Back in high school, somewhere between the Triassic and Jurassic, I played around with designing an alien ecosystem. Change the conditions from earth (more or less gravity, bigger or smaller oceans, etc.), superimpose the ecological niches that might be standard across worlds, and go crazy with the types of species you might imagine. Pretty heavy science dorkdom, but it was fun.
Which is why I think this project is pretty cool. Project Snaiad brings together collaborators with the same weird interest in designing life on another planet. Not the most profitable use of social media, to be sure, but still, pretty cool.
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