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once again, you can't claim a subject. All people have the right to contribute to any subject.
What I meant was I claim the right to work on Minecraft Ecology, not "I am the only one who is allowed to do so". So sorry I wasn't clear, I'm kinda busy gearing up to final exams at the moment.
suggestions "it is not known how steves know how to create nether portals, or why they do so, but it seems to be part of their instinct. many have been observed to make them with no prompting or previous knowledge of their existence" also relevant to nether portals "steves with low brain power have been known to enter these portals and disappear completely" as for creepers exploding "perhaps creepers expected that a result of their exploding would deter other creatures from attacking them, however this is faulted by the fact that few survive the explosions afterward, it seems to have had an impact on wolves, who will, under no circumstances, attack a creeper. also for creepers "creepers are afraid of cats, likely because they mistake the cats hissing for their own.
for cats "it seems that, many years in the past, most ocelots were tamed by steves, and evolved into domestic cats, but for an unknown reason, were then given up by their masters. they successfully evolved back to their previous forms of ocelots, but miraculously, kept the ability to revert to the domestic cat almost instantly."
suggestions "it is not known how steves know how to create nether portals, or why they do so, but it seems to be part of their instinct. many have been observed to make them with no prompting or previous knowledge of their existence" also relevant to nether portals "steves with low brain power have been known to enter these portals and disappear completely" as for creepers exploding "perhaps creepers expected that a result of their exploding would deter other creatures from attacking them, however this is faulted by the fact that few survive the explosions afterward, it seems to have had an impact on wolves, who will, under no circumstances, attack a creeper. also for creepers "creepers are afraid of cats, likely because they mistake the cats hissing for their own.
for cats "it seems that, many years in the past, most ocelots were tamed by steves, and evolved into domestic cats, but for an unknown reason, were then given up by their masters. they successfully evolved back to their previous forms of ocelots, but miraculously, kept the ability to revert to the domestic cat almost instantly."
What?
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I usually have a neutral/undecided standpoint on things. And yes, I am part Swiss.
Since there is much speculation about ''evolution'', (and not really any hard evidence that isn't a scam or falsified compilations of stuffs) Mojang will most likely not add this to Minecraft. They will risk losing the large amount of minecrafters that have religion of some kind, if they add this, and that may push Minecraft off the edge, in terms of popularity/maintained-ness.
I have to vote ''no'' on this one.
Since there is much speculation about ''evolution'', (and not really any hard evidence that isn't a scam or falsified compilations of stuffs) Mojang will most likely not add this to Minecraft. They will risk losing the large amount of minecrafters that have religion of some kind, if they add this, and that may push Minecraft off the edge, in terms of popularity/maintained-ness.
I have to vote ''no'' on this one.
?????? This isn't a suggestion. It's purely just for discussion...and, how the heck would this be put into the game? In fact, what part of this would be put in the game? Plus this is in the discussion forum, not the suggestion forum, and...GRRRRRRRRR.
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I usually have a neutral/undecided standpoint on things. And yes, I am part Swiss.
Only stuff from the game, creepers aren't tamable. Second, I've said several times in various places, No Steves or people effected the evolution if they were named. Anyone that lived long enough ago has a name the has been lost to the mists of time.
wow. you started this thread and suddenly you're an a-hole critic. you have no imagination.
wow. you started this thread and suddenly you're an a-hole critic. you have no imagination.
Well, stating that you can tame a creeper when you can't in the game (without any mods, of course) is a bit silly. Especially since the concept of it in the first place is silly, too. Though I think it's fine that you did some experiments and achieved this result (since this is science with a bit of roleplaying, and you didn't act like you were suggesting tamable creepers, with details and everything), I do see what pianoplayer meant. Especially with the last sentence in your theory, "If we can tame and breed numbers of these creepers, they may be able to be reclassified as docile."
As for the other half of pianoplayer's response, I'm not quite sure what he was trying to say, but I think it's for the better.
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I usually have a neutral/undecided standpoint on things. And yes, I am part Swiss.
