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| Topic Started: May 17 2009, 06:07 PM (9,990 Views) | |
| rufus | May 17 2009, 06:07 PM Post #1 |
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I rememebr that once in Peter Ward's book he mentions the differnt things that could possibly thin the human population. He mentioned, then dismissed at once the possibility of a new sort of predator. As he correctly observes, any such predator would be quickly elininated or contained if it started preying on our species. Humans would simply not allow ourselves or our children to become food. But that got me to thinking. Suppose some future genetic scientist, engineered some sort of future predator to prey upon humans, perhaps as a way of cleansing the population of :defectives" or undesirables". The species could be genetically programed to hunt only humans as a food source. And it might be programed to eliminate only those humans who carried certain traits such as genetic maladies. This would have to be done in such a way that the human population would not know what was happening, and could not take the action needed to eliminate the predators. This creature would be engineered from humans themselves.The creature could have engineered traits from other animal species, such as camaflauge abilites, and perhaps sonar from bats to stun their prey. BTW, I thought of this idea long before that "future predator" thing from Primeval, and I thought of posting this today, even before I read that other thread. I also thought of making this idea into a story, in which the heor has to find who is releasing and controlling these predators and how to stop them. I usually try not to bash genetic science in my stories, like some authors do, but in this case the plot would demand that I do have a rogue geneticist. |
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| sam999 | Nov 12 2009, 04:18 PM Post #151 |
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I thought it had boney armor under it's skin and thick scales. Also for a human-hunting predator a spriger from fragment might work. |
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| Holben | Nov 12 2009, 04:22 PM Post #152 |
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Yes, but as we know, bones don't stop bullets. |
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Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea. "It is the old wound my king. It has never healed." | |
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| sam999 | Nov 12 2009, 06:51 PM Post #153 |
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Well no one ever said it would have worked. |
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| Holben | Nov 13 2009, 12:53 PM Post #154 |
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I say it won't work! I believe in better! |
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Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea. "It is the old wound my king. It has never healed." | |
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| sam999 | Nov 13 2009, 03:30 PM Post #155 |
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How about the alien-catterpiller things from the war aganst the chattor books? |
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| Holben | Nov 13 2009, 03:41 PM Post #156 |
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Sorry, haven't read them. |
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| sam999 | Nov 14 2009, 08:34 AM Post #157 |
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We have a topic on them in the hab-zone if you want to know what they are. |
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| Scrublord | Nov 14 2009, 08:57 AM Post #158 |
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Triffids! Triffids! OK, so sure you can see them coming from a mile away, but if you can't see, you're down for the count. |
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| Holben | Nov 14 2009, 09:19 AM Post #159 |
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I've read that... not very realistic though. |
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Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea. "It is the old wound my king. It has never healed." | |
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| sam999 | Nov 14 2009, 09:19 AM Post #160 |
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Flamethreowers! Flamethreowers! O.K. your Triffids are all fried. Now how would a plant move about anywhy? |
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| Holben | Nov 14 2009, 09:20 AM Post #161 |
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It has legs. |
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Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea. "It is the old wound my king. It has never healed." | |
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| sam999 | Nov 14 2009, 09:24 AM Post #162 |
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Yes but no plant has mussels or a mussel equivealent. |
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| Holben | Nov 14 2009, 09:36 AM Post #163 |
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Well, if a plant had mussels they would dry out and starve. But they could have muscles of tissue which contracts with water. |
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Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea. "It is the old wound my king. It has never healed." | |
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| sam999 | Nov 15 2009, 09:23 AM Post #164 |
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All right I never check my spelling before posting, no need to rub it in. |
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| Holben | Nov 15 2009, 09:25 AM Post #165 |
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Sorry. |
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Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea. "It is the old wound my king. It has never healed." | |
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