Beak disables ears

[takopolly]

BIRDS DON'T HAVE EARS.

LOOK AT THESE BIRDOS. THEY HAVE NO EARS THAT ARE SHOWN...

[Lemodile]

The reason most birds (and aquatic animals) don't have outer ears is because of drag. That works two ways: For one having floppy outer ears can hamper the ability to fly/swim and for two, drag causes noise, which in turn actually makes it difficult to hear anything else while flying/swimming. Stick your head out of the window of a moving car and I'm sure you know what I mean.

Still, I don't agree that having a beak should automatically disable ears. If anything, evolution is a gradual process and Niche reflects that quite elegantly. A more subtle solution that I'd like to see is as follows:

• Introduce "inner ears" as a new ear that can be evolved.
• Then make different ears have a different effect on flying (and perhaps swimming) ability. Basically: bigger ears = less flying. What I'd suggest is to leave the medium ears as is (same for bearyena), but give "inner ears" a +1 on flying/swimming and big ears a -1.
• To ensure these "inner ears" aren't entirely overpowered, their hearing should be less effective. I'd suggest +2 hearing (where medium has +3).

[Goggles-kun]

32 minutes ago, MelonNicheling said:

BIRDS DON'T HAVE EARS.

Actually, birds do have ears. They’re just not visible.

[Leaellynasaura]

I personally like the current bird beaks with ears, and feel they would look strange without them. Besides, disabling ears would also remove hearing, which is important. If it's just an aesthetic change, it should be optional.

[Spacestar TheThundersuncat]

Male model would need a larger fix

[flower]

give them bat head then give them beak again.

[Zixvir]

On 5/31/2019 at 5:03 AM, Lemodile said:

The reason most birds (and aquatic animals) don't have outer ears is because of drag. That works two ways: For one having floppy outer ears can hamper the ability to fly/swim and for two, drag causes noise, which in turn actually makes it difficult to hear anything else while flying/swimming. Stick your head out of the window of a moving car and I'm sure you know what I mean.

Still, I don't agree that having a beak should automatically disable ears. If anything, evolution is a gradual process and Niche reflects that quite elegantly. A more subtle solution that I'd like to see is as follows:

• Introduce "inner ears" as a new ear that can be evolved.
• Then make different ears have a different effect on flying (and perhaps swimming) ability. Basically: bigger ears = less flying. What I'd suggest is to leave the medium ears as is (same for bearyena), but give "inner ears" a +1 on flying/swimming and big ears a -1.
• To ensure these "inner ears" aren't entirely overpowered, their hearing should be less effective. I'd suggest +2 hearing (where medium has +3).

try making your own suggestion! the more the merrier!

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3 minutes ago, MelonNicheling said:

BIRDS DON'T HAVE EARS.

Facts