A Creeper is a strange hybrid lying somewhere between K. Animalia, K. Fungi, K. Monera, and K. Plantae. It reproduces via an airborne spore that is released when the creature's sac of explosive powder detonates and scatters them. The powder inside a creeper is simply a form of stored energy, similar to our fats except incredibly volatile. For reasons long lost to the wonders of nature, the propellant sac will only activate when receptors lining its its respiration orifice (commonly mistaken as a mouth, which it is not because the Creeper is not a heterotroph but an autotroph, and therefore does not consume other organisms) detect pheromones of a Homo-Sapien produced when it is startled. This has resulted in directional selection towards illusive and fast Creepers.
The spores share the rugged, durable characteristics of archaebacteria. They are hardy and can travel thousands of kilometers. Creepers are an androgynous species, resulting in a lack of gender XY chromosomes in the spore. When they join with another spore by happenstance, a zygote is formed that rapidly begins cell division, obtaining needed energy and nutrients through extremely efficient photosynthesis. A growing Creeper is virtually indistinguishable from a blade of tall grass. Once the Creeper is mature enough for its legs to form, it wrenches itself free of the soil and seeks out humans. Since humans are generally few and far between, Creepers will seek a dark place such as a cave and create an endospore around itself, enabling it to survive in stasis for an all but indefinite period of time, only emerging when it detects human presence.
Creepers and Pigs are believed to have been descended from a common ancestor due to vestigal structures found in Creepers, such as a tail bone and part of a digestive system despite them being autotrophic. They also have similar foot structure. However, divergent evolution has separated the two species so far that they no longer belong to the same kingdom. In fact, an entirely new kingdom had to be created specifically for the Creeper: K. Hybridia, a kingdom encompassing creatures that share a number of characteristics from other kingdoms. As of now, the Creeper is the sole member of said kingdom and cannot be given a proper taxonomic classification or binomial name due to the fact that there are no other organisms in K. Hybridia to compare it to.
But why does it need a human to blow up? Why can't it blow up at will?
A mystery of nature. We aren't sure why they evolved that way, but we do know why they explode when close to humans. When humans are afraid, they release a pheromone in their sweat. Creepers' have receptors in their respiration orifice that are specifically designed to pick up this pheromone. The pheromone can be detected from 16 meters away, but the intensity needed to initiate the sequence that sets off the propellant sac is found at around 4 meters away. When the Creeper's receptors detect a sufficient amount of the pheromone, they send an electrical impulse directly to the propellant sac. All of the stored energy, or "gunpowder", is released at once, scattering Creeper spores far and wide, and perhaps destroying the human in the process. Simultaneously, the electrical impulse triggers a massive release of dopamine in the Creeper's brain and they experience pleasure similar to a human orgasm. The hissing you hear is them expressing this.
The receptors, nerve connections, and explosion sac are all part of the Explository System. The Explository System functions completely independent of the Creeper's brain, inhibiting it from exploding at will.
A Creeper is a strange hybrid lying somewhere between the kingdoms of archaebacteria, animalia, fungi, plantae, and protista. It reproduces via an airborne spore that is released when the creature's sac of explosive powder detonates and scatters them. The powder inside a creeper is simply a form of stored energy, similar to our fats except incredibly volatile. For reasons long lost to the wonders of nature, the propellant sac will only activate when receptors lining its its respiration orifice (commonly mistaken as a mouth, which it is not because the Creeper is not a heterotroph but an autotroph, and therefore does not consume other organisms) detect pheromones of a homo-sapien produced when it is startled. This has resulted in destabilizing selection towards illusive and fast Creepers.
The spores share the rugged, durable characteristics of archaebacteria. They are hardy and can travel thousands of kilometers. Creepers are an androgynous species, resulting in a lack of gender XY chromosomes in the spore. When they join with another spore by happenstance, a zygote is formed that rapidly begins cell division, obtaining needed energy and nutrients through extremely efficient photosynthesis. A growing Creeper is virtually indistinguishable from a blade of tall grass. Once the Creeper is mature enough for its legs to form, it wrenches itself free of the soil and seeks out humans. Since humans are generally few and far between, Creepers will seek a dark place such as a cave and create an endospore around itself, enabling it to survive in stasis for an all but indefinite period of time, only emerging when it detects human presence.
