Post by rebeldroideka on Sept 2, 2017 5:55:26 GMT
So evidently this is a thing:
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-insect-has-the-only-mechanical-gears-ever-found-in-nature-6480908/
Tl;dr: a species of insect has interlocking gears, like you would find in an auto mobile transmission or gearbox, in its legs, so it can aim it's jump more accurately.
So, how hard would this be to pull off in Thrive, when we get to the appropriate stage? Presumably we'd need some way to manipulate the bone structure on a small enough scale to get the teeth in place, and then we'd require a means of powering the gear without interfering in its range of motion.
Another question, this one less game-based and more speculative evolution: what kinds of conditions and evolutionary pressures would lead to something like this being an advantage, other than jumping? Anything?
Last question, I swear: how far can we, mastereminds of evolution, take this and still have a functioning creature?
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-insect-has-the-only-mechanical-gears-ever-found-in-nature-6480908/
Tl;dr: a species of insect has interlocking gears, like you would find in an auto mobile transmission or gearbox, in its legs, so it can aim it's jump more accurately.
So, how hard would this be to pull off in Thrive, when we get to the appropriate stage? Presumably we'd need some way to manipulate the bone structure on a small enough scale to get the teeth in place, and then we'd require a means of powering the gear without interfering in its range of motion.
Another question, this one less game-based and more speculative evolution: what kinds of conditions and evolutionary pressures would lead to something like this being an advantage, other than jumping? Anything?
Last question, I swear: how far can we, mastereminds of evolution, take this and still have a functioning creature?
