What Pet Would You Choose for Space Travel?

[Noisy Rhysling]

So far I'm in favor of an alien flying pet with a propellor on its butt.

 

[DaveC426913]

So far I'm in favor of an alien flying pet with a propellor on its butt.

Alas, wheels and propellors are not something in nature's toolbox. Nature can't do axles.

 

[BillTre]

Well, bacterial flagella can rotate.
Of course they are very small molecular not cellular structures and not wheels, but are kind of like a propeller.

 

[Noisy Rhysling]

Alas, wheels and propellors are not something in nature's toolbox. Nature can't do axles.

Not on this planet, anyway.

 

[DaveC426913]

Well, bacterial flagella can rotate.
Of course they are very small molecular not cellular structures and not wheels, but are kind of like a propeller.

Yeah, that's one of the few exceptions. Surface area to volume is low enough that the flagella can get nutrients right through the walls.

Another exception would be two symbiotic creatures - one forming the axle.

 

[Noisy Rhysling]

Yeah, that's one of the few exceptions. Surface area to volume is low enough that the flagella can get nutrients right through the walls.

Another exception would be two symbiotic creatures - one forming the axle.

Perhaps a breeding pair using flight to hunt?

 

[BillTre]

Perhaps a breeding pair using flight to hunt?

Perhaps a new meaning of screw.

 

[Noisy Rhysling]

Perhaps a new meaning of screw.

I was thinking more of a hunting pair, but I'm going to steam that line. THX!