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[GreatWyrmGold]

Also have the hives give of signals of some kind--sub- or ultrasonic, pheromones, etc--which lets them be found more easily by the slicers.

[Remuthra]

I suggest that rather than put the hives in the trees, let's have floating aerial hives that will be less vulnerable to predators. That way, we never actually have to set foot on land.

[Gamerlord]

Nah, too much energy consumption for something like that. But the hives DO need to be more mobile.

[Remuthra]

It wouldn't cost us any energy if we simply made the hives work similarly to those balloons.

[weenog]

Strengthen tentacle-limbs and modify spike tips into somewhat more hook-like claws.  If we can jump and climb effectively, we will have less trouble in tree cover or rain too dense to fly through, and can use the canopy as a defense (or possibly even ambush) against other aerial predators that are not similarly modified.

Hives need camouflage.

Hives need ability to detect and selectively emit scent.  Under normal circumstances they should emit some cover scent that makes them uninteresting to anything that would normally threaten them.  When we are nearby, they should detect us and emit a different scent that helps us to find them.

We need the ability to selectively emit scents, to inform our hive of our proximity.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I suggest that rather than put the hives in the trees, let's have floating aerial hives that will be less vulnerable to predators. That way, we never actually have to set foot on land.

This sounds cool, I'll grant you that.

[10ebbor10]

I suggest that rather than put the hives in the trees, let's have floating aerial hives that will be less vulnerable to predators. That way, we never actually have to set foot on land.

This sounds cool, I'll grant you that.

Only problem is that with the slightest bit of wind, they float away. This is no problem for an floating plant, but could drive us out of our habitat.

Instead, I propose we put our hives in the trees. Instant camouflage, armour and sustenance.

Make hives parasital/symbiotic with certain trees.µ

((Oh, and please bold stuff. Makes it easier to find.))

[Eotyrannus]

VOTES

Get hive out of water x2 Into trees x1 Using hydrogen floats x1
Hives need trackers x2 Sound x1 Pheromones x2
Better legs/claws x1
Camouflage hives x1
Hives detect our scent x1
Parasitise trees x1

[Gamerlord]

I suggest that rather than put the hives in the trees, let's have floating aerial hives that will be less vulnerable to predators. That way, we never actually have to set foot on land.

This sounds cool, I'll grant you that.

Only problem is that with the slightest bit of wind, they float away. This is no problem for an floating plant, but could drive us out of our habitat.

Instead, I propose we put our hives in the trees. Instant camouflage, armour and sustenance.

Make hives parasital/symbiotic with certain trees.µ

((Oh, and please bold stuff. Makes it easier to find.))

+1

[10ebbor10]

Oh and +1 to hive pheromones.

Another thing: How do the hives reproduce?

[tryrar]

+1 symbiotic hives

[Remuthra]

+1 to parasitism.

[kaian-a-coel]

+1 to floating hives that attach to trees with spiked tentacles (to avoid floating away, and can parasite it), but can still move away if needed.

Scents in rainforest is a bad idea. Let's go with sound-based localisation. We have fine hearing, so we can detect sounds our predators cannot (hopefully). Both for the hive and the gliders. Hive "sing" to help us locate it, and conversely.

On that topic, we could midify our brain process to turn the rain from a jammer into a passive radar. If rain is regular enough, we can infer our surroundings from the sounds it makes. That would require a lot of brainpower, and indirectly makes us sort of smarter. Especially if we later redirect that brainpower to different tasks (because we moved to a less rainy area).

+1 to tree-climbing as well.

[Remuthra]

+1 to floating hives that attach to trees with spiked tentacles (to avoid floating away, and can parasite it), but can still move away if needed.

Scents in rainforest is a bad idea. Let's go with sound-based localisation. We have fine hearing, so we can detect sounds our predators cannot (hopefully). Both for the hive and the gliders. Hive "sing" to help us locate it, and conversely.

On that topic, we could midify our brain process to turn the rain from a jammer into a passive radar. If rain is regular enough, we can infer our surroundings from the sounds it makes. That would require a lot of brainpower, and indirectly makes us sort of smarter. Especially if we later redirect that brainpower to different tasks (because we moved to a less rainy area).

+1 to tree-climbing as well.

I approve of this.

[Iituem]

Have the hives parasitise the already floating gasbags is an option.  Otherwise...

+1 symbiotic tree hives AND/OR floating hives (floating tree spikers are cool), sound-based hive localisation, definitely get the hives out of water either way.

Oh, and +1 to using the rain to supplement our radar.