Round 2: Marine Creatures

[MrKyurem]

*insert epic music to make the whale situation greater*

[sylverone]

Honestly have no strong preference between those three, although I'm warming to the baleen. I don't really go for the swordfish because all it is is just pointy, but on the other hand since it would open up the possibilities of a number of fish-heads I wouldn't mind that either.

I have a question, though. When I first read about this...
[quote=Quasar]My answer to that is that we still intend to grow the mutation map organically: these targets provide a direction, but we will drive towards that target by mutating existing head types, rather than modelling them from scratch. Then we'll go back and add variants and offshoots and so on.[/quote]
...I took it (perhaps falsely) to mean that the "head-space" was going to be continuous, so that species could gradually warp from one head type to another through a whole tree or network of possibilities, with plenty of odd, interpolated or extrapolated heads in between and "off the edges" (and of course this could apply to other parts such as horns or limbs). But now I gather that what it really means is that a wide variety of heads will be created with rules for transitioning between them (ie raptor head can't jump to baleen whale head, but can jump to slightly-beaked-dino head, or whatever). This sounds easier to accomplish, although my imagination was really going with the other idea.

[AnarchCassius]

Using a technique called "tweening" it could be done. But it would be a bigger strain, plus the best or most common bridge between two forms is rarely gonna be the simple geometric average. Even when it is the mechanics won't always change at the same rate. Without a protein up system of body structure building a model based on real world designs is probably pretty good. And the protein system would lag with one animal even if we really have enough knowledge to make it possible.

I do think it will resemeble a network, like a web, but there will probably be a few peninsulas and gaps in the web.

[White parrot]

Congratulation, you finally managed to avoid the Toothy Hammerhead Baleen. Was it worth it ?


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[AngerDomeAble]

What if you merge all three of them?

[MrKyurem]

What if you merge all three of them?

See post above yours.

[Neovenator]

What if you merge all three of them?

See post above yours.

Isn't much hammerheadery.

[White parrot]

You're never happy, are you ?

Here, take your Lord of Extinction.

[Neovenator]

You're never happy, are you ?

Here, take your Lord of Extinction.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-

[White parrot]

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-

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I made a huge mistake, didn't I ?