#specifying Kalahari because I don’t know if these species of animal are different elsewhere | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

theshadowrealmitself · 2 years

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Documentaries of animals are great for coming up with alien stuff, at least for me because most of the time I never really think about why an animal looks/acts like that or how an animal does what it does

Tsudilo Geckos of the Kalahari Desert have adhesive pads to grip rocks with, which I’m guessing most geckos have now, and tbh I never really thought about how geckos and lizards and stuff could do that, I just accepted that they could

But! Now that I’m aware, it’s a fun detail to think about with any alien species that might be reptilian, if you ever shook their hand, you might be ready for the scaliness, but their hands might also be sticky!

Also, Kalahari’s ostriches will have scarlet shins if they have high amounts of testosterone, so it’d be an interesting detail to add of an alien species having a body part that’s a different color/shade than the rest of them and why it looks different

#making this post real quick while I’m thinking of if #and to give myself a mini break #I finished the documentary and I’m halfway through the paper #I work quick once I actually start #aliens #humans #documentary #yes I’m an idiot that doesn’t think about how lizards actually cling to walls #it’s not that I thought they did something different it’s just that I never actually thought about it at all #which is weird because there are so many lizards where I live #which I guess actually makes sense then #you’d be more likely to ask questions if you saw an animal do something you weren’t expecting #specifying Kalahari because I don’t know if these species of animal are different elsewhere

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