Why do they have to swim forwards at all? Maybe they somehow torpedo themselves in reverse if they have tentacles…
No, but really, I’d never thought about this before and now the answer will haunt and vex me until it is discovered. [emoji=undertide laughing size=1]
Why do they have to swim forwards at all? Maybe they somehow torpedo themselves in reverse if they have tentacles…
No, but really, I’d never thought about this before and now the answer will haunt and vex me until it is discovered.
The same way an octopus or squid or any sea creature that has tentacles does.
The same way an octopus or squid or any sea creature that has tentacles does.
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The same way an octopus or squid or any sea creature that has tentacles does.
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Backwards?
Squids and cuttlefish and all other tentacled ocean beings swim with the tentacles facing the trailing end, not headfirst.
shozurei wrote on 2024-04-25 21:49:03:
The same way an octopus or squid or any sea creature that has tentacles does.
Backwards?
Squids and cuttlefish and all other tentacled ocean beings swim with the tentacles facing the trailing end, not headfirst.
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This question is why I do not put this gene on dragons. I can't see this being comfortable for the dragon that has to have it. Maybe it is a parasite and they don't want to have it?
i'm starting to think that maybe staff didnt think about the logistics of it as opposed to being able to show off more of the gene - which i can understand but at the same time now that i realize the arms are facing the wrong way it makes me not want to use it anymore LOL
if undertides had FINS instead of WINGS this would also probably have been less of a design issue
i'm starting to think that maybe staff didnt think about the logistics of it as opposed to being able to show off more of the gene - which i can understand but at the same time now that i realize the arms are facing the wrong way it makes me not want to use it anymore LOL
if undertides had FINS instead of WINGS this would also probably have been less of a design issue
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Bugbag wrote on 2024-04-25 15:36:14:
terribly cursed
thank you
I'm in the "tucked around the neck" camp, I think, but that would only be if they need to go fast, right? I think normally they would just kind of... scuttle?
I'm in the "tucked around the neck" camp, I think, but that would only be if they need to go fast, right? I think normally they would just kind of... scuttle?
Probably - as mentioned already - rather poorly.
But, wouldn't it be possible for Undertides with tentacles to just crawl across the ocean floor?
It's kinda hard to see on the adults, but on the hatchlings it's clear there are four tentacles on each side. Tentacles are really flexible and STRONG, so my take is they don't use them to swim at all, instead they use them to grab things (corals, rocks, ...) and pull themself forward.
This would of course also affect their lifestyle! What will happen to Undertides, not able to swim freely like their peers? My guess is since they can't hunt like other undertides they would be scavengers and lurk between corals/ laying in wait for unsuspecting prey to swim past them... but I'm straying off topic ^^;
Probably - as mentioned already - rather poorly.
But, wouldn't it be possible for Undertides with tentacles to just crawl across the ocean floor?
It's kinda hard to see on the adults, but on the hatchlings it's clear there are four tentacles on each side. Tentacles are really flexible and STRONG, so my take is they don't use them to swim at all, instead they use them to grab things (corals, rocks, ...) and pull themself forward.
This would of course also affect their lifestyle! What will happen to Undertides, not able to swim freely like their peers? My guess is since they can't hunt like other undertides they would be scavengers and lurk between corals/ laying in wait for unsuspecting prey to swim past them... but I'm straying off topic ^^;
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