Alright here's a post about an awesome little series from discovery channel. The series follows a proposed scientific venture to Darwin IV and focuses on the robots that conduct the researching of this far away planet.
the theorized creatures are all amazing in how they interact
first there are the tree predators that look interesting and glide like a flying squirrel
second there are the water walkers that walk across the thick liquid of the planet eating parts of the liquid with the mouths on their feet
next we have the huge behemoths that absorb their nutrients through their contact with the ground and release any extra nutrients to the plants growing off their backs
and next we have the floating beings that can recognize patterns but destroy the probes because they feel threatened by the video recorders that the probes release
and lastly we have what I feel to be the most awesome of the creatures the flying predator that has an interesting feeding strategy that requires impaling it's prey and lifting it high into the air and dropping it down for it's partner to catch the meal and repeating the process until the two are full
there are others in the videos but they are not as notable
it is amazing that the same molecules that make up our DNA could also have created these creatures
I recommend that you take some time and watch some of the series for yourself.
these videos are just small clips from the series
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KXfBMOdP-w&feature=related
this video shows the concept art of the creatures
the next three were all created by one user but they each show different pieces of the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZeYYyotOTk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZeYYyotOTk&feature=related
at 2:10 watch the feeding strategy of the flying creatures
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjqmxTlhzTE&feature=related
Please discuss your views of these creatures and how you would feel if some of these were actual animals here on earth.
and as a last piece of info is it possible to go faster than the speed of light
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/22/us-science-light-idUSTRE78L4FH20110922
I'm curious, since your blog deals with different aspects of genetic research, if we were to encounter creatures that were -- like the ones this series describes -- so different from the creatures around us on Earth, do you see there being possible benefits to genetic research or understanding? In other words, what would our sciences gain from meeting such creatures?
ReplyDeleteI watched the creatures Alien plant one and i was glad i did it looks really cool. My favorite thing about science is this the possibility of other forms of the life out there nice job
ReplyDeleteSo some of the pictures in the first video remind me of the animals in the movie "Avatar." I think if I were to see one of these creatures in person it would completely creep me out, but once I got past the shock factor it would be pretty sweet!
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ReplyDeletefinding life on another planet could affect many different aspects of science.
first the people at NASA(or whatever/whomever is in charge of the space program by then) that are receiving the data stream would start to plan a secondary trip to the planet to gather more information from the planet.
the botanists and zoologists would be trying to learn as much as they can about the flora and fauna and how they interact from the videos
and if one of the probes was able to determine the genetics of any of the beings on the planet then the geneticists would be trying to recreate the DNA of the beings and place the DNA into an embryonic stem cell and try to grow the creature in a safe environment
the only science that would have nothing to do would be the marine biologists until a new probe was sent out that was able to penetrate the bio-film ocean
This was definitely an interesting post chops! I really like the "spin" your putting on these, and the different aspects of your topic your using. It's really helping me understand stem cell research more. Please keep posting more like this one! =D
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