General Q and A

luke112 wrote:

can someone please come up with a better answer then that, please

Flowers, some candies, surviving the girl's grumpy dad, and if the male expects anything major first date he better have a condom

Prof.Nekko wrote:

luke112 wrote:

can someone please come up with a better answer then that, please

Flowers, some candies, surviving the girl's grumpy dad, and if the male expects anything major first date he better have a condom

LOL

well thats better but how would a gaint find giant chocoletes unless of course their chocolete dipped humans then i know where to find those

What does a pred; Assuming that they are a hybred like a naga; do when they get poisiosed enough to make them sick or worse? (Dont ask how.)

Black Hole Fragment wrote:

What does a pred; Assuming that they are a hybred like a naga; do when they get poisiosed enough to make them sick or worse? (Dont ask how.)

They either get some natural medicine for remedies, or take the stinger out, say "crikey" and die a horrible death

Prof.Nekko wrote:

Black Hole Fragment wrote:

What does a pred; Assuming that they are a hybred like a naga; do when they get poisiosed enough to make them sick or worse? (Dont ask how.)

They either get some natural medicine for remedies, or take the stinger out, say "crikey" and die a horrible death

Get "stung" with the monster I have in mind, expect a pred to die within 3 minuets, with their skin and internal organs liquidfing.(No, I'm not talking about a drid., something far worse.)

luke112 wrote:

Question: what is the naga mating ritual?, (this is assumming that there is somekind of elaborate ritual that would win a male a female, just like in nature)

*Pure conjecture*

Some species of snakes form mating balls, that is, during mating season many males will swarm and compete with other males over a female.

I like to think of some nagas in Felarya doing something similar, but in reverse (multiple females to males) since there seems to be more female predators.

It's always seemed to me that in Felarya the females would play the more dominant role in most relationships for predator species.

ok thank you for answering , next question

when can we expect to see a list of toxic plants and venmonous animals?

luke112 wrote:

ok thank you for answering , next question

when can we expect to see a list of toxic plants and venmonous animals?

Doing a complete list would be impossible, given the range and variety of wildlife in Felarya.

The wiki merely highlights important and/or especially interesting species.

Probably best to just assume that there's lots of them, like with any dangerous environment.

Not a complete list just a list of those in the Known Funna that are Piosenous or venmnous so one does not have to look through the many funna pages to get information on these things for a story secene or related thing,

To what amount of posion would a pred be able to handle if said posion was so leathal that 1 mL of it could kill 1000 people in 3 secounds?

Not much i would say , maybe a half liter at the max, but im not a toxocolgist so i wouldnt know for sure

Black Hole Fragment wrote:

To what amount of posion would a pred be able to handle if said posion was so leathal that 1 mL of it could kill 1000 people in 3 secounds?

Poisons are entirely dependant on dosage, and the type of poison involved.

Predators are very large, with large circulatory systems. You also have to take into account the type of predator as well. Tauric preds like Nagas, Dridders, and Centaurs will have more blood than a humanoid pred of the same size, and would require an even larger dose to bring down. That isn't even thinking about the possibility that pred immune systems could naturally be stronger than a human's, because they are part-animal.

The healing factor plays some part in this as well. Unless a poison is instantly lethal, its effects are going to be weakened slightly by the target's boosted immune system. The amount the healing factor plays a part increases with the time it takes to kill. So, the quicker acting a poison is, the less its going to be affected by the immune system boost of the healing factor.

You'd also need a delivery system. Poisons only work if they get into the bloodstream. To get there, you'd need to have something that could punch through a pred's scaled-up skin. A dart gun isn't going to do it. The dart itself would probably be the size of a football or larger. For something that big, you'd probably be looking at a rocket delievery system. ...and since rockets either wound or kill a pred in a single hit, there's no reason to use poison over a standard, explosive rocket.

Well kind of vemoun I'm talking about is well... imagen a venoum that is basic any and all kinds found in nature, with three other toxic chemical substances in which bost the leathalty of the vemoun by three thousend fold. And this super posionous mixture, due to two of the three unknown chemical substances, makes it flow about 20 times faster than olive oil. The deliver system is a tail powerful enough, with a surated suface, to puch though a preds skin with little effort. And it's acting the moment it gets inside the body.

Also, when I meant by 1 mL of this stuff being able to kill 1000 humans in 3 secounds, I also meant it also "melts" all of the tissue in that time frame also well.

Black Hole Fragment wrote:

Well kind of vemoun I'm talking about is well... imagen a venoum that is basic any and all kinds found in nature, with three other toxic chemical substances in which bost the leathalty of the vemoun by three thousend fold. And this super posionous mixture, due to two of the three unknown chemical substances, makes it flow about 20 times faster than olive oil. The deliver system is a tail powerful enough, with a surated suface, to puch though a preds skin with little effort. And it's acting the moment it gets inside the body.

Also, when I meant by 1 mL of this stuff being able to kill 1000 humans in 3 secounds, I also meant it also "melts" all of the tissue in that time frame also well.

To answer your initial question: I'll need to know the mass of the chemical, not the volume. The LD 50 or median lethal dose; the dosage required to kill 50% of the subjects it is administrated to, of a substance is worked out using mass. For example the LD 50 for botulinum toxin directly injected into the blood stream is worked out at 1 nano gram of poison is required for every kilogram of the subject. So if you weighed in at 80kg then 80 nano grams of botulinum toxin would be enough to kill you.

Ok there are some points in your discription which aren't explained or falwed.

" with three other toxic chemical substances in which bost the leathalty of the vemoun by three thousend fold"

Ok so is this a mixture containing four seperate compounds; the initial poision and three others present in the solution? Or are they reagents which have reacted to form one substance?

The later is probably more what you're looking for in terms of your terminology; the whole being greater than the some of its parts. An example of this would be binary precursors used in chemical weapons; while the precursors themselves are mildly harmful or toxic the product of mixing them together, usually a neurological agent like Sarin is far far more dangerous.

If it is the fromer than your use of terminology is inncorrect; unless at least one reagent was acting as a catylst, as the venom mixture will only be as lethal as the most toxic substance/fastest acting reagent present. When it comes to toxicity there are two factors; the physical effects and the time it takes to induce those physical effects: If one poison kills in seconds while the others take minutes, what is the point of the other poisons? Having four distinct poisons can help when it comes to killing different species however.

" makes it flow about 20 times faster than olive oil"

The venom's own fluid dynamics aren't really important when it comes to its lethality as the main solvent here will be the blood of the victim. The venom won't flow through the body itself.

" I also meant it also "melts" all of the tissue in that time frame also well"

Well this is were it all breaks down. One millilitre of anything will not melt a 80kg body; as the corrosive substance is itself would react with what it comes into contact with, turning both into something that is soluable in the solvent. Hydrocloric acid for example. Hydrochloric acid is just Hydrogen chloride gas dissolved in water; water being solvent. If you drop a lump of iron in a beaker full of Hydrochloric acid the iron will slowly dissolve: 2HCL(aq) + Fe -> FeCl2(aq) + H2

The acid itself is consumed in the reaction however it reacted with the Iron to from Iron(II) Chloride something which is soluable in water; the solvent. If you want to dissolve a body you will need a lot of (insert corrosive substance here) not just a drop.

Another issue is the three second time frame. I've had enough corrosive substances splashed on my hands to know they won't just melt away in an instant rather it is a slow progress, slow enougth to allow me to wash my hands. There are substances which do dissolve in seconds either due to disociation within the solvent or they do react that quickly. Chemical reactions produce heat, the quicker your reaction the more heat you will produce, so if you want to dissolve a body in seconds you are going to be producing an awful ammount of heat.

Now, here is the problem if this vemon is highly corrosive to human tissue; lipids, protiens and other organic compounds (they contain carbon) then chances are it is going to be corrosive to the substances which make it highly toxic; which would also be an organic compound. Why does your venom need to be an organic compound and not just a lump of thallium? Simple; the fastest acting and thus the most dangerous posions are nerve agents; neurotransmitter innhibitors. Inorder form them to traverse the body and do the deed they need to mimic the natural compounds used by the body. A neurotransmitter is akin to a socket, if the innhibitor does not fit into the socket it will not work. Poisons like thallium and arsenic kill by taking the place of essential alkali metal cations and phosphates respectivly; while they match these essential chemicals enough for the body to accept them their chemistry is vastly different from what they substituted thus inducing toxic effects. Such processess are far slower in action than nerve agents however.

What you have done is made a mixture which doesn't know whether it is coming or going; yes you can have a venom which is highly corrosive, however relying on such a mechanism won't kill 1000 humans in three seconds which just a millilitre. On the other hand you can have a poison which is that leathal but it won't be melting bodies.

Huh... it's been a while since I put a question to this thread... and yet somehow I have the feeling its already been asked and answered somewhere in forum... So a simple yes or no shall suffice with a kick to the related answer. Thanks.

Q: Small naga's do they give live birth or do they lay eggs? Yes / No [link]

And for the hell of it a second question... don't kill me!

Q: Is it alright for writers who have absolutely no experience what so ever in drawing to go into in depth detail for a character for a story or is that a case by case basis sort of thing?

It has been stated already that yes, nagas lay eggs. (I don't think the size makes difference in that matter)

Now I'm not sure to get what you mean. Sure if you cannot provide a reference picture, i guess a detailed description is a good thing to do.
(I'm not sure about what kind of answer you did expect ^^')

Vaderaz wrote:

It has been stated already that yes, nagas lay eggs. (I don't think the size makes difference in that matter)

Now I'm not sure to get what you mean. Sure if you cannot provide a reference picture, i guess a detailed description is a good thing to do.
(I'm not sure about what kind of answer you did expect ^^')

Thanks for the quick reply Valderaz

Quick question. What would be the result of a Harpy mating with a Slug Girl? (Besides a very slimy harpy)

If "X+Harpy=Harpy" applies, would it be a harpy?

Harpy. Harpy + Anything = Harpy. Harpies are always female, so no genetic material transfer is going from the harpy to the slug girl, which means the slug girl is providing it to the harpy - thus, the harpy is the 'mother', and the child is a harpy. This is the nature of gynogenesis - though it isn't exactly like that, since some traits of the 'father' are applied to the offspring (whereas in gynogenesis this is not the case).

... Ain't it obvious? According to reliable person, de child would be a harpy... A somewhat lazy harpy.

Saironthis wrote:

Quick question. What would be the result of a Harpy mating with a Slug Girl? (Besides a very slimy harpy)

If "X+Harpy=Harpy" applies, would it be a harpy?

Harpies could not mate with slug-girls.

The male reproductive organ of a slug-girl is in her tail, and isn't really a penis, in how we think of it. Its designed to mate with other slug girls, and not much else.

Harpies require a male with a human-like penis.

Do nekos always, or at least often, land on their feet when they are falling?

they semi human so...

they land on one feet

jeje xD
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well considering that they are know for having good reflexes and agility, I would say yes in most cases