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| Topic Started: Feb 16 2009, 01:54 AM (5,585 Views) | |
| BaliTiger23 | Feb 16 2009, 01:54 AM Post #1 |
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So Asprea is some 200 million years into the future, with the continents once again rejoining to create a single massive supercontinent (Called Pangea Ultima by scientists). There has been at least two mass extinctions from now until then, though I haven't truly thought out the reasons behind these yet. Either way, almost all life now is unrecognizable from the earth as we know it. The animals have no obvious ancestors as the extinctions (whatever they were) left nothing but the smallest of the small alive. One of the extinctions nearly cleaned out the oceans for a couple million years and while sanitary drinking water is once again available there are still a few locations that are horribly irradiated. Also, the oxygen is very, very high and nearly all animals have so called blue blood. Rather than their blood containing hemoglobin (which is what makes blood red) it instead contains hemocyanin, which is most commonly found in molluscs and anthropods in the present time. This is because hemocyanin doesn't bind properly with oxygen and so offers only 1/4 of the oxygen hemoglobin does. However, due to the extremely high oxygen levels, animals have evolved with the hemocyanin protein instead because that high of an oxygen concentration would otherwise make life other than molluscs and anthropods impossible. Because of the two great extinctions and the long period of time from now until then, the evolutionary ancestors of the animals alive in Asprea some 200 million years into the future are unknown. That and the sentient race alive in Asprea has no idea homo sapien sapiens ever existed, as all existence of them has been wiped out or obliterated into something unrecognizable. After all, it has been over 200 million years and they aren't exactly interested in paleontology as they are still a fairly new and primitive race. New animals have evolved to fill the niches, and the variety and new evolutionary paths are astounding. That's the very basics, and more will be revealed once I get home to my scanner, but enjoy this small peek so far :) Edited by BaliTiger23, Feb 16 2009, 01:55 AM.
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| BaliTiger23 | Feb 18 2009, 04:56 PM Post #31 |
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@ Venatosaurus - Thank you very much :) @ Viergacht - Thanks, I yoinked the idea from African Wild Dogs :P And thank you :) |
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| Titanomonstrus | Feb 18 2009, 04:59 PM Post #32 |
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What are their ancestors? I can't wait to see the Darou and Kee you mentioned. |
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| BaliTiger23 | Feb 19 2009, 02:11 AM Post #33 |
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Their ancestors? Uhhhh 0.o I'm not quite sure actually ^^; They have both vulpine, feline and canine characteristics with some elephant and avian and african wild dog all thrown together so I honestly don't know... but hey, it's 200 million years from now! They could have started as a mouse for all I know :P Kee is up next, and the Darou will follow directly after that :) |
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| BaliTiger23 | Feb 19 2009, 03:57 AM Post #34 |
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 Kee Physiology Physical Characteristics Kee are generally 5' 8" to 6'3 tall and usually weigh 580 lbs to 650 lbs. Males have longer horns and are generally 5% larger than the females. Kee have three toes on their front feet ending in hoof-like nails as well as two dewclaws, the inner one longer and curved into a four inch long claw. The back feet have three hoof-nailed toes and two declaws. They have stocky bodies and powerful hind limbs built for jumping, their long thick tail acting as a rudder and balance when leaping. Their faces are long with V-shaped flaps covering their nostrils that they can lift to reveal the nostrils and nose pad directly underneath. Their horns are made up of an outer sheath of hairlike substance that grows around a bony core; the outer sheath is shed annually. Males front horns are usually 10" to 1' long while their rear horns generally grow much larger, anywhere from 2'7" to 2'10". Females front horns rarely reach past 2" while their rear horns will generally only reach 5" to 6" long. They have large ears that seem a little bit 'droopy' and their eyes seem to bulge from the sides of their heads, giving them a wide peripheral vision. They have horizontal elliptical pupils. Reproduction and Lifestyle Kee breed during the early autumn, and carry their young into the late spring, a nine month term. Males are seen with females only in the breeding season where they will try for the females attention rather peacefully by standing up front and making himself look big. Should a face off occur between two males, they do it in a brutal fashion. The males will stand on their hind legs and punch out with their fore legs, trying to gouge the other male with their long inner dewclaw, usually trying directly for the eyes which is made an easy target when the opponent has to settle back onto all fours again. While not an overly common sight, male Kee with a blind or missing eye does happen. The triumphant male is allowed to breed with all the females in the herd that deemed him big and strong enough. Females have different tastes so plenty of males have their chance to spread their genes. When pregnant the female will leave the herd and give birth. Kee typically only have one young per birth, but twins are not uncommon, and they are between 40 to 45 lbs at birth. Kee young are born well-developed and can start grazing in just 24 hours, though they still need their mothers milk for proper sustenance. The young start out life bipedal, hopping around on their hind legs. This is thought