clsage Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 A potential scenario lead for a variety of genres so I am placing it here.... http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090722/sc_livescience/strangehumansglowinvisiblelight -Carl- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Re: Tokyo Scientists Find That Humans Glow doesn't matter, in Hero you have to still pay for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Re: Tokyo Scientists Find That Humans Glow I do like the linked article about 5 myths of the male body. Just because they mention a study that proves that men aren't thinking about sex all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Re: Tokyo Scientists Find That Humans Glow Glowing in the dark would seem useless evolution wise to me. Hard to sneak up on prey in low-light conditions when you are a giant night-light. (and not so good if you are the prey vs. sight predators either. ) It'd only be useful if you were on the planet from Pitch Black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Re: Tokyo Scientists Find That Humans Glow Glowing in the dark would seem useless evolution wise to me. Hard to sneak up on prey in low-light conditions when you are a giant night-light. (and not so good if you are the prey vs. sight predators either. ) It'd only be useful if you were on the planet from Pitch Black. I'd tend to disagree, since there are several bioluminescent creatures filling a variety of niches in the real world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Re: Tokyo Scientists Find That Humans Glow I'd tend to disagree' date=' since there are several bioluminescent creatures filling a variety of niches in the real world.[/quote'] Yes, but arent a lot of them like 3 miles down in the ocean? That and fireflies are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. (and for fireflies it is for mating, and again when I was little when the firefly lit up, I had an easier time catching them) But, yes they could fill a small niche specialty possibly. But, really not a general all-terrains jack-of-all-trades like humans tend to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Re: Tokyo Scientists Find That Humans Glow But' date=' yes they could fill a small niche specialty possibly. But, really not a general all-terrains jack-of-all-trades like humans tend to be.[/quote']There, I do tend to agree. A sapient bioluminescent species would have to be primarily subterranean, and be able to activate and deactivate the ability at will, for it to be useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Re: Tokyo Scientists Find That Humans Glow The article also said that most things emit light ("In fact, virtually all living creatures emit very weak light, which is thought to be a byproduct of biochemical reactions involving free radicals.") so there may be an evolutionary link to Bio-luminescence (my conjecture, non-founded). So maybe we lost the bright light, while species like fireflies or those underground/ deep underwater kept theirs. *shrug* I think it's unlikely, but possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Re: Tokyo Scientists Find That Humans Glow "Luminous beings are we! Not this crude flesh." [/Yoda] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Re: Tokyo Scientists Find That Humans Glow If you did glow in the dark, that would be a Physical Complication, right, since it makes you easier to target at night? Just thinking. Oh, and we men don't constantly think of sex. Sometimes we think about violence too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makiaveli Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Re: Tokyo Scientists Find That Humans Glow Yes, but arent a lot of them like 3 miles down in the ocean? That and fireflies are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. (and for fireflies it is for mating, and again when I was little when the firefly lit up, I had an easier time catching them) But, yes they could fill a small niche specialty possibly. But, really not a general all-terrains jack-of-all-trades like humans tend to be. Just for the record, there are many different species of fireflies and some use it for mating, others for hunting (as in they are predators looking for other insects to eat) and at least one combines the two as it mimics other varieties of fireflies light patterns to attract would-be mates for dinner And I know this because my son, who is 5, is fascinated by them and we did some research on teh intarwebz together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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