BiologyLife in all varieties. What is it, and how does it evolve?
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It's birds, right? No. No! That's not right. It's... it's... it's... on the tip of my tongue... I can see it... energy coming out like gallons of Elmer's Glue and... No. That's not it... Kinda like lightening, right? Am I close? No. Wait... don't tell me... don't tell me... I've almost got it...
Toothed whales my padiwan, most highly developed in sperm Whales but also used in dolphins to stun and confuse their prey. Sperm whales have actually caused nausea and confusion in human divers that were observing them when the whales sonar-ed them from a short distance at a low power curious type sonar beam. Dolphins have been observed stunning small fish with their much less powerful sonar.
Yeah, not exactly directed, but amazing the different ways they are able use it...
E.eels use it to navigate and sense their surroundings. Elephantnose fish use electricity to navigate and to communicate with each other. they also have brains much bigger in relation to body size than humans have. they take care of each other and some relatively complex behaviors. I wonder how much a remote sense contributes to brain size as is also seen in toothed whales that use sonar for similar reasons.
Is the way the Hulk heals rapidly really possible? If so how?
What's the deal with Superhearing, is that at all possible?
I don't know if this question was answered already or not, but is there a way to engineer an adult human to develop traits they do not have (superhearing, rapid healing, enhanced strength, enhanced reflexes, ability to see the world as if they were looking at it in slow motion?)
I watched something on tv about people who sometimes view the world in slow motion when adrenaline is in their system and their heartbeat becomes increased. Is there any way to do this through practice? (I personally believe the old time witches, shamans, healers, naturalist scientist who 'stopped time' really tapped into this ability and learned to do it at will)
Is the way the Hulk heals rapidly really possible? If so how?
What's the deal with Superhearing, is that at all possible?
I don't know if this question was answered already or not, but is there a way to engineer an adult human to develop traits they do not have (superhearing, rapid healing, enhanced strength, enhanced reflexes, ability to see the world as if they were looking at it in slow motion?)
I watched something on tv about people who sometimes view the world in slow motion when adrenaline is in their system and their heartbeat becomes increased. Is there any way to do this through practice? (I personally believe the old time witches, shamans, healers, naturalist scientist who 'stopped time' really tapped into this ability and learned to do it at will)
I honestly think that at some point we will be able to genetically engineer almost anything from genetic material, my personal favorite would be a centaur but I think we are very far from being able to do that or even come close to that. We have a very small understanding of how genes work and how they contribute to making a creature what it is. No doubt there are other things at work in this that are not genetic. Like the chicken embryos that were altered to make them into toothed creatures most resembling a small dinosaur than a chicken by simply manipulating them physically with the very same genes that should have given it a beak.
Is the way the Hulk heals rapidly really possible? If so how?...I watched something on tv about people who sometimes view the world in slow motion when adrenaline is in their system...
Hey JK, still asking, hunh?
The Hulk has lots of reality problems. Transforming from a normal human to a ton of green flesh involves violating the Law of Conservation of Mass. Where did the extra ~1800 pounds come from? No can do.
Superhealing is another reality problem. Healing takes place at the speed of complex molecules and the molecular transport systems at the cellular level. You can't speed these things up. Molecules vibrate and fold and move at their own particular speeds and frequencies. There's no fast-forward button.
Now, "slow-motion" sensing is another thing. It does take place, and it's not that uncommon. It doesn't take an oriental mystic or a samarai or a little yellow pill to do this. It has happened to me at least three times in my life, when my adrenaline levels shot through the roof. In two of those occassions, it enabled me to save my life, or at least avoid serious injury.
However, I'm unaware that anyone can call forth "slow-motion" sensing on command. You can't just snap your fingers and do it.
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What's extracellular matrix? and what does it have to do with healing/regeneration?
Could it be possible to move salamander or amphibian stem cells into a human so that a wound can be healed faster or heal a wound which normally wouldn't heal?
Can regeneration in the human body be sped up? If so how?
Yes, but not by much. Certain vitamins aid in production of new cells. Having healthy doses of the vitamins, compared to someone with vitamin deficiencies, should speed up recovery but there are other factors (genetics, type of wound, etc.).
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What's extracellular matrix? and what does it have to do with healing/regeneration?
The wiki should explain it all, let me know if you still don't understand.
Could it be possible to move salamander or amphibian stem cells into a human so that a wound can be healed faster or heal a wound which normally wouldn't heal?
No. You would have to find the genes responsible for regeneration and splice them into the human genome. Even then, it probably wouldn't work, for reasons that Pyrotex mentioned earlier in this thread.
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