12-27-2018, 11:55 AM
Rather than patching in these details into the existing Muuh article, we could really do with a dedicated section on methane-ethane biology alone. The tradeoffs involved in producing a workable metabolism at -160 degrees are varied and complex, with our current articles on Methanoids and Muuh lacking in detailed information about how their biology works.
Digestion in particular could end up working very different for methane-based life, depending on what nutrients it needed to survive. They might not require acids to break down their food, or they might digest their food over a period of several months rather than several hours like warm-blooded sophonts.
Digestion in particular could end up working very different for methane-based life, depending on what nutrients it needed to survive. They might not require acids to break down their food, or they might digest their food over a period of several months rather than several hours like warm-blooded sophonts.