creatures with other bases? Like Hydrogen-Ammonia lifeforms you may find on gas planets? Or Carbon-Liquid Methane based lifeforms you may find on places like Titan? It makes one wonder...



Proletarian	Jun 1 2008, 06:14 PM Post #12
Posts: 1,943 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 24, 2008 Gender: Male Browser: Mozilla Firefox 3 Nationality: American Favorite Quote: "Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt." - Humayun Azad	Or acid-based organisms you might find stowing away on your spacecraft? I just made myself l-o-l. But back on topic: we don't know if there are organisms of other chemical bases. Carbon is the base of life on earth because it can combine into so many compounds and comes in so many different forms (from soot to diamonds to organisms, oh my).



Saxophlutist	Jun 1 2008, 06:20 PM Post #13
Posts: 727 Group: Admins Member #8 Joined: May 31, 2008	Also, even if they seem the same, the homologies would be different from Earth life's. For example, our jaws are derived from the gill arcs, while arthropod's jaws are made up of very derived appendages (Which seem to be a driving force behind their evolution).
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Parasky	Jun 1 2008, 09:44 PM Post #14
Explorer of the Galaxy Posts: 969 Group: Global Mods Member #2 Joined: May 27, 2008 Gender: Male	Will Jun 1 2008, 06:14 PM Or acid-based organisms you might find stowing away on your spacecraft? I just made myself l-o-l. But back on topic: we don't know if there are organisms of other chemical bases. Carbon is the base of life on earth because it can combine into so many compounds and comes in so many different forms (from soot to diamonds to organisms, oh my). Right now I am working on one of my greatest aliens ever. It's a Carbon-Liquid Oxygen based life form with a silicon based genetic system. It's almost done...



Proletarian	Jun 1 2008, 09:50 PM Post #15
Posts: 1,943 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 24, 2008 Gender: Male Browser: Mozilla Firefox 3 Nationality: American Favorite Quote: "Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt." - Humayun Azad	Ok, but its time to get back on topic. So the next few posts should deal with Snaiad or I will have to warn for going off topic.



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