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| Ook | Mar 10 2010, 11:13 AM Post #1 |
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| Pando | Jun 26 2010, 11:54 PM Post #121 |
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Yes, they can. Their body plan is more for herbivory, and since hypercarnivores (like theropods) have evolved into pure herbivores (therizinosaurs), it's possible. You could try coatis as carnivores. Wait, that's a good idea. I allow you to use it, but don't expect that I won't use it when I do 25 MYF South America. |
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| Ook | Jun 27 2010, 03:54 AM Post #122 |
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maybe coatis evolve into bear like famili.There is also third bear like famili,that i have prepared,evolved from european badger and its not solitary,but social(and not too big,only about sun bears or baribals) |
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| dialforthedevil | Jun 27 2010, 04:50 AM Post #123 |
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This project is really cool i like the artwork  How about in south america Rhea becoming a form of giraffe? |
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| Ook | Jun 27 2010, 05:05 AM Post #124 |
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i have only few concepts for birds,but there will be many flightless forms bird concepts that i have prepared -some corvids became carnivores(but still nor hypercarnivores) and much later they produce many forms,icluding argentavis sized killing machines -Marabu stork succesfull survives age of man and later became flightless hyeana analogue -rheas become gazelle and antelope analogues in south america,there is possibility of giraffe rhea  -gigaducks as analůogues of giant herbivorous mammals |
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| Holben | Jun 27 2010, 08:02 AM Post #125 |
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I think that if yopu want big angry herbivorous birds, it's better to start with the ones who use flight less and weigh more. Escaped chickens, in all seriousness? |
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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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| Ook | Jun 27 2010, 08:17 AM Post #126 |
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feral chickens survives only at hawai  ducks and their relatives have better chance to develop fully herbivorous animals
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| Holben | Jun 27 2010, 08:24 AM Post #127 |
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Maybe, but only small ones. |
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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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| Ook | Jun 27 2010, 08:32 AM Post #128 |
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why only small ones? |
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| Holben | Jun 27 2010, 08:37 AM Post #129 |
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The bones, tendons, muscles and ligaments of a bird aren't good at supporting large weight, hence why the largest have been teratorn or terror bird size. |
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| Pando | Jun 27 2010, 11:40 AM Post #130 |
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Actually the biggest bird was the Giant Moa at 15 feet tall, but that was because it had an extremely long neck. And the reason flying birds can't get get bigger than Teratornis because their wings are useless. They have low wing space and the legs are just a weigh down during flight. Some people think that birds can't even fly at 20 feet wingspan, and that Teratornis and Argentavis were flightless. |
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| Ook | Jun 27 2010, 12:19 PM Post #131 |
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flightless argentavis :O |
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| dialforthedevil | Jun 27 2010, 02:35 PM Post #132 |
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As ridiculous as it sounds how about predatory penguins, they could evolve into more lean forms??? |
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| Pando | Jun 27 2010, 02:43 PM Post #133 |
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I have you... the Penguin of DEATH!!!!
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| dialforthedevil | Jun 27 2010, 02:47 PM Post #134 |
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No i mean a more bidal hunter That is sooo cool though 
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| Pando | Jun 27 2010, 02:53 PM Post #135 |
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The picture is from Spec. Bipedal penguins are impossible. A fully aquatic or an ambush predator penguin is more likely. But why are we talking about this in Bexi's project? |
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