tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702244474212352064.post3819465844938114900..comments2023-10-10T03:45:54.001-07:00Comments on The Big Idea: Dolphin Rocket Jockies and Interstellar NavigatorsCaptain Travishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951843520672985269noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702244474212352064.post-15356015850204656082014-02-03T22:14:34.333-08:002014-02-03T22:14:34.333-08:00Well, Ruth, no other known species is as capable o...Well, Ruth, no other known species is as capable of deliberate violence as a human being... However, you are probably right that a dolphin is sufficiently aggressive without any form of modification. Especially if you could tap into their hunting instincts, so the dolphin pilot would receive input into its brain making the act of fighting and destroying another spacecraft seem very much like seeking out, finding, chasing down, and eating a prey fish...Captain Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951843520672985269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702244474212352064.post-27315457806208890592014-02-03T18:22:29.544-08:002014-02-03T18:22:29.544-08:00Dolphins can actually be quite agressive, from wha...Dolphins can actually be quite agressive, from what I understand, so that part wouldn't be a huge stretch. I wouldn't be surprised if they are parallel to apes in intelligence. They use toys. They have organized play and hunting. They may even have names for eachother! So much story potential! Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13032523646027371715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702244474212352064.post-66349804062043439712014-02-02T14:18:18.155-08:002014-02-02T14:18:18.155-08:00I'll put it on my "to do" list. :) M...I'll put it on my "to do" list. :) My ideas multiply faster than the words will flow from my brain in writing a story. <br /><br />But you could always write it yourself, Io...Captain Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951843520672985269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702244474212352064.post-75400171097939598612014-02-02T14:16:56.522-08:002014-02-02T14:16:56.522-08:00Right. Maybe a human with dolphin brain geography ...Right. Maybe a human with dolphin brain geography would mostly look like a normal human being with perhaps a telltale sign or two of something not quite normal. Perhaps an extra large head of not quite the right shape...or skin that feels just a bit too rubbery...or something else, perhaps. Certainly you'd have to make a human-dolphin hybrid behave differently than a non-hybrid...Captain Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951843520672985269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702244474212352064.post-37246899378035436182014-02-02T13:56:53.375-08:002014-02-02T13:56:53.375-08:00A human-dolphin hybrid is difficult to visualize w...A human-dolphin hybrid is difficult to visualize without resorting to a chimera, but the options are as endless as imagination. As segments of various genomes are isolated, I could also see this coming across as a genetic modification resulting in minimal visual change but major differences in abilities.CKoepphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03940704008780472775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702244474212352064.post-924354742806716732014-02-02T13:47:42.370-08:002014-02-02T13:47:42.370-08:00I suggest you write the first story about dolphins...I suggest you write the first story about dolphins in space. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10572513499390747599noreply@blogger.com