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Spec evolution Jan 15, 2022 3:27:12 GMT 5

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Yeah. My jaw dropped next to the gnasher's front feet when I first saw that thing. (And it just gave me the needed inspiration for a planned short story...).

Thread tax, some aliens in a gas giant:

www.reddit.com/r/SpeculativeEvolution/comments/s2xhab/gasgiantdwelling_sophont/

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Supercommunist Senior Member Rank 1 Posts: 1,850	Spec evolution Feb 26, 2022 11:54:18 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Supercommunist on Feb 26, 2022 11:54:18 GMT 5

Supercommunist Senior Member Rank 1 Posts: 1,850	Spec evolution Feb 26, 2022 13:05:54 GMT 5 Infinity Blade likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Supercommunist on Feb 26, 2022 13:05:54 GMT 5 Bear armadillo:

Supercommunist Senior Member Rank 1 Posts: 1,850	Spec evolution Feb 28, 2022 1:50:44 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Supercommunist on Feb 28, 2022 1:50:44 GMT 5 www.reddit.com/r/SpeculativeEvolution/comments/stsp03/the_ghostfaced_alickwall_a_speculative_apex/

Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,840	Spec evolution Mar 2, 2022 20:00:09 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Mar 2, 2022 20:00:09 GMT 5 A sapient bird Dougal Dixon came up with in 1990.
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Supercommunist Senior Member Rank 1 Posts: 1,850	Spec evolution Mar 21, 2022 5:34:57 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Supercommunist on Mar 21, 2022 5:34:57 GMT 5 Shield lance crab:

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Spec evolution Mar 24, 2022 1:27:14 GMT 5

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Post by creature386 on Mar 24, 2022 1:27:14 GMT 5

More of a fantasy creature than anything else, but I hope the Pale Strider still qualifies:

There aren't many that can call the Nurian barren lands home, but the Pale Strider feels completely comfortable there as anywhere else. Capable of enduring extreme temperatures and dryness they migrate every 3 years to the salty plains of the barren land just in time for the salt flies matting season. These usually lone creatures congregate in a huge feast where just waving their long sticky tongues is enough to catch as many flies as one could want. Due to a very low birth rate, during this time they mate with as many partners as they can to try and ensure at least one successful fecundation. After this whole month of eating and mating that could make a roman emperor blush they leave to wander alone again, waiting for the next feast due 3 years from then when the salt flies mating season coincide with the entrance into adulthood of the Striders born since last time. Natural loners, the Pale Strider abandon their calves to fend for themselves just a few weeks after they were born.

www.deviantart.com/bonekrishna/art/Pale-Strider-710774228

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Spec evolution Apr 2, 2022 23:20:01 GMT 5 Infinity Blade likes this

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Earth life transported to another planet:

Mantis dinosaurs:

spacestationrhynia.blogspot.com/2021/09/clade-profile-mantiraptora.html

spacestationrhynia.blogspot.com/2021/11/clade-profile-celaenosauria.html

spacestationrhynia.blogspot.com/2021/11/clade-profile-sabephs.html

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Supercommunist Senior Member Rank 1 Posts: 1,850	Spec evolution Apr 19, 2022 1:55:49 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Supercommunist on Apr 19, 2022 1:55:49 GMT 5 This guy has some good stuff: www.deviantart.com/species-of-vekia/gallery

Supercommunist Senior Member Rank 1 Posts: 1,850	Spec evolution May 18, 2022 0:32:24 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Supercommunist on May 18, 2022 0:32:24 GMT 5 Marsupial griffon. They started a crowdfunding project for their book. zoop.gg/c/almostrealvol5

Supercommunist Senior Member Rank 1 Posts: 1,850	Spec evolution May 20, 2022 2:47:00 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Supercommunist on May 20, 2022 2:47:00 GMT 5 Quadraped spino: www.deviantart.com/titanlizard/art/Quadrupedal-Spinosauridae-and-False-Toothed-Dino-862533617

Supercommunist Senior Member Rank 1 Posts: 1,850	Spec evolution Jun 1, 2022 8:45:34 GMT 5 Infinity Blade likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Supercommunist on Jun 1, 2022 8:45:34 GMT 5 Arboreal flightless parrot that kills leopards: www.deviantart.com/illustratedmenagerie/art/Vengeance-917841450
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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,840	Spec evolution Jun 1, 2022 16:27:54 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Jun 1, 2022 16:27:54 GMT 5 Kaimere has concepts that are surprisingly satisfying to see. I’ve seen art of predatory theropods stabbing ground sloths and entelodonts with huge claws.
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Supercommunist Senior Member Rank 1 Posts: 1,850	Spec evolution Jun 3, 2022 7:16:04 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Supercommunist on Jun 3, 2022 7:16:04 GMT 5 A nitpick I have with kaimere is that the author overhypes the usefulness of intelligence. But that's an issue a lot of spec fiction fall for.
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Supercommunist Senior Member Rank 1 Posts: 1,850	Spec evolution Jun 15, 2022 4:30:47 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Supercommunist on Jun 15, 2022 4:30:47 GMT 5 www.reddit.com/r/SpeculativeEvolution/comments/vbgwol/thanks_to_upaleopreist_for_the_idea/

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Infinity Blade: I imagine tyrannosaurs having finesse through their premaxillary teeth. We know they could delicately scrape meat off of bones with those if they wanted to. Aug 28, 2024 1:29:55 GMT 5

Supercommunist: Anyone find it kind of weird how some people portay gigantosaurus as a finese predator compared to a tyrannosaurus? Given that tyrannosaurus had the smaller gape and the duller teeth, wouldn't it require more precision? Aug 27, 2024 23:49:00 GMT 5