A meat eating hippo

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A meat eating hippo
Topic Started: Jul 18 2010, 06:30 PM (740 Views)
irbaboon	Jul 18 2010, 06:30 PM Post #1
Adolescent Posts: 345 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: Sep 5, 2008	I had no idea hippos did this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J45ojsP6Dc&feature=channel Do you think they might be able to take it further and evolve into pig like omnivores?



Black_Panther	Jul 18 2010, 06:43 PM Post #2
Adolescent Posts: 472 Group: Members Member #56 Joined: Aug 17, 2008 Gender: Private Nationality: Mexico	It's no surprising, since they're related to pigs. Well... i don't know if they'll survive the age of man, or enough to evolve... i doubt it. Though i do consider the idea of a pig capable of evolving into a hippo-like omnivore.
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Scrublord	Jul 18 2010, 08:02 PM Post #3
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Ook	Jul 19 2010, 02:07 AM Post #4
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Toad of Spades	Jul 19 2010, 02:23 AM Post #5
Clorothod Posts: 624 Group: Members Member #114 Joined: Dec 27, 2008 Nationality: United States Favorite Quote: Street smart is just an excuse for dumb people to use the word smart to describe themselves.	I could see it happening very easily. It would be pretty likely that some would evolve into a crocodilian-mimic niche. Its really easy for them to evolve into this form because requires very little modification. It would be strange to see carnivorous hippos killing wildebeest alongside crocodiles during the seasonal migrations. Given that crocodiles already give hippos some space to avoid attacks, they might live in areas where carnivorous hippos couldn't survive to avoid being eaten by them. Because hippos need more food than an ectothermic animal, they would probably stop living in such large groups to avoid starvation and would be limited to areas with large prey. Besides the very likely forms, It would be interesting to see coastal shellfish-eating forms. Edited by Toad of Spades, Jul 19 2010, 02:27 AM.
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Carlos	Jul 19 2010, 03:47 AM Post #6
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Adman	Sep 21 2010, 06:27 AM Post #7
Totally not lamna Posts: 3,898 Group: Members Member #375 Joined: Sep 2, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: The Great Atlantic Steppe Favorite Quote: “I dont leran from no one“ -Archeo	Hippos could evolve into a croc mimmic niche. There was a video on YouTube about hippo eating a live gazelle.
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Pando	Sep 21 2010, 06:32 PM Post #8
Obey or I'll send you to the moon Posts: 5,648 Group: Members Member #275 Joined: Feb 24, 2010 Area of expertise: Future Evolution	But first it would need some obvious body changes, in which time something like an otter or feline could fill the niche. How about hippos becoming the Ceratopsians of the mammal world?



Adman	Sep 21 2010, 06:45 PM Post #9
Totally not lamna Posts: 3,898 Group: Members Member #375 Joined: Sep 2, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: The Great Atlantic Steppe Favorite Quote: “I dont leran from no one“ -Archeo	That could happen, once Africa gets drier, the hippos will evolve tougher skin and their tusks could evolve into horns.
	Projects and concepts that I have stewing around Extended Pleistocene- An alternate future where man died out, and the megafauna would continue to thrive (may or may not include a bit about certain future sapients) Inverted World- An alternate timeline where an asteroid hit during the Barremian, causing an extinction event before the Maastrichtian. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and notosuchians make it to the present, along with a host of other animals. Badania- Alien planet that has life at a devonian stage of development, except it exists in the present day. Ido- Alien world where hoppers (derived flightless ballonts) and mouthpart-legged beasts are prevalent. Leto- Life on a moon orbiting a gas giant with an erratic orbit; experiences extremes of hot and cold. The Park- ??? Deeper Impact- a world where the K-Pg extinction wipes out crocodilians, mammals, and birds; squamates, choristoderes, and turtles inherit the earth. World of Equal Opportunity- alternate history where denisovans come across Beringia and interact with native fauna. Much of the Pleistocene fauna survives, and the modern humans that end up crossing into North America do not overhunt the existing animals. 10,000 years later, civilizations exist that are on par with European and Asian societies. The Ditch- Nothing is what if seems..


Kamidio	Sep 21 2010, 07:12 PM Post #10
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Carlos	Sep 22 2010, 03:23 AM Post #11
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