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Is there any light down there? Would they have eyes? Stars etc. might be more like totally abstract theoretical concepts like quantum physics is to us, or at l
by nerfhammer 9y ago
Is there any light down there? Would they have eyes?
Stars etc. might be more like totally abstract theoretical concepts like quantum physics is to us, or at least X-rays.
They might not be able to literally look up and see things, having mostly only sonar, hearing, and touch senses; handfuls of surface-explorers wearing special environment suits report the utterly strange sensation that space seems almost totally two-dimensional on the surface and there seems to be total emptiness above. Except that heat sometimes seems to be coming from above in strange repeating patterns.
OTOH they might wonder how a species like us could possibly survive, being unable to see through our own bodies using sonar it must be extremely difficult to develop internal medicine. We would probably just get wiped out by some disease early on.
- mojomark 9y agoThe sun isn't the only source of radiant energy (visible light, IR, UV, etc) in a planetary system. Chemoluminescence and indeed heat itself (infrared (IR) emission) are other sources. I would think that living in a thermal environment closed off from the sun, creatures would be likely to evolve bioluminescent emitters/receptors or even fully developed IR Eyes in order to gain survival advantage. 1.) https://voices.nationalgeographic.org/2014/03/14/from-night-vision-to-heaters-3-of-the-oceans-most-remarkable-eyes/ https://voices.nationalgeographic.org/2014/03/14/from-night-...
- mirimir 9y agoIndeed, deep ocean life is very strange.