to be so the young Kee are able to quickly bound away from predators without risking breaking their slightly undeveloped front leg bones, and also so that the young can reach their mothers teats located between her hind legs. At six months the young is fully weaned and is quadrupedal due to its increased weight and stronger forelegs. At this point the mother and its fully grown young will rejoin the herd, and if female will remain there. If it is a male, it will be left to fend for itself after being weened, resulting in a higher mortality rate among males and a larger female population. Females reach sexual maturity at 15 to 36 months while males tend not to reach it until later at 4 to 5 years. Kee that live until maturity can live up to 25 years, though males generally outlive females by almost 7 years. Behavior Social Structure Female Kee live in herds of 15 to 20 individuals while males live together in small bachelor groups of 2 to 3. Primarily nocturnal, Kee are mostly nomadic with large home regions and seasonal migration patterns. There is no evidence of territoriality and males rarely display aggression, even in the breeding season. During the migration Kee can form herds of hundreds of individuals. Diet Kee are normally grazers, but have been known to stand on their hind legs and use their long tongue to reach leaves and fruit high on trees. They are also known to use their inner hooked dewclaw to strip leaves off of trees for their young to eat. Movement Kee can run for many miles at a steady pace of 42 mph, though they have been know to bolt from predators at upwards of 58 mph in a zigzag pattern. They can jump heights equal to their own from a standing start and have been recorded leaping 20' in a single bound. Edited by BaliTiger23, Mar 25 2009, 09:54 AM.
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| BaliTiger23 | Feb 19 2009, 07:06 AM Post #35 |
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I actually have an idea what the Kee's descendant is, anyone want to take a guess? ;) |
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| Venatosaurus | Feb 19 2009, 10:41 AM Post #36 |
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A rabbit ? or maybe a kangaroo/wallaby
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| lamna | Feb 19 2009, 10:48 AM Post #37 |
 
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I don't know if their feet look much like macropods. Very cool I can't wait for more. |
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| zypher | Feb 19 2009, 11:45 AM Post #38 |
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hmmm... I'm guessing a marsupial of some kind... but then with the head, perhapse a gazelle? (and I thought you said the life would be unreconizable. this seems pretty earthy to me...) still very nice though, perhapse the odd ones will come up soon? 
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| BaliTiger23 | Feb 19 2009, 03:53 PM Post #39 |
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@ Venatasaurus - You're close with the first guess, they are rodents. A branch off of the Dolichotinae, or the cavy family. @ Ianma - See above response :P And thanks! Darou is up next :) @ Zypher - See above response. And weirder creatures are on the way, no worries. I just wanted to get the 'normal' looking ones out of the way before I dove into possible shit creek xD After the Darou you will be introduced the Cyant, and I don't think you'll be disappointed :) |
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| Venatosaurus | Feb 19 2009, 03:55 PM Post #40 |
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Very good ! And Darou , reminds me of Anne Darrow from King Kong ^______^ |
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| BaliTiger23 | Feb 19 2009, 07:02 PM Post #41 |
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Anne Darrow? Is that the damsel in distress? :P And it's pronounced Dah-Roo :) |
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| Venatosaurus | Feb 19 2009, 07:10 PM Post #42 |
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Oh, is Roo, a hint to as what it is ? 
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| Canis Lupis | Feb 19 2009, 07:32 PM Post #43 |
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So are these things mammals? The first one (Kerhdjaht I think?) would probably be better as a bird descendent. This is 200myf and if birds (specifically hoatzins and galliformes) survive, why wouldn't they become quadropedal? Second, the Kee would be better as a macropod descendent (wallaby maybe?). Its face looks a whole lot like a macropod, as does its tail, as does the ears, and (to a lesser extent) its feet. The horns could be explained as keratin structures (like rhino horns). |
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| Titanomonstrus | Feb 19 2009, 07:58 PM Post #44 |
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He said the kerhadjat had carnassial teeth, only animals of the order carnivora have them. |
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| BaliTiger23 | Feb 19 2009, 08:58 PM Post #45 |
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@ Venatosaurus - Nope, just the pronunciation ^^ @ Canis Lupis - Keshdjat are definitely not descended from birds. That much I know. Their beaks are actually a modification of their incisor teeth that eventually involved into what they have now. I have some rather far fetched ideas, I'll admit, but I believe the Keshdjat may have descended from something along the lines of the mustelidae, the weasel family, or the viverridae, which consists of genets and civets. Kee are not marsupials, they are rodents. Very large rodents. Related to the Mara and the Capybara through many, many, many years of evolution. And I believe I had explained above in the Kee's post that their horns are a bone core covered in a hairlike substance (keratin). @ Titanomonstrus - Yes, exactly! And I'm a woman by the way ;) |
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