Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Speculative biology is simultaneously a science and form of art in which one speculates on the possibilities of life and evolution. What could the world look like if dinosaurs had never gone extinct? What could alien lifeforms look like? What kinds of plants and animals might exist in the far future? These questions and more are tackled by speculative biologists, and the Speculative Evolution welcomes all relevant ideas, inquiries, and world-building projects alike. With a member base comprising users from across the world, our community is the largest and longest-running place of gathering for speculative biologists on the web.

While unregistered users are able to browse the forum on a basic level, registering an account provides additional forum access not visible to guests as well as the ability to join in discussions and contribute yourself! Registration is free and instantaneous.

Join our community today!

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Dinosaur Domestication; Domestication of the Dinosaurs
Topic Started: Jul 26 2009, 03:56 AM (2,018 Views)
The Dodo
Member Avatar
Prime Specimen
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *
Let's just say that dinosaurs survived and an intelligent species such as dinosapiens or maybe humans (although we probably wouldn't of evolved) domesticated them. What would they look like, I have an idea of a Dromeosaur which takes the place of dogs, selectively breed so they are less aggressive, also their sickle claw was lost in the process. Discuss other possible creatures.
Edited by The Dodo, Jul 26 2009, 03:57 AM.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Replies:
The Dodo
Member Avatar
Prime Specimen
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *
You mean like dolphins? Plesiosaurs aren't that smart.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Carlos
Member Avatar
Adveho in me Lucifero
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
I'd expect them to be like sea turtles in aquariums
Lemuria:
http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/5724950/

Terra Alternativa:
http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/forum/460637/

My Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/Carliro

Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Venatosaurus
Member Avatar
HAUS OF SPEC
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
Ichthyosaurs on the other hand could have suficed, sadly they'd be long dead as they didn't even get to see the KT, though if mosasaurs resembled the ones from Spec then there's no problem. I like the idea of long weasel like notosuchians used as 'ratters', while Oviraptors with elaborate feathers would have signified wealth, beauty and status among some societies, while others focused on strength and valor would own the feircest most intelligent dromeosaurs (it'd be even cooler if the evolved beaks because then they'd resemble hawks and other such animals).
Edited by Venatosaurus, Nov 17 2009, 07:20 AM.



Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
T.Neo
Member Avatar
Translunar injection: TLI
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
There are a good deal of herbivorous dinosaurs that could be domesticated (ceratopsians, hadrosaurs, hypsilophodonts, ornithomimids, therizinosaurs, sauropods etc).

However some animals take more kindly to domestication (this is the reason we farm cattle and not elephants, and ride horses instead of cattle). So some dinosaurs would take on certain rules, and others wouldn't be domesticated at all.

I'd imagine birds would be domesticated, instead of or in addition to other small theropods. Mammals might even be domesticated as pets. (Hell, if humans as mammals keep dinosaurs as pets, why shouldn't dinosauroids as dinosaurs keep mammals as pets? :P )

Large theropods as war animals is totally out of the question. For the same reason we don't have lions or tigers as war animals. If war animals of any kind would be used, they would be herbivores (perhaps sauropods due to their large size).

Aquatic reptiles would be kept in aquariums if small enough. I don't see any seaworld like displays.

A hard mathematical figure provides a sort of enlightenment to one's understanding of an idea that is never matched by mere guesswork.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Holben
Member Avatar
Rumbo a la Victoria

They'd probably give mammals to pets as treats.
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."
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Tamara LH
Member Avatar
Newborn
 *  *  *
Have any of you read the QUINTAGLIO ASCENSION books by Robert J. Sawyer (Book (1) One: Far Seer; Book (2) Two: Fossil Hunter; and Book (3) Three: Foreigner) ? This series has a bunch of domesticated dinosaurs including Pachyrhinosaur "oxen", Ornithomimid "horses", and Monitor Lizard "dogs". OK so that last is a lizard but some of the critters in this series are very close to some of the ideas being discussed in this thread.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Holben
Member Avatar
Rumbo a la Victoria

Well, are pachyrhinosaurs like pachys with a horn?
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."
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
« Previous Topic · Alternative Evolution · Next Topic »
Add Reply