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Marty-Party — Life on Europa:The Hippocampus by-nc-sa

Published: 2008-07-10 06:49:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 4393; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 42
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Description I really enjoyed doing this one, I busted out all the drawing pencils I got from my dad (RIP) and overall had fun doing this one. This would be one of the more aggressive species of the subsurface Europan oceans, unlike some Europan species, this one has eyes strong enough to see in color and have depth perception. They evolved in an ocean near the equator, and are more accustomed to light, unlike the Wardolphins. There is also more food in its home ocean so the Hippocampi's metabolism requires more nutrition than some other species. A hippocamp are incredibly aggressive during the breeding season, but not only do they fight for mates, but the fighting is the mating. When they defeat one another in a duel, he victor impregnates the loser with his young that will take the attributes of both. This means that they never truly have enough soldiers for war, but each soldier is truly a force to be reckoned with.
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Comments: 10

grisador [2015-04-20 12:26:54 +0000 UTC]

Other than Great Drawing .... This is really Possible

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PeteriDish [2013-01-30 20:02:21 +0000 UTC]

amazing! I keep my fingers crossed that there indeed is life on europa!

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tuksumuksu [2011-02-11 18:02:09 +0000 UTC]

Nice picture, but I'm sorry ur dad R.I.P

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indigomagpie [2010-05-27 02:15:15 +0000 UTC]

Soldiers? War? Are these sophonts?

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Marty-Party In reply to indigomagpie [2010-05-27 03:38:48 +0000 UTC]

Yes! In my version of possible Europan life, intelligence has evolved several times at once within the Europan mega-ocean. Entire biospheres would be separate from each other for millions of years, and then brought together. Competition is fierce, and each intelligent species is trying to eradicate the others, and each race is monstrously xenophobic.

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indigomagpie In reply to Marty-Party [2010-05-28 06:28:33 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, neat! I must look through the rest of this project!

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Saxophlutist [2008-07-10 18:35:10 +0000 UTC]

It seems that someone else is doing Europa stuff.
Is this just a short drawing or part of a long term project?

Here's my Europa Project: [link]

I believe you're one of the only other people I know that have worked with this world. I imagined Europa being more popular. (Not requiring any of the extra difficult hard work that planets made up from scratch require)

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Marty-Party In reply to Saxophlutist [2008-07-10 19:22:02 +0000 UTC]

I know exactly what you mean. Every single astrobiologist/exobiologist/evolutionary biologist should be screaming Euuuuuurrrrrooooopaaaaaa!!!! at the top of there lungs, we need to stop wasting time with Luna and send an expedition to Europa, possibly Titan as well. I'm planning on majoring on evolutionary biology and eventually working with NASA.

I've been interested in Europa for years, but I am unsure if Europan art/stories will be a long-term project, but it seems like a good idea.

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Saxophlutist In reply to Marty-Party [2008-07-10 21:56:30 +0000 UTC]

Yes, Mars and Europa should be very good hotspots for exobiology work. The moon is really just for historical work only.
Mars' soil is apparently hospitable as proven by the Phoenix Lander.

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Marty-Party In reply to Saxophlutist [2008-07-11 01:49:05 +0000 UTC]

yeah, the ice was fond right underneath the lander. Perhaps Mars could have subsurface oceans as well...perhaps just subsurface lakes

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