I like the plant idea. In addition to providing extra energy & oxygen, it also provides another outlet for heat and possibly portable shade, depending on just how exactly we design it. Shoot, we could use it to handle all kinds of things, (metabolism stuff), since we're designing it.
I'd be interested to hear how...
Also, we'll have to do something about the pressure. If we don't increase inhaled-gas pressure, or decrease blood pressure, we won't be able to respirate- the gases won't dissolve properly, (particularly CO2).
What do birds that fly at high altitudes do?
I'm more partial to shrinking size than ectothermy.
Why? Shrinking has a
ton of problems with it, from brain size to senses.
Also: just saying 'increase mean body temperature, engineer replacement proteins' might work out just fine- it's a forum game after all. Stealing proteins would work too, but in terms of forum game turns it'd take the same amount of effort, 'adapt lizard enzymes to work in our creature' is just as many commands as the previous one.
Well, firstly, that assumes that the GM is bending realism; secondly, it assumes that we'd rather be lazy than debate biology. And I'd imagine that for many of us here, debating the biology is half the fun.
*raises hand*
Additional ideas:
Steal from the avatar aliens and ganymeans from (minervan experiment?).
Huh?
Bones w/ carbon fiber.
Show me one example of organic carbon fibers.
Internal organs are suspended from modified rib structure, instead of sitting in a pile.
Hm...
Just gonna throw out there- secondary circulatory system? Useful for anything?
Huh? There's already two circulatory systems, more if you count cardiac/hepatic/renal/etc circulation separately.
