[–] 1 point 1 day ago

I'm not smart enough to do the numbers, but looking at how thin Triton's atmosphere is you would need a ridiculously large rotor to move enough air and being able to power that in the cold air with limited sunlight would make it pretty impractical. The need for a helicopter would be less useful here too, given you can take satellite imagery with high clarity thanks to that thin atmosphere.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    They're still part of the seahore-pipefish family at the end of the day. Article made it sound like they were a completely different branch of fish pressured into convergent evolution.

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