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Do you think a realistically-sized Gojira (like around 50 ft in length) might still be able to wreck some humans' shit up and give them trouble?

Considering how much trouble rampaging elephants and rhinos are, absolutely.

It could probably destroy an American house or two (American homes are really cheaply and flimsily made).

Seriously, just imagine a grumpy reptile that walks bipedally and knows some martial arts and make it fifty feet long. How could that NOT cause some trouble.

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Which Fanged Wyvern would be the best at living in the real world? (Excluding the too obvious answer(s) like our good chunky boi Dodogama tho.)

Shamos.

Larger fanged wyverns like Odogaron would probably hunt down all the large animals in an area and eventually starve.

Shamos on the other hand, are small and stay in packs consisting of only a handful. They’d probably be reptilian raccoons in our world.

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Think Kevin will be the main/alpha head to Mecha-King Ghidorah (if that's what the villains decide to do with him), or will he probably still get bullied by his two new mechanical brothers?

I would like to think that Kevin would be in charge. Not only would this new Kevin Ghidorah not be as destructively evil (but still be somewhat destructive considering Ghidorah’s abilities to make storms) but this Ghidorah would completely ruin the evil plans of the villains because it’s Kevin.

Kevin wants to explore because he’s a curious little bugger. Kevin doesn’t want to (purposely) destroy the world.

Of course he’s still going to be a danger because Ghidorah’s body just automatically terraforms planets. Unless the villains figured out a way to have this new Ghidorah’s mechanical parts stop that, Kevin Ghidorah will have to stay in one place in order for humanity to survive.

Which opens up the possibility for Monarch to invest in kaiju enrichment, which is something I desperately want to see.

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King Ghidorah

King Ghidorah is an interesting one.

Following the format for my Rodan analysis, I’ll list everything important.

1) unknown origin

2) can be frozen and still survive

3) divergent frontal lobe density in the brains of the three heads, denoting each head has disparate levels of cognitive functions, and possibly even independent thought

4) dermal layer is gilded with trace amounts of aurum (gold)

5) Metallurgical studies theorize the scales act as a conductor capable of carrying bioelectrical currents through the creature’s body

6) Muscle tendons on the wings are so hyper-tensile that their massive aerodynamics could generate hurricane-force winds when in flight. Coupled with its body’s electro-receptor molecular biology capable of conducting electrical currents, water vapor in the air would be heated at extreme levels creating its own localized storm system as it travels

Okay let’s start with the electricity. Electroreceptors are a type of organ that can sense electricity (also we can forget about the molecular part because that’s just nonsense), but can’t produce it and aren’t great at conducting. However, they are used in electroreception. Ghidorah probably has organs containing stacks of electrocytes (cells that can actually produce electricity) in specialized organs in his body, and probably has a way to store electricity extracted from lighting as well. Ghidorah can probably subsist on other forms of energy as well since he was shown draining nuclear power from Godzilla. The whole personal thunder storm seems reasonable though.

Hyper-tensile basically just means that something is incredibly resistant to breaking under tension (being stretched). This means that Ghidorah’s wings are pretty tough and powerful, and they have to be considering his skin is made of gold and is thus really really heavy. Each of Ghidorah’s wings are also supported by three ribs as well.

Ghidorah has gold on the surface of his scales. His body is too big to say that he just coats himself in the stuff, so he probably produces it naturally or occasionally consumes gold and his body repurposes it and incorporates it into his scales. The gold in his skin helps conduct electricity. his makes sense because gold is the third most conducive metal; with the second most conducive being copper and the first being silver. Now why Ghidorah’s species decided that gold was the best option instead of the much more conducive, common, and lighter copper is beyond me.

Ghidorah has been frozen in ice for thousands of years and lived. This suggest that he might have antifreeze compounds in his body.

Ghidorah has three heads, and thus three brains. And each one has its own conscience. The center head is the one in charge, and the right head is more aggressive and likes to stay focused on a task at hand. The left head is more curious an aloof, and was nipped and pulled by both the center and right heads when it got distracted. It’s also worth noting that, aside from his brains, Ghidorah’s entire nervous system is largely decentralized. Severed pieces of Ghidorah’s body (like heads for example) will continue to move despite being separated from the rest of the body. Eventually they still die though.

I’m not sure how Ghidorah’s gravity beams work. Despite their name, they’re really just lighting bolts that come from his mouth. Ghidorah is basically a flying tesla coil so I guess he can direct his electricity wherever he wants.

Ghidorah has incredible regenerative abilities, and was shown to regrow an entire head and half a neck in only a few seconds. Massive amounts of stem cells flooded the wound and began growing into tendrils of muscle and bone that twisted themselves into a new head.

Ghidorah’s place on the tree of life has a rather surprising answer. While I initially thought he was a squamate related to snakes (as evidenced by his tongues and snake-like behavior and movements) it turns out that he’s an alien. Ghidorah doesn’t belong on the tree of life because he’s not from our planet. This actually makes sense considering some of his strange quirks. Ghidorah probably spends a lot of time in space, and because of that he would need antifreeze compounds in his body to survive. Ghidorah probably spends his time in space frozen and hibernating with his wings outstretched to act as solar sails. His ability to create giant storms lets him create his own moving fortress where he can recharge by absorbing energy from lightning. Ghidorah uses these storms to aid him in terraforming a planet to his liking. It’s also reasonable to assume that, aside from his outward appearance and skulls, ribs, and vertebrae, Ghidorah likely has anatomy different from most earth creatures due to his extraterrestrial nature.

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Don't recall if you have already, but have you thought of what Scylla from the MV could be?

At first I thought that Scylla might have been a messed up crustacean, but now I think Scylla might be Derived from early cephalopods. Perhaps a Plectronocerid or some kind of relative that stayed on the sea floor. It’s ancestors could have evolved three pairs of tentacles into jointed appendages to help better move their massive bodies. Or they modified a part of their shell into six legs, but modified tentacles seems more likely.

Plus most people draw Scylla as a weird cephalopod anyway so I think that’s the general consensus.

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Mother Longlegs.

Mother Longlegs

Going back to my normal format of listing everything important first.

1. All female

2. It’s a harvestman

3. Vascular bundles of woody xylem found within the the appendages of the mother longlegs suggests that trace elements of actual bamboo are within its physiology, as though the flora of its natural habitat has become infused within its DNA.

4. Evolved razor sharp spines at the end of its legs

5. Poisonous spurs on spikes immobilize prey

6. Drink up liquids from victims through feet like a straw

7. Underbelly releases muscular tendrils that drag prey up into its open stomach

Okay this one is gonna be hard.

Usually I save taxonomy for last, but that’s honestly the easiest thing to do this time. Mother Longlegs are simply a giant parthenogenetic member of the Opiliones, and despite their appearance Opiliones are actually more closely related to scorpions than they are to spiders. And honestly it’s nice to see them taking the spotlight instead of the very overused Araneae. Also, considering that their cephalothorax and abdomen haven’t fused suggests that they diverged from other harvestmen before that happened… and I guess became harvestwomen.

They’re parthenogenetic because they’re basically stationary in their adult phase so they can’t really go and find mates. Although if my florafauna theory holds water then this has to be something recently evolved or else they wouldn’t be so seamlessly merged with their plant parts. Parthenogenesis basically results in clones and doesn’t make a lot of genetic variety, and thus slowing down the process of sorting out the new plant genes generation after generation.

Instead of retaining the normal foot of an arthropod, Mother Longlegs have legs that end in a single sharp point. While this is useful for what they use their legs for, those points are going to dull down very, very quickly. They’re constantly impaling their legs deep into the ground to get a strong footing so they don’t fall over via wind or the clumsiness of a large animal, but because of this and how thin their legs are they’re most likely going to snap their legs if they attempt to walk anywhere. And harvestmen legs don’t grow back, and they’re going to need all the legs they can get to support their body, which looks to be pushing half a ton in weight, without an endoskeleton. Their legs probably support them through both a complete muscular system and hydrologic system (somewhat like spiders). They also apparently have venomous spurs on the end of their foot that’s used in immobilizing prey. While this is useful, they still run the risk of snapping their legs, but I suppose the reward in nutrients is well worth it to them.

On a related topic, Mother Longlegs can seemingly suck nutrients and fluids from prey impaled on their feet. Arachnids already partially have some of their digestive tract in the base of their legs, and sea spiders (which might not even be chelicerates at all) have most of their digestive system in their legs and even use the rhythmic pulsing of it to move around. So it’s plausible to evolve leg straws. Speaking of their leg straws, Mother Longlegs have xylem in their legs. Xylem is a vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and nutrients from the root and up the plant using suction and pressure. Xylem also helps form woody elements in the stem of a plant. So this is likely what Mother Longlegs are using to suck fluids up from impaled prey, and their feet mouths might actually be an extension of the xylem that connects to their digestive track. Xylem is also responsible for why their legs look and feel like bamboo.

Mother Longlegs also can release muscular tendrils that pull prey up into their exposed stomach. This simply isn’t going to happen since the stomachs of arachnids are on top of their nervous system and sometimes even their brain. The movie seems to notice this since we never see their underside open, and the tendrils are instead dragging a soldier up towards its mouth. Prey dragged towards the mouth are crushed by the pedipalps of the Mother Longlegs, and are devoured (harvestmen don’t have a filter system or a sucking stomach so they just eat bits of food). Also their chelate are reduced to large fangs. I don’t know what purpose they serve. They have plants on their abdomen that photosynthesize and provide extra energy.

Harvestmen don’t have very well developed eyes and they’re pretty small compared to their body, so that begs to question why Mother Longlegs have such large and well developed eyes. My guess is that they’re hold overs from when they were cave dwelling creatures, and that they eventually came to the surface of skull island through its many cave systems.

On the bottom of their abdomen are two sphincter-like organs. They could be derived from book lungs or the same chemical spraying organs that other harvestmen use for defense.

Speaking of lungs, at this size ordinary book lungs aren’t going to cut it. The Mother Longlegs have to have a well developed respiratory system.

As far as their life cycle goes, I assume that they start off small, and are omnivorous scavengers like normal harvestmen, and as they molt and grow bigger and slower they migrate back to the bamboo forest. Once there they molt one last time and become fully sedentary.

Let me know if there’s something I didn’t cover here.

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Could silicone-based life evolve in a world mostly dominated of carbon-based ones? The creatures that this question is about btw are Earth Elementals.

Maybe.

Silicon is heavier than carbon and has a harder time bonding with other elements. Compounds with silicon in them are also pretty rocky, so this life form will have to remain in extreme heat to avoid solidifying.

If silicon based life did evolve on earth then its gonna have to be restricted to volcanoes and hydrothermal vents.

Another thing to worry about is respiration. If your silicon organisms breath oxygen like us, then there might be issues. When we breathe we make carbon dioxide as a waste product. If a silicon organism breathes then it’s going to create silicon dioxide.

Silicon dioxide is quartz.

Your earth elementals are gonna need ways to excrete that stuff.

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What would you say is your favorite and adequately portrait alien(s) in pop culture media? Be it from a film, show, game, etc.

Off the top of my head here’s my list. Also this excludes things from speculative evolution settings.

Xenomorphs- they’re the most popular example and they’re actually pretty good. They’re some decent aliens that are surprisingly within the bounds of reality... or at least they were before they became metaphors for creationism.

The Thing- I love shape shifting and body horror. Also once again surprisingly within the boundaries of reality and are also what I would consider a more modern eldritch abomination.

The vast majority of H.P. Lovecraft’s non-humanoid aliens- the man may be an extremely racist and absolutely pathetic individual who was even afraid of salad, but damn can he make a good alien.

The Martians from the original War of the Worlds novel- they’re nothing like humans, but they evolved from creatures that originally looked very human. They’re a very haunting glimpse at our future. We are the Martians. Here’s a good review of them. https://horrorflora.com/2017/10/29/ichf-the-martians-of-h-g-wells/

ICHF: The Martians of H.G. Wells

The War of the Worlds is technically an Imperial Gothic Horror story. The Imperial Gothic, for those of you who aren’t horror lit nerds, is

The aliens from Arrival- I like radial symmetry.

Raznid and Sideros from Earth Defense Force Iron Rain- I really like them.

Glyphids from Deep Rock Galactic- I also really like them.

That’s all I’ve got off the top of my head.