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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds.? No. Oh. Because I said 'terrestrial'? No. Terrestrial means on land - as opposed to aquatic. -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds.Well, it's never black and white. It's always a matter of how much can one stretch plausibility before it breaks. After all, I do have...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds.Thanks. I have never heard the term. Alas, while some reptiles do engage in lek mating, they can only do so terrestrially. It seems...
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DaveC426913 reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Fearing AI: Possibility of Sentient Self-Autonomous Robots with
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Btw, this argument is more general than just the basilisk case: it applies to any kind of "acausal trade", which is a topic you'll see... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds.Yes. Coelacanth is also my example of a species that has managed to stave off (overt) evoutionary change for multiple millions of years...
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DaveC426913 reacted to BillTre's post in the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds with
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A lack of fossils is not something to worry about. Coelacanths were thought extinct by their poor fossil record for millions of years... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds.Yes. This is what I'm finding when I research. I had originally been looking for internal triggers that might cause shifts in breeding...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds.OK, here is the tentative premise: This is a prequel to a fantasy story I've already finished (but have not published), called Mosasaur...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Today I Learned.Well, TIL.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds.I will elaborate later today.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Today I Learned.All I know about the perils of grain silos I learned from Harrison Ford in 'Witness' (1985).
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DaveC426913 reacted to Dale's post in the thread A three month long summer vacation from public school seems stupid with Like.
My apologies for using my mentor powers to post after closure, but I thought my experience might be worthwhile on this topic. First...
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DaveC426913 reacted to BillTre's post in the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds with Informative.
Not entirely clear on what you're after here. Nevertheless you may find some of this useful: Breeding grounds can persist for very...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread The Human Cost of AI.Did not know that...
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DaveC426913 reacted to berkeman's post in the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds with Like.
Paging the obvious PF subject matter expert @BillTre (well, at least for current aquatic animals)... :smile:
