Do Namekians need sleep?
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Do Namekians need sleep?
I know, I know.. Namekians are already the most boring people imaginable; they don't eat, only drink water, have only one gender, they all look alike, no hair, no music, no art in any way, shape or form, the most boring planet ever etc. That planet even has 3 suns so they never even experience nighttime on Namek!! This last point got me thinking though, in my memory I've never seen a Namekian sleeping.. Do they even need sleep? Their homes don't even seem to have beds right? What do you guys think?
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You'd think they might do music, but whisteling already hurts, so why bother at all. Maybe King Piccolo's spawn was in a band though. They are named after instruments after all. WAIT, PICCOLO IS A FLUTE INSTRUMENT This makes no goddamn sense. But yeah, Namekians MUST be so boring that they don't even sleep. They MUST be.
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Actually, Piccolo can eat. He just don't need to.
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Wouldn't be surprised if they didn't have to poop either
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Probably not, although I like to imagine that's what Piccolo is doing when he meditates.
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My god Namekians are boring! What do they even do?! What is their culture?!! I just look at this emoji ( ) and think.... yeah, that's a Namekian.GigaDrill wrote:Wouldn't be surprised if they didn't have to poop either
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I bet rebellious youth rip off their limbs just because they can and can regenerate afterwardsworldmonsters wrote:My god Namekians are boring! What do they even do?! What is their culture?!! I just look at this emoji ( ) and think.... yeah, that's a Namekian.GigaDrill wrote:Wouldn't be surprised if they didn't have to poop either
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You realize the planet Namek we saw was still recovering from a catastrophe that destroyed their civilization with the exception of the Grand Elder and the Nameless Namekian.
The Namekians were advanced enough to explore space and Namek used to be a beautiful planet full of trees, the ones they are planting in the Namek arc.
I dare to say they have more to offer, circumstances simply didn't allowed it.
I don't see how them not eating or having hair makes them boring..., personal opinion, I guess. To me some of these characteristics makes them unique and interesting.
They don't diverge much from the Saiyans honestly. Who just love fighting, eat a lot and..., that's about it. Oh, their hair is always the same.
Can they sleep? No way to confirm, Piccolo seemed to be sleeping/resting when he was watching Gohan at night.
The Namekians were advanced enough to explore space and Namek used to be a beautiful planet full of trees, the ones they are planting in the Namek arc.
I dare to say they have more to offer, circumstances simply didn't allowed it.
I don't see how them not eating or having hair makes them boring..., personal opinion, I guess. To me some of these characteristics makes them unique and interesting.
They don't diverge much from the Saiyans honestly. Who just love fighting, eat a lot and..., that's about it. Oh, their hair is always the same.
Can they sleep? No way to confirm, Piccolo seemed to be sleeping/resting when he was watching Gohan at night.
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Pretty sure Krillin and Dende slept, when they were on their way to the Grand Elder's.
Also yeah, they most likely don't poop, since they only need water. Namekians, that eat, probably need to poop though.
Also yeah, they most likely don't poop, since they only need water. Namekians, that eat, probably need to poop though.
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Namekian culture was never explored, there was also that great catastrophe as well! Maybe the grand elder preferred peaceful and boring to what possibly was namek?
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They do need sleep. Keep in mind that the Nameless Namekian had a bed prepared with his "normal Namekian " spaceship.
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That could have been just for resting comfortably.DBMods wrote:They do need sleep. Keep in mind that the Nameless Namekian had a bed prepared with his "normal Namekian " spaceship.
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I always figured that a species that only lives on water wouldn't even have the parts for making solid waste (unless maybe they evolved from a species that did need to eat/poop and just haven't completely lost that side of their digestive system yet), so instead of pooping a Namekian would sweat out all the impurities from whatever they ate. So they'd just have extra smelly sweat for the next day or so after eating. Piccolo does seem to be shown sweating quite a lot from what I remember, and we know Daimao and Kami both ate, so maybe Piccolo did too until he found out about the "we only need water" thing later on.Also yeah, they most likely don't poop, since they only need water. Namekians, that eat, probably need to poop though.
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I don't know why, but I'm now imagining Piccolo with brown sweat coming off of him after eatingPantalones wrote:I always figured that a species that only lives on water wouldn't even have the parts for making solid waste (unless maybe they evolved from a species that did need to eat/poop and just haven't completely lost that side of their digestive system yet), so instead of pooping a Namekian would sweat out all the impurities from whatever they ate. So they'd just have extra smelly sweat for the next day or so after eating. Piccolo does seem to be shown sweating quite a lot from what I remember, and we know Daimao and Kami both ate, so maybe Piccolo did too until he found out about the "we only need water" thing later on.Also yeah, they most likely don't poop, since they only need water. Namekians, that eat, probably need to poop though.
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I would be down to make a Namekian-themed band with whoever wants to. We'd dress up like Namekians and cover DB insert songs as well as do instrumentals of Kikuchi BGMs.worldmonsters wrote:You'd think they might do music, but whisteling already hurts, so why bother at all. Maybe King Piccolo's spawn was in a band though. They are named after instruments after all. WAIT, PICCOLO IS A FLUTE INSTRUMENT This makes no goddamn sense. But yeah, Namekians MUST be so boring that they don't even sleep. They MUST be.
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And that's when the Saiyans drop in doing metal covers of Falcouner music!floofychan333 wrote:I would be down to make a Namekian-themed band with whoever wants to. We'd dress up like Namekians and cover DB insert songs as well as do instrumentals of Kikuchi BGMs.worldmonsters wrote:You'd think they might do music, but whisteling already hurts, so why bother at all. Maybe King Piccolo's spawn was in a band though. They are named after instruments after all. WAIT, PICCOLO IS A FLUTE INSTRUMENT This makes no goddamn sense. But yeah, Namekians MUST be so boring that they don't even sleep. They MUST be.
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Sleep is supposed to help with cognitive function, hormonal balances, and physical health. I don't see why Namekians would be any different in that respect since they do have brains and presumably hormones of some variety. Now on the issue of waste secretion, I agree with the theory of Namekians possibly excreting excess water through their sweat glands. Otherwise, they would have to have some kind of opening to filter out the excess liquid and toxins from their body.
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Do slugs sleep? Serious question; I have no idea.
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A quick Google search yields that they do in fact sleep. Snails follow a two to three day sleeping period rather than a 24-hour cycle, with clusters of around seven bouts of sleeping over a 13-15 hour period followed by over 30 hours of uninterrupted activity.Kamiccolo9 wrote:Do slugs sleep? Serious question; I have no idea.
...Can we apply that to Piccolo?
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You know, I sometimes think people take the slug thing a little too seriously? Toriyama literally said he didn't think too hard about it when coming up with the name and only made the connection because of the antennae. I mean, Saiyans aren't vegetables either...