Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Have you ever wanted to learn how an alien bird-bug plays the horn? An exploration of Ripley’s incredible speculative biology project ‘Birgworld.’
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Artist’s Tumblr: iguanodont.tumblr.com
Artist’s Twitter: twitter.com/iguanodentist
The Birg Project is a worldbuilding series that brings to life an expansive alien ecosystem, but also delves into the most minute cultural details of its central intelligent species. Created by the brilliant artist Ripley, The Birg Project doesn’t just explore the biology of its titular aliens, but also imagines how they put on clothes, how they play the horn, even how they sneeze.
Also called ‘Birdbugs,’ these extraterrestrials superficially resemble a cross between Earth birds and Earth bugs — and have developed a level of intelligence similar to our own.
So, for this entry into the archive, we’ll explore the incredible world of the Birgs. Now, let’s explore this alien planet on both a macro and micro scale…
0:00 The Birg Project
1:13 Birg Biology
3:33 Domesticated Species
6:12 Wild Creatures
10:24 Defiance of Nature
13:40 Birg Culture
17:38 Allure of Freedom
20:36 Support the Artist
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I do not own the images, music, or footage used in this video. All rights and credit goes to the original owners.
♫ Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com):
Beauty Flow, Majestic Hills, Floating Cities
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#CuriousArchive #SpeculativeBiology #Worldbuilding
Have you ever wanted to learn how an alien bird-bug plays the horn? An exploration of Ripley’s incredible speculative biology project ‘Birgworld.’
---
Artist’s Tumblr: iguanodont.tumblr.com
Artist’s Twitter: twitter.com/iguanodentist
The Birg Project is a worldbuilding series that brings to life an expansive alien ecosystem, but also delves into the most minute cultural details of its central intelligent species. Created by the brilliant artist Ripley, The Birg Project doesn’t just explore the biology of its titular aliens, but also imagines how they put on clothes, how they play the horn, even how they sneeze.
Also called ‘Birdbugs,’ these extraterrestrials superficially resemble a cross between Earth birds and Earth bugs — and have developed a level of intelligence similar to our own.
So, for this entry into the archive, we’ll explore the incredible world of the Birgs. Now, let’s explore this alien planet on both a macro and micro scale…
0:00 The Birg Project
1:13 Birg Biology
3:33 Domesticated Species
6:12 Wild Creatures
10:24 Defiance of Nature
13:40 Birg Culture
17:38 Allure of Freedom
20:36 Support the Artist
Copyright Disclaimer: Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. All video/image content is edited under fair use rights for reasons of commentary.
I do not own the images, music, or footage used in this video. All rights and credit goes to the original owners.
♫ Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com):
Beauty Flow, Majestic Hills, Floating Cities
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
#CuriousArchive #SpeculativeBiology #Worldbuilding
