SPECULATIVE HYPOTHETICAL: DIFFERENT POSSIBLE LIFEFORMS.
Imagine a small super-dense planet with a huge gravitational pull.
The highest peaks on this planet are only a few hundred meters tall.
But still life evolves, and the life suits its conditions,
Introducing the “Flat Back” - the dominant species in this planets ecosystem.
It is an organism that grows no higher than centimeters in height,
Gathering energy from the thick atmosphere and the photosynthesis of light.
It is an extremely efficient viscous liquid, nothing solid is contained,
By flattening out internal gaseous sacs it can change its density to float millimeters above the planets metallic terrain.
Life is slow when the gravity is so, but perception of time is relative,
And time moves along just nicely from the Flat Backs perspective.
Now imagine a large aquatic planet, its oceans depths are hundreds of kilometers in size,
The planet is extremely cold and both its crust and mantle are completely formed out of ice.
Introducing the “Fungal Biped” - on this planet it’s the most numerous organism,
But why would bipedalism evolve in the ocean? Surely four limbs aren’t the most efficient way to swim?
Fungal Bipeds don’t swim, they walk along the sea floors surface,
And for this purpose their bodies have evolved to be almost perfect.
They are so far underwater that no other predator can test them,
And the huge pressure from the ocean floors depths doesn’t affect them.
Their “bones” are made from cartilage, and all their internal organs are fully collapsed all of the time.
There is no perception of the sky or sunlight from the ocean floor, so each Fungal Biped is blind.
They are aquatic humanoids that feed off geothermal heat and volcanic vents,
They communicate via a series of inaudible sonar clicks to organize annual mating events.
Life is fast when you only live for about ten years, but this is no problem for them,
Ten years is a lifetime from their perspective, a fulfilling lifetime from beginning to end.
Imagine this final planet, which is not a planet but rather an extra-solar ice asteroid,
Introducing the “Proto-virus” – by itself it is not life, because certain elements are void.
The Proto-virus started its journey after a supernova shifted a distant asteroid belt from its territorial group,
It germinated our earth, which at that time was filled with molten lava and primordial soup.
Over time, self-replicating qualities in the virus combined with the strings of proteins and amino acids chains,
It formed an early type of DNA called RNA, a self-replicating device that was our first ancestor in a primitive way.
All life is relative, reflect on these speculations; 3 different locations and 3 different types of life,
The point is that life can come in different forms, and humans are just another type.
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