Creepers and Pigs are believed to have been descended from a common ancestor due to vestigal structures found in Creepers, such as a tail bone and part of a digestive system despite them being autotrophic. They also have similar foot structure. However, divergent evolution has separated the two species so far that they no longer belong to the same kingdom. In fact, an entirely new kingdom had to be created specifically for the Creeper: Hybridia, a kingdom encompassing creatures that share a number of characteristics from other kingdoms. As of now, the Creeper is the sole member of said kingdom and cannot be given a proper taxonomic classification or binomial name due to the fact that there are no other organisms in Hybridia to compare it to.
You need to have a name for your theory, but other than that, this is great!
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I usually have a neutral/undecided standpoint on things. And yes, I am part Swiss.
A Creeper is a strange hybrid lying somewhere between the kingdoms of archaebacteria, animalia, fungi, plantae, and protista.
Few problems, K. Protista was the "Everything Else" Kingdom, and included everything that didn't fit into K. Animalia, K. PLante, K. Monera (bacteria), and K. Fungi. As such, it is no longer considered to be true kingdom. Also, the kingdom names need to be capitalized, and underlined, the species name would be Homo sapiens, the Creepers would be experiencing Directional Selection, not Destabilizing Selection. Other than that, it is reasonable.
Translation: Clean up the terms you use to make them consistent with modern biological terms, and other than that, well done.
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Your brain is so powerful, it would take a state of the art computer the size of a factory to come even close to matching the processing power.
Few problems, K. Protista was the "Everything Else" Kingdom, and included everything that didn't fit into K. Animalia, K. PLante, K. Monera (bacteria), and K. Fungi. As such, it is no longer considered to be true kingdom. Also, the kingdom names need to be capitalized, and underlined, the species name would be Homo sapiens, the Creepers would be experiencing Directional Selection, not Destabilizing Selection. Other than that, it is reasonable.
Translation: Clean up the terms you use to make them consistent with modern biological terms, and other than that, well done.
Thanks for that. I was taught that "Protista" was a kingdom in Biology B, and I also didn't know you had to underline the kingdoms. Making edits now.
Thanks for that. I was taught that Protista was a kingdom in Biology B, and I also didn't know you had to underline the kingdoms. Making edits now.
Yea, it WAS a kingdom, until they realized how stupid it was to throw everything together just because it didn't fit into the other kingdoms. I didn't know about the underlining until earlier this year, when my bio Prof told us.
When humans are afraid, they release a pheromone in their sweat. Creepers' have receptors in their respiration orifice that are specifically designed to pick up this pheromone.
Well, then why do creepers approach us (and detonate beside us) without us knowing of their presence? In that situation, we wouldn't be afraid, because we wouldn't notice anything to be afraid of, and therefore we wouldn't release the pheromone you speak of.
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I usually have a neutral/undecided standpoint on things. And yes, I am part Swiss.
Well, then why do creepers approach us (and detonate beside us) without us knowing of their presence? In that situation, we wouldn't be afraid, because we wouldn't notice anything to be afraid of, and therefore we wouldn't release the pheromone you speak of.
Because you are already afraid of monsters because its night time or your in a cave. Many people are weary and slightly afraid when the enter a large cave system in minecraft. even if you arent afraid at that time and they blow up, it teaches you to be afraid later so they can reproduce. Just because you dont know their there doesnt mean your not afraid of them. Also in that moment of life after its blown up as you slowly die, this is when steve shows true fear. how many times has a creeper blown up and you have been blown into the sky because of it. you release fear as you die meaning the creeper can still reproduce using your fear as you die. (I havent really written this that well, does it make sense?
Well, then why do creepers approach us (and detonate beside us) without us knowing of their presence? In that situation, we wouldn't be afraid, because we wouldn't notice anything to be afraid of, and therefore we wouldn't release the pheromone you speak of.
