Thread:Disgustedorite/@comment-32744161-20181225000445/@comment-32744161-20181226164004

Iudexkoo wrote: It could potentially just have an extremely contractile skin (or other tissue beneath it) which is also extremely durable. And then a layer of hydro-static skeleton (like the mesoglea of most cnidarians) trapped between two layers of said skin. Or pure muscle, like the trunk of an elephant. Iudexkoo wrote: It's blob form could just easily be explained as being filled with air like a balloon. As it expels the air out, it flattens the body into a disc-shape and propel itself using propulsion not unlike that of a sea jelly. How could a scrawny alien break a panel (presumably) designed to survive a direct asteroid strike? Iudexkoo wrote: Another idea that supports the bird blob as just a balloon is the argument of organs. Organs evolve in conjunction to the metabolic demands of the organism. If the organism was just primarily air filled and had only a small amount of systems to supply, then its body can accommodate by just having smaller lighter organs. The largest boneless creature mainly made from the fluid media it lives in is a 2m wide plankter, which is a far cry from a fast, shape-changing flier.