Future Predators of Humans

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Future Predators of Humans
Topic Started: May 17 2009, 06:07 PM (9,997 Views)
rufus	May 17 2009, 06:07 PM Post #1
Newborn Posts: 37 Group: Members Member #171 Joined: May 14, 2009	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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Terrence of Chance	Jun 1 2009, 12:43 PM Post #46
Infant Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #151 Joined: Mar 13, 2009 Favorite Quote: We'll cross that bridge once we burn it.	I had a scenario in mind that involved a city creature preying upon humans... in broad daylight no less. I need a better name however, than 'The Traffic-light Vulture'. Yes, a large bird that perches on traffic lights, and actually blends in with them. When the other lights turn red, it'll stretch out it's wings, which have green splotches on them, blocking out the red lights. Humans, by this point in time, have been conditioned to see green as 'go', and automatically rev into incoming cross-lane traffic. Whatever wrecks are generated afterwards, the bird instantly swoops down, cracks open the wreckage, and proceeds to feast on any dead or wounded. By the time authorities get there, the bird has allready made it's getaway. Of course humankind would respond with automatic countermeasures, but then as with the war on germs, the birds would evolve countermeasures of their own. Vicious cycle, life is.



Carlos	Jun 1 2009, 01:54 PM Post #47
Adveho in me Lucifero Posts: 11,702 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	Oh, I love winged predators. My own concept is derived from a mythological bird/stag hybird known as Peryton; my ficitonal perytons are mostly just genetically engineered flying foxes however Edited by Carlos, Jun 1 2009, 01:55 PM.
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lamna	Jun 1 2009, 02:13 PM Post #48
Posts: 21,140 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	I think people could tell that there was a bird in front of a traffic light. Birds standing in the road to make people swerve and crash might be more likely.
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Genesis	Jun 1 2009, 07:45 PM Post #49
Newborn Posts: 72 Group: Members Member #146 Joined: Mar 6, 2009	I think eugenics are a bit much.... I would probably die.... great concept for fiction, though. If you've seen the show 'lost tapes' you probably realize that we are not safe from predation, even today. They could not have faked that tentacle, those disappearances, and those statistics. Or maybe they could. I'm no expert. I think ambush predators would be best. Murderous hypergiant arachnids hidden in alleyways, or carnivorous trees.... or a disease.
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sam999	Sep 7 2009, 06:36 AM Post #50
Adult Posts: 886 Group: Members Member #212 Joined: Sep 6, 2009	Something that looks like the cuteist little puppy. When taken home it stings the person while they are sleeping implanting its eggs. The hachlings eat their way out alien style.
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lamna	Sep 7 2009, 07:30 AM Post #51
Posts: 21,140 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	Tentacle? Lost Tapes? Wait have you seen new episodes or Freeman's Mind before the rest of us? I wonder if you could make a mammal explode once it reaches a tipping point as it grows up? You could do some serious bioterrorism with one of those. You could have human versions too.
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sam999	Sep 7 2009, 07:59 AM Post #52
Adult Posts: 886 Group: Members Member #212 Joined: Sep 6, 2009	lamna Sep 7 2009, 07:30 AM Tentacle? Lost Tapes? Wait have you seen new episodes or Freeman's Mind before the rest of us? I wonder if you could make a mammal explode once it reaches a tipping point as it grows up? You could do some serious bioterrorism with one of those. You could have human versions too. Yes but is not a predator.
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Carlos	Sep 7 2009, 12:30 PM Post #53
Adveho in me Lucifero Posts: 11,702 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	What if such mammal like animal is an amphibian? Then the tadpoles eat the person from inside out after the eggs were layed, and then once they mature they develop wings and search for the next victim
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lamna	Sep 8 2009, 05:49 AM Post #54
Posts: 21,140 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	Interesting, but could you get an amphibian to fly?
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Carlos	Sep 8 2009, 07:23 AM Post #55
Adveho in me Lucifero Posts: 11,702 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	I think so, with enough genetic engineering
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lamna	Sep 8 2009, 08:45 AM Post #56
Posts: 21,140 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	Are you sure? They are cold blooded and most seem to spend there time staying in one place.
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Carlos	Sep 8 2009, 09:27 AM Post #57
Adveho in me Lucifero Posts: 11,702 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	Then make their metabolism higher; in fact I think of a way of developing insulation thanks to the body chemicals
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lamna	Sep 8 2009, 01:39 PM Post #58
Posts: 21,140 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	You are going to give them blubber? That's not very good for flying.
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Carlos	Sep 8 2009, 01:40 PM Post #59
Adveho in me Lucifero Posts: 11,702 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	More like a thin layer of a waxy secretion that contains some air pockets
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lamna	Sep 8 2009, 02:58 PM Post #60
Posts: 21,140 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	That sounds like very poor insulation to me. I think your frog thingy will woke best in hot moist places.
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