I've always been going for a Bizarre Alien Biology thing with the three SP races...fuelled by Rule of Funny.

I've been ignoring different pressures too, because G forces didn't effect anypony.

This is a Toon 'verse after all.

But...if the speaking thing don't fly we can ditch it.

edited 2nd Dec '11 5:12:06 PM by ApplelightLimited

They can sing underwater because they need to sing the seapony song or they die.

Provided that they have vocal chords and the musculature to shove some sort of workign fluid past the chords, they shoudl be able to talk in either environment.

But water is 800 times as dense as air -

CONFOUND IT, WHY DO WE KEEP APPLYING OUR NOTIONS OF REALITY TO THIS SITUATION.

I was going to mention G-forces in a fic I may or may not be writing, but then I recall someone doing the math for RD and it was obscene, so I didn't bother.

Magiks, that's how.

(Deliberate double post, I was EXPECTING to get ninja'd. I am disappoint.)

edited 2nd Dec '11 5:13:27 PM by pvtnum11

Yes Peeler should dip biscuits in Tea for Bobbie. If I'm eating and I have a cup of tea I will dip what I'm eating in it just to find out what it tastes like. Chicken is nice.

I think Sea Ponies should be able to talk on land but need a charm or something to breathe. And the charm naturally replenishes Oxygen by breaking apart Carbon Dioxide into Oxygen and atoms of Carbon. Because Magic.

I have never watched Death Note. All I know is Potato chips are eaten.

Check out the cover of the Novelization of "Dragonshy"

I'm going to point us back to a much simpler explanation here: They have a land-based respiratory system, ie. lungs, trachea, etc. They use magic to absorb oxygen from their environment directly to the lungs.

or I suppose if we want to be sciency something about their skin absorbes oxygen directly, allowing them to breath on either land or water. The excess carbon dioxide is then stored in sacks, similar to lungs in their chest. This can be expelled at any time either to create sound for speech, or to create a burst of bubbles to scare off predators. The bubbles can be infused with 'magic' via a special gland in the mouth to have various effects, such as creating a single, strong bubble that can contain another creature.

They can also push water over their vocal chords (which are amazingly resilient, giving the sea ponies a startlingly wide vocal range) to speak underwater, as this would resonate much better. Or I'm talking out my ass with that last bit and you can ignore it.

FS looks pissed... and a little hot

JK!

Sounds as good an explanation as any.

That works.

Large and In Charge Fluttershy. Alternatively PMS.

edited 2nd Dec '11 5:19:46 PM by mailedbypostman

Fluttershy looks amusingly badass on that cover.

Was she another patron? If so, I feel bad that she's never experienced the awesomeness of a good cup of tea.

Should Octoquines still stand...if S Ps are mammals...what with the tenacles and ink?

Cardcaptor Derpy made it onto EQ Daily :D

They needs to ponify the second and third OP sequences :3

I was feeling good about watching it. Then it wasn't the localised version. Then I was sad and left.

Ehm... well for the sake of The Colour You Bleed I had been treating them as another sub-species, rather than a seperate species on their own. Basically as opposed to unicorns, earth ponies, pegasi and sea ponies, I'd been treating them as Earth Ponies, Sea Ponies, Sky Ponies and Aether Ponies.

That said, assuming Octoquines (and I do sort of like the idea) exist, it's not impossible for them to be mammalian like the others. Octopuses don't have skeletons, but the tentacles could be treated as essentially 8 prehensile tails. Lots of mammals have sacks of some sort so ink is easy to excuse, as is any potential venom. So yeah, octoquines work well enough.

That's an interesting thought, though. Octoquines are immune to venom... do they have any poisons of their own? Several kinds of octopus are venomous, after all.

edited 2nd Dec '11 5:36:06 PM by kegisak

@Syd

No, she was the woman SERVING me

Personally, I think they need to be submerged in lava...

I'd imagine they don't have venom and if they do it would cause minor paralysis at best.

Some lizards and amphibians can shoot blood out of their eyes. That would be pretty horrific if Octoquines could do the same (not suggesting they do).

But if they were submerged in lava then their vocal chords would likely be inoperable because of the intense heat. Silly, Rich.

edited 2nd Dec '11 5:33:43 PM by Badwolfwho

I got an idea for a SP trio (one of each race):

The Demo Hippocampus, Jellybloom, and a Narwhal...working together as a coral construction team. The Hippocampus clears the way, the Narwhal lays down the coral, and Jellybloom gets the critters settled.

If the sea ponies wear reverse-scuba helmets filled with sea water while they're on dry land, their speech would sound garbled to others, much like we sound garbled when we try to talk underwater. I think the sea ponies words should still be intellibible, though. Otherwise, they'd need to bring a translator sea pony with them.

Okay, that's just bizarre. No one's ever asked her for a cup of tea before? It must have been her first day on the job, or something.

What lives in coral anyway? Wow over a quarter of sea life according to Wikipedia. Sea Ponies must be so busy.

That is one of the saddest stories I've ever heard.

edited 2nd Dec '11 5:39:32 PM by Badwolfwho

Hey guys, is this PMV borderline Rule 34 or not?:

Hmmm, poisonous Octoquines?

Sounds awesome.

Oh...it's you...hello.

edited 2nd Dec '11 5:40:36 PM by ApplelightLimited