Along with the post above, when a Creeper sneaks up without you knowing and gives you a jumpscare, you're pumping out pheromones like a factory.
Along with the post above, when a Creeper sneaks up without you knowing and gives you a jumpscare, you're pumping out pheromones like a factory.
If you mean you start to be afraid when the creeper starts to hiss, doesn't it only start to hiss when it receives the "fear pheromones"? Also, how would it detect you from a distance if you don't see it ,it's not right next to you, and it's daytime, and therefore there's no reason for you to be scared?
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I usually have a neutral/undecided standpoint on things. And yes, I am part Swiss.
If you mean you start to be afraid when the creeper starts to hiss, doesn't it only start to hiss when it receives the "fear pheromones"? Also, how would it detect you from a distance if you don't see it ,it's not right next to you, and it's daytime, and therefore there's no reason for you to be scared?
Nowhere did I say Creepers can hiss only when they're exploding. They can hiss to scare you, which releases pheromones, which triggers the explository system.
What I meant was I claim the right to work on Minecraft Ecology, not "I am the only one who is allowed to do so". So sorry I wasn't clear, I'm kinda busy gearing up to final exams at the moment.
for cats "it seems that, many years in the past, most ocelots were tamed by steves, and evolved into domestic cats, but for an unknown reason, were then given up by their masters. they successfully evolved back to their previous forms of ocelots, but miraculously, kept the ability to revert to the domestic cat almost instantly."
What?
I usually have a neutral/undecided standpoint on things. And yes, I am part Swiss.
I have to vote ''no'' on this one.
?????? This isn't a suggestion. It's purely just for discussion...and, how the heck would this be put into the game? In fact, what part of this would be put in the game? Plus this is in the discussion forum, not the suggestion forum, and...GRRRRRRRRR.
I usually have a neutral/undecided standpoint on things. And yes, I am part Swiss.
wow. you started this thread and suddenly you're an a-hole critic. you have no imagination.
FHAST FHOD FOHR DEH EMPRAH!
Well, stating that you can tame a creeper when you can't in the game (without any mods, of course) is a bit silly. Especially since the concept of it in the first place is silly, too. Though I think it's fine that you did some experiments and achieved this result (since this is science with a bit of roleplaying, and you didn't act like you were suggesting tamable creepers, with details and everything), I do see what pianoplayer meant. Especially with the last sentence in your theory, "If we can tame and breed numbers of these creepers, they may be able to be reclassified as docile."
As for the other half of pianoplayer's response, I'm not quite sure what he was trying to say, but I think it's for the better.
I usually have a neutral/undecided standpoint on things. And yes, I am part Swiss.
Lemon Theory of Creepers
A Creeper is a strange hybrid lying somewhere between K. Animalia, K. Fungi, K. Monera, and K. Plantae. It reproduces via an airborne spore that is released when the creature's sac of explosive powder detonates and scatters them. The powder inside a creeper is simply a form of stored energy, similar to our fats except incredibly volatile. For reasons long lost to the wonders of nature, the propellant sac will only activate when receptors lining its its respiration orifice (commonly mistaken as a mouth, which it is not because the Creeper is not a heterotroph but an autotroph, and therefore does not consume other organisms) detect pheromones of a Homo-Sapien produced when it is startled. This has resulted in directional selection towards illusive and fast Creepers.
The spores share the rugged, durable characteristics of archaebacteria. They are hardy and can travel thousands of kilometers. Creepers are an androgynous species, resulting in a lack of gender XY chromosomes in the spore. When they join with another spore by happenstance, a zygote is formed that rapidly begins cell division, obtaining needed energy and nutrients through extremely efficient photosynthesis. A growing Creeper is virtually indistinguishable from a blade of tall grass. Once the Creeper is mature enough for its legs to form, it wrenches itself free of the soil and seeks out humans. Since humans are generally few and far between, Creepers will seek a dark place such as a cave and create an endospore around itself, enabling it to survive in stasis for an all but indefinite period of time, only emerging when it detects human presence.
Creepers and Pigs are believed to have been descended from a common ancestor due to vestigal structures found in Creepers, such as a tail bone and part of a digestive system despite them being autotrophic. They also have similar foot structure. However, divergent evolution has separated the two species so far that they no longer belong to the same kingdom. In fact, an entirely new kingdom had to be created specifically for the Creeper: K. Hybridia, a kingdom encompassing creatures that share a number of characteristics from other kingdoms. As of now, the Creeper is the sole member of said kingdom and cannot be given a proper taxonomic classification or binomial name due to the fact that there are no other organisms in K. Hybridia to compare it to.
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A mystery of nature. We aren't sure why they evolved that way, but we do know why they explode when close to humans. When humans are afraid, they release a pheromone in their sweat. Creepers' have receptors in their respiration orifice that are specifically designed to pick up this pheromone. The pheromone can be detected from 16 meters away, but the intensity needed to initiate the sequence that sets off the propellant sac is found at around 4 meters away. When the Creeper's receptors detect a sufficient amount of the pheromone, they send an electrical impulse directly to the propellant sac. All of the stored energy, or "gunpowder", is released at once, scattering Creeper spores far and wide, and perhaps destroying the human in the process. Simultaneously, the electrical impulse triggers a massive release of dopamine in the Creeper's brain and they experience pleasure similar to a human orgasm. The hissing you hear is them expressing this.
The receptors, nerve connections, and explosion sac are all part of the Explository System. The Explository System functions completely independent of the Creeper's brain, inhibiting it from exploding at will.
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You need to have a name for your theory, but other than that, this is great!
I usually have a neutral/undecided standpoint on things. And yes, I am part Swiss.
Few problems, K. Protista was the "Everything Else" Kingdom, and included everything that didn't fit into K. Animalia, K. PLante, K. Monera (bacteria), and K. Fungi. As such, it is no longer considered to be true kingdom. Also, the kingdom names need to be capitalized, and underlined, the species name would be Homo sapiens, the Creepers would be experiencing Directional Selection, not Destabilizing Selection. Other than that, it is reasonable.
Translation: Clean up the terms you use to make them consistent with modern biological terms, and other than that, well done.
Thanks for that. I was taught that "Protista" was a kingdom in Biology B, and I also didn't know you had to underline the kingdoms. Making edits now.
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Yea, it WAS a kingdom, until they realized how stupid it was to throw everything together just because it didn't fit into the other kingdoms. I didn't know about the underlining until earlier this year, when my bio Prof told us.
Well, then why do creepers approach us (and detonate beside us) without us knowing of their presence? In that situation, we wouldn't be afraid, because we wouldn't notice anything to be afraid of, and therefore we wouldn't release the pheromone you speak of.
I usually have a neutral/undecided standpoint on things. And yes, I am part Swiss.
Because you are already afraid of monsters because its night time or your in a cave. Many people are weary and slightly afraid when the enter a large cave system in minecraft. even if you arent afraid at that time and they blow up, it teaches you to be afraid later so they can reproduce. Just because you dont know their there doesnt mean your not afraid of them. Also in that moment of life after its blown up as you slowly die, this is when steve shows true fear. how many times has a creeper blown up and you have been blown into the sky because of it. you release fear as you die meaning the creeper can still reproduce using your fear as you die. (I havent really written this that well, does it make sense?
Along with the post above, when a Creeper sneaks up without you knowing and gives you a jumpscare, you're pumping out pheromones like a factory.
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The scientific names (from Domain down to Species) can also be italicized.
If you mean you start to be afraid when the creeper starts to hiss, doesn't it only start to hiss when it receives the "fear pheromones"? Also, how would it detect you from a distance if you don't see it ,it's not right next to you, and it's daytime, and therefore there's no reason for you to be scared?
I usually have a neutral/undecided standpoint on things. And yes, I am part Swiss.
Nowhere did I say Creepers can hiss only when they're exploding. They can hiss to scare you, which releases pheromones, which triggers the explository system.
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