What if there were an earth-like planet that was highly radioactive, with a high density of nuclear isotopes in the core? How would life evolve in those conditions?
>>16961470Dunno. But we have plenty of life on Earth perfectly capable of thriving in retardedly high radiation environments.
>>16961472What if the latent reactivity were high enough that more complex life eventually adapted to it? What would nuclear reptiles, mammals, cephalopods and avians be like?
>>16961470Into crabs
>>16961520Why is that?
>>16961512They would necessarily adapt. Melanin content would probably be higher. Radiotrophs would be more common.
>>16961512they'd probably have a lot of cancers, but higher turnover and faster reproduction cycles to compensate.
>>16961526crab is best form
>>16961470>What if there were an earth-like planet that was highly radioactive,> How would life evolve in those conditions?See for example...>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radioduranstl;dr keeps a lot of backup copies of its DNA, using more advanced ECC methods for cell division than humans>with a high density of nuclear isotopes in the core?A planet could have a highly radioactive core that is well-shielded by rock and/or oceans, with little surface radiation, so not really applicable.
