'Exobiotica' Explained | Speculative Biology

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  @jmm1067 · 4 years ago

  dumb idea: a C.A. video thats literally just exploring life on earth, describing the lifeforms with examples from fictional works in a role reversal way. treating the very real animals like their pieces of speculative work and vice versa. I.E. "in the vast earth oceans live an apex predator unchanged for millions of years, the shark. though they look remarkably simular to the squidsharks of 4546B, but are more closely related to earth fish than squids" as a terrible example

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• FR

  @friend_trilobot · 4 years ago

  I really like these speculative Alien lifeforms better than many we've seen on here - I think it's bc they feel aesthetically natural, like they are unlike most earth organisms but feel like they still obey the constraints of biophysics

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• BA

  @baronofnothing8896 · 4 years ago

  These speculative biologies are always fun to watch. Always makes you wonder what really is out there.

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• SP

  @sparkyshorts1517 · 4 years ago (edited)

  My son used to love drawing his own speculative alien worlds. From single cells to highly evolved, he never ceased to amaze me with how rich and diverse he populated them. I stumbled across awesome videos like this one and learned what he had done is a whole Thing. I share these with him and hope they spark his imagination as much as he does my own. Thank you for sharing these with us!<br><br>EDIT: Thank you for your patience if you still would like to see his old drawings. It&apos;s a busy time of year, but we&apos;ll get the track down and posted on my little channel soon!

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  @Batollon · 3 years ago

  RIght of the bat I love that the author doesn&apos;t call these organisms &quot;plants&quot; or &quot;animals&quot;, as such are earth specific categories. Because, y&apos;know, all organisms in the same category are related. And life forms on other planets wouldn&apos;t be related to the ones from earth.

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• MA

  @marxtheenigma873 · 4 years ago

  Something I&apos;ve noticed about alien spec bio things is that I don&apos;t often see structures analogous to fur or feathers on the critters. I wonder why?

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• XA

  @xan5948 · 4 years ago

  Anybody else notice the trend that almost every inch of this world is covered in living matter? Half of the images are living creatures crawling along a mat of other living organisms.

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• HA

  @happynihilist2573 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;m sad you didn&apos;t make an April Fool&apos;s joke but Very happy you covered a project I&apos;ve been a fan of for years

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• FI

  @firelow · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSVUtNRNcS4&amp;t=132">2:12</a> &quot;On Earth it&apos;s rare that one would mistake plants, animals and fungi&quot;<br>People think fungi are plants all the time, just a quick useless note.

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• MO

  @morbiddawg · 4 years ago

  Another well-made video about speculative biology. Keep it up, sir.

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  @sonorasgirl · 4 years ago

  I love that this had very distinct biomes and body plans from each other. They all looked like they’d evolved together but really varied in color, size, and overall form. It also allowed for much more realistic looking (while still bloody &nbsp;great and weird) scenes. Idk, I really liked this one, it was cool and kinda realistic in a weird way

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  @remilperez5318 · 4 years ago

  I would suggest checking out the anime &quot;Made in the Abyss&quot; for a potential episode. The fictional creatures in the work are downright awe inspiring as they are bizarre.

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