Why extraterrestrial life may not seem alien

Re:Why extraterrestrial life may not seem alien by gambiting on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @04:40AM (#28046954)

>>You don't see a lot of natural hot air balloons floating around do you?

Not balloons perhaps, but spiders float on strands of silk using very similar principles.

Pollen and seeds frequently use some kind of floating device to spread as far as possible - again, you probably wouldn't call it flying as such, but they can move through the air for the purposes of reproduction without having wings.

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Re:Why extraterrestrial life may not seem alien by giantrobot on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @12:39PM (#28051250)

Floating is not controlled flight. Being blown by the wind due to a high surface area to weight ratio is not flight. I move through the air without wings when I walk. I could jump off a diving board and get some forward motion going. Neither are in any way flight.

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Re:Why extraterrestrial life may not seem alien by ncmncm on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @08:26PM (#28055912)

Anyway, balloons or no, there is a great deal of hot air.

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