Questions tagged [bones]
For questions about the high-strength calcium-based structure that is present in most skeletons.
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How much metal could a humanoid safely have in its skin and bones and be functional?
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"safely" - the metal would be strictly beneficial; there would be no health problems caused by it (perhaps at least for most, there may be "birth defects" which cause some of ...
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Are bones and skulls actually good building material?
If you see this type of road and you are Czech, you are going to say, that is made from cats heads:
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Imagine I am Joe the Average, who was sent to medieval Europe (by accident)
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Hollow-boned Humanoids
I have a race of humanoids (soarfolk) who, as their name suggests, basically went from normal humans to humans with wings, hollow bones and feathers. Normal humans still exist, and interact with ...
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How to support a large head on a horizontally attached neck
I've got a creature here. Generally around 4 feet tall. The head is not as tall as a human head, but wider, so the brain size should be the same. It has a wide snout with crushing predator teeth like ...
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Could a medium sized mammal in the order carnivora evolve to be bipedal?
In the movie Guardians of the Galaxy (and a few others), we meet a bipedal raccoon known as Rocket (who I am aware did not evolve to be bipedal, but I am using him as an example). I honestly love the ...
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