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| Topic Started: Mar 10 2010, 11:13 AM (10,111 Views) | |
| Ook | Mar 10 2010, 11:13 AM Post #1 |
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| Ddraig Goch | Mar 10 2010, 12:43 PM Post #2 |
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Welcome to the site, Bexi! So I'm gussing that huamns are extinct, then? They must have gone not too far into our future, given that many species that are likely to go extinct from human actions, such as rhinoceri and hippopotami, are still alive. |
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| Ook | Mar 10 2010, 01:06 PM Post #3 |
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oh thanks but thats not rhinoceros but hyrax,that evolved to rhinoceros like form...i have some arts to this world in 25 MYF when was south america ruled by cow,antelope like deers and very fast horses(they extinction is result of climate change) at this age live in SA small maras descendants which looked as small antelopes  rodent that live in deep rainforest(same size as wild boar)  armadillo,but this armadillo is not at this project   feral cat descendant that live in polar areas of south america  polar rodent  hyenodog  goat descendant that live in temperate forests of south america  rat descendant (south america)  and to the end Evolution of the herbivore mice (new zealand)  
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| Pando | Mar 10 2010, 02:03 PM Post #4 |
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Welcome to the site! First, I would like to go into some things. First, rhinos and hippos will be extinct, like Ddraig Goch said. But hyraxes can evolve to rhino-like forms. Also, the fauna of Asia and North America is greatly different from Europe. So you shouldn't just say "just like Europe". But other than that, good project! |
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| Ook | Mar 10 2010, 02:08 PM Post #5 |
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yeah thanks,but i wrote that hyrax evolve to rhino and hyppo forms,not something like rhinos survive or that and i have idea that duiker antelopes evolved into carnivorous forms |
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| Pando | Mar 10 2010, 02:14 PM Post #6 |
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But you also have to remember all the other African predators too. There are secretary birds, ratels (honey badger), african canids, african felids (only do the small ones as the pantherinae will go extinct), hyaenas, civets, and baboons (they have the potential). Your South American rat descendant is cool. Wish I could draw as well as you. Your hyaena dog, is it a hyaena descendant or a dog descendant? If you could post a survivor and extinct list would be nice. |
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| Ook | Mar 10 2010, 02:24 PM Post #7 |
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yes,the list is not completed,this project is for long time the hyena dog is descendant of the feral dogs in south america I also do serinemas descendant that looked as terror birds,i must scan it tomorrow(in our country its time 20:19 )in africa will be large descendant of secretary bird(in our language have beatiful name-hadilov písař-translated to english-snakehunter writter :D) hyenas will be strongly reduced,survived only two species (hyaena hyaena,parahyaena brunnea).....from canids survived only jackals...ratels will be something like bears |
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| Pando | Mar 10 2010, 02:35 PM Post #8 |
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are you talking about jackals being the only surviving canid in Africa or in the world? Because I don't see the red fox going extinct anytime soon. I can see terror bird descendants from serinemas (--EDIT-- I see them more likely to become terror birds than caracaras), and also from secretary birds. Remember, there are also reptiles, arthropods, snails, and amphibians (are they extinct in this project?). If you could put a descriptive post about the creatures with things like height (please do it with a real measurement of feet or meters, comparing it with a human doesn't actually tell me a lot about the height) and descendants it would be nice. Also, are you going to onto the ocean or past 30 MYF? And what was your inspiration for this project? Edited by Pando, Mar 10 2010, 02:37 PM.
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| Ook | Mar 10 2010, 02:51 PM Post #9 |
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oh insects,snails and other are like todays,but there is also some new familys...for example there will be big bang of crustaceans....almost all marine mammals didnt survive age of man About canids.. survives jackals,foxes(grex fox in north america evolve into something that look as cat),coyotes and some feral dogs almost all big cat species extinct but neofelis nebulosa survive amphibians are not extinct(but at the end of age of man they were strongly reduced by fungus disease,but many species are very adaptable,like bufo marinus or rana sp.) in mediterran mountains will be lot of amphibians in caves many species evolved from same descendant,for example maras gave rise of lineage of antelope like rodents... at plans are website Oceans is at the plans too(there will be many species of fish,but squids ans shrimps dominate too) oh sometimes i want to be english native speaker edit: when i create new species,i must draw picture and after this i gave him name and describe it(but no species have name :D,i want to give him latin name) Edited by Ook, Mar 10 2010, 02:53 PM.
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| Pando | Mar 10 2010, 03:05 PM Post #10 |
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But sharks will survive right? I mean, they're one of the oldest living creatures, with the order stretching back to 100 million years after the Cambrian explosion, and have survived the P-Tr extinction. For the whale replacement the 4 biggest choices are dolphins, seals, sharks, and squid. |
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| Scrublord | Mar 10 2010, 03:10 PM Post #11 |
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Well, I used sea cucumbers for my whale replacements, but they don't really take off until 90 million years from now. |
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My Projects: The Neozoic Redux Valhalla--Take Three! The Big One Deviantart Account: http://elsqiubbonator.deviantart.com In the end, the best advice I could give you would be to do your project in a way that feels natural to you, rather than trying to imitate some geek with a laptop in Colorado. --Heteromorph | |
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| Ook | Mar 10 2010, 03:13 PM Post #12 |
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many fish species survive,sharks too,tere will be descendant of leopard seal,3 m long marine predator of fishes,marine mammals,birds and reptiles whale replacement will be on some places different...there will be 6m fish than give birth,not lay egg,sharks and propably some mammals there will be full marine iguanas,crocodiles and snakes turtles will be in ocean too but all today marine species will be declined by people i have idea about species of doplhin like platypus that live in small sea in meganezia propably most species of dolphins will be declined,but freshwater amazon doplhins survive and in future go back to ocean |
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| OmegaBeaver | Mar 10 2010, 10:36 PM Post #13 |
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Your using my map without even giving credit? What the hell? How about no. |
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| truteal | Mar 11 2010, 02:09 AM Post #14 |
forum bigfoot
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your drawings remind me of metazoica and river dolphins in my view have no chance of surviving in the future (too few species and mankind are to blame) |
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My sporadically updated Youtube page Do you get it? I hardly ever come here so I'm like something a cryptozoologist would study | |
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| Margaret Pye | Mar 11 2010, 06:03 AM Post #15 |
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Oh come on, Truteal, he draws better than me and I bet he draws better than you. This is speculative evolution, not art criticism. So the pictures are "OK" rather than "OMG Michelangelo has been reborn" - they're still really useful for conceptualising the critters! |
| My speculative dinosaur project. With lots of fluff, parental care and mammalian-level intelligence, and the odd sophont. | |
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