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What do you get when you combine a tick, a bot fly, and a virus? You might get something like this. I call it the "greater korvog". Its purpose is to illustrate a potential reproductive cycle that aliens might use.
I call this reproductive cycle "paraviral", which means "beside viral". This is because it is like the reproduction that viruses use in that viral particles are used to infect host cells. However, it is unlike viral reproduction in that the host cell is transformed into a zygote of the greater korvog (as opposed to a virus factory, as is the case with Earthly viruses). Due to their unique reproductive system, greater korvogs have the same mitochondrial DNA as their hosts (if they have mitochondria or similar organelles, that is). I call creatures that use this reproductive system "paraviruses" (for obvious reasons).
Greater korvogs are about 1 centimeter long at adulthood. Full-sized larvae are about the same size. Although they can sting a human with their proboscis (which is mildy painful), they cannot infect us. They can only infect a specific host (just like viruses).
(This artwork may be copied, borrowed, or reproduced by anyone that wants to. You don't even have to attribute it to me. Just make sure that you don't claim it as your own.)
I call this reproductive cycle "paraviral", which means "beside viral". This is because it is like the reproduction that viruses use in that viral particles are used to infect host cells. However, it is unlike viral reproduction in that the host cell is transformed into a zygote of the greater korvog (as opposed to a virus factory, as is the case with Earthly viruses). Due to their unique reproductive system, greater korvogs have the same mitochondrial DNA as their hosts (if they have mitochondria or similar organelles, that is). I call creatures that use this reproductive system "paraviruses" (for obvious reasons).
Greater korvogs are about 1 centimeter long at adulthood. Full-sized larvae are about the same size. Although they can sting a human with their proboscis (which is mildy painful), they cannot infect us. They can only infect a specific host (just like viruses).
(This artwork may be copied, borrowed, or reproduced by anyone that wants to. You don't even have to attribute it to me. Just make sure that you don't claim it as your own.)
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This actually seems very similar to the xenomorph from the alien movies, with some obvious differences, such as the xenomorph using an embryo that takes anywhere from ten to fifteen percent of the host's genetics, while on the other hand this korvog creature largely doesn't use the hosts genes (aside from mitochondrial DNA from the hosts mitochondria (that is, if the host even has mitochondria, )) but still undergoes a mutation or two due to using a host's cell for the zygote.
Anyway, this is a pretty cool concept and I personally would like to talk to you about any number of different concepts for alien life (I actually have a concept in mind that is based off an unusual property that some fungus have, I'll elaborate on it if you want to.)
Anyway, this is a pretty cool concept and I personally would like to talk to you about any number of different concepts for alien life (I actually have a concept in mind that is based off an unusual property that some fungus have, I'll elaborate on it if you want to.)