Dinosaurs again?

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Dinosaurs again?
Topic Started: Nov 4 2010, 10:10 AM (1,200 Views)
Dragon wasp	Nov 4 2010, 10:10 AM Post #1
Prime Specimen Posts: 1,863 Group: Members Member #184 Joined: Jul 7, 2009 Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Canadian	could dinosaurs re-evolve. basically, modern lizards and birds turn into the giant beasts that once ruled?



Ook	Nov 4 2010, 10:40 AM Post #2
not a Transhuman Posts: 2,933 Group: Members Member #282 Joined: Mar 10, 2010 Gender: Male	birds are dinosaurs,and they rule really lot of niches



Rick Raptor	Nov 4 2010, 10:46 AM Post #3
Adolescent Posts: 430 Group: Members Member #200 Joined: Aug 14, 2009 Nationality: Germany Favorite Quote: "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." Albert Einstein.	If it evolves from a modern lizard it wouldn´t be a dinosaur. In the case of birds, I think large flightless predators (similar to Terror Birds) are the closest to a prehistoric dinosaur (in that case a medium-sized tyrannosaur) we could get. There already is a topic discussing the unlikelyness of quadrupedal birds, so no matter how non-avian-dinosaur-like they get, they would keep the bipedal anatomy of a theropod.
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Pando	Nov 4 2010, 02:00 PM Post #4
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	There are already dinosaurs. It's called birds. Lizards could evolve to look like dinosaurs, but they won't be dinosaurs.



Scrublord	Nov 4 2010, 02:18 PM Post #5
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Ook	Nov 4 2010, 03:29 PM Post #6
not a Transhuman Posts: 2,933 Group: Members Member #282 Joined: Mar 10, 2010 Gender: Male	crocodiles are doomed,but caimans could be last hope for them



Kamidio	Nov 4 