CHYMERA SERIES - Name this Imaginary Creature from Kepler 452b (SBD awarded For the Best Name)
Form & Function
Ruminating on the way evolution converges on similar solutions to problems, (from my recent long post on why most aliens are humanoid) I began thinking more about how function and form could be replicated or differ entirely in response to a radically altered history of conditions. Habitat plays an integral, essential role in shaping an organism. A mammal with four legs eventually became a whale, which looks more like a fish at first glance. The sea has shaped it's hydrodynamics from one successful form toward another, over many aeons. A bird tends toward the aerodynamic form by the efficiency of form for it's function of flight in a similar way. Some birds are also waterbirds and their shape has become adapted to accommodate both forces. The Penguin lost it's flight and became a swimming torpedo. A very efficient ocean predator.
What if the Rules were Different
I thought a lot about hands. They seem so useful, we've kept them since we were frogs. That's a long time ago when the first fish left the oceans and clambered onto the land. But what about other solutions. Octopus have very dextrous limbs and not a bone in sight. They do live in a reduced gravity environment, but tentacles seem to work equally well on land.
This Chymera is part monkey, cephalopod, bird, mountain goat, with coral antlers and although it may seem incongruous, could perhaps easily resemble a nature which we would find both familiar and alien in the equatorial forests of Kepler 452b
Name this creature
Give it a name and if It's a good one you will be rewarded with a token of my SBD appreciation. Comments welcome. Reward will depend on the payout amount of this post. In the event of a tie-break a multiple award will be made
It's a Ubiquetopus. I see them frequently when snorkelling at Kingscliff. I think they are native to Cudgen Creek. They swim really well, but swing up in the Pandanus trees that overhang the creek when humans approach.
I Like it @Katyclark very clever and a nice touch of magic realism thrown in.. Cudgen Creek sounds very boggy !
Thank you :) not boggy at all, but crystal clear and sparkling, blue water with white sand - you will have to visit and check it out http://www.enigmavisions.com.au/blog/2014/10/a-selection-of-our-kingscliff-beach-and-cudgen-creek-images-enigma-visions-landscape-photography/
WOW.. not what I was expecting.. I could definitely see a Ubiqetopus swinging through the trees there. I was thinking it was going be more like Berkley's Creek, where the Bunyip lives ! I'd love to Snorkel there, looks a bit like Byron, oh I, just mapped it.. it is just up the road.. a very beautiful part of the world. lots of great memories of NSW
Deer horned octomonkeybird, haha
Thanks, that's not a bad try @markjason.. it's in the hat for the lucky prize :)
Haha, thank you @otterground
Nice Post!! I name thee a Octomamper. :))
Thanks @steveblack, that's got an interesting mouthfeel
Kalenduka is the name I can think of.
I like @dinglehopper to be honest.. I think I caught one of those, somewhere in the forests of Eastern Australia !
This animal is clearly the bircoral monktopus of the genus makeupus animalis
Awesome! Thanks for the opportunity for fun!
Mo
thanks @molovelly that's a very scientific approach.. Binmonial nomenclature no less !!
nerds unite :D
Hyper crypticus nerdii
That creature is amazing. I named it Chymericmonkey
thanks @piusrita ! a Chymericmonkey it certainly is :)
So do I get it Sir!?
Does it mean that I got it
it's not been decided but you're in with a shout !
Ok tnx, Pls I would like to know when final decision made or the name is pronounced, I ve will very glad
Ok. I'll bite and throw my hat in the ring - twice:
DARPAMET - a genteically-spliced, multi-environmental, utilitarian biobot. When contacted for details, DARPA's chief Public Affairs Officer stated, "We can neither confirm or deny official governmental hybrid experimentation; nor can we speculate upon whether such 'Meta-Entity' would be utlized in covert operations."
RANDSTRANDS 2.0 - The latest iteration of highly popular biobots produced by the Rand Corporation's patented multi-purpose, gene-splicing procedures that have already lifted the burden of most dangerous or laborious tasks from society.
"How far are we away from what the Annunaki created to mine their home planet's atmosphere-saving gold from our Earth?" - JaiChai
BTW, Salutations.
I am Jaichai. Very nice to meet you.
Upvoted and following you now.
Keep posting and I'll keep reading.
Namaste,
JaiChai
@jaichai.. your Darpamet is definitely on the leaderboard and thanks for your imaginative double entry. I love the story, although it sounds suspiciously like a Chupacabra to me. Randstrands 2.0 sounds like you need to go and see Bladerunner 2049. nice to meet you too ! I will keep my eyes on you ;)
As I you, amigo.
Appreciate that you took the time to reply.
Namaste,
JaiChai
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the spikeback simian! it looks cool
thanks @p-s-y-c-h-o .. I'm wondering now if the spikes are just defensive or they have a different function !