Admiral_Ritt
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Did not want to put this question in the main spaceflight forums, since
it is entirely speculative, and hopefully avoid certain killjoys on this bbs.
It appears that Venus was more like Earth like at start.
Let make some assumptions.
If complex life up to simple animals (pre-Cambrian equivalent) arose there.
And the transformation of Venus from wet world to the present state
occurred gradually enough for life to adapt. What would they be like ?
Give a General description, and how they are able to survive on the surface
of Venus. (you may assume that Venus surface crust does partially melt over
periods of 500 Mya.
My money is on flying insect analogues. Most of the time such an insect will be in flight. Why? Because it is very easy to fly on Venus. and also at 15 km high. the Pressure is only 33 BAR. Such "insects" would have to be able descend to surface. The surface should contain compounds and chemicals OTHER than CO2, N2, SO2, such a living thing would need to harvest these Other compounds for growth, metabolic needs, reproductive needs.
So these creatures would have to figure out how to temporarily descend to
the surface, deal with the much higher temperatures and pressures there, and forage for chemical needs. They would also have to survive the melting crust that is speculated to occur over large intervals.
Let see what others can come up with.
it is entirely speculative, and hopefully avoid certain killjoys on this bbs.
It appears that Venus was more like Earth like at start.
Let make some assumptions.
If complex life up to simple animals (pre-Cambrian equivalent) arose there.
And the transformation of Venus from wet world to the present state
occurred gradually enough for life to adapt. What would they be like ?
Give a General description, and how they are able to survive on the surface
of Venus. (you may assume that Venus surface crust does partially melt over
periods of 500 Mya.
My money is on flying insect analogues. Most of the time such an insect will be in flight. Why? Because it is very easy to fly on Venus. and also at 15 km high. the Pressure is only 33 BAR. Such "insects" would have to be able descend to surface. The surface should contain compounds and chemicals OTHER than CO2, N2, SO2, such a living thing would need to harvest these Other compounds for growth, metabolic needs, reproductive needs.
So these creatures would have to figure out how to temporarily descend to
the surface, deal with the much higher temperatures and pressures there, and forage for chemical needs. They would also have to survive the melting crust that is speculated to occur over large intervals.
Let see what others can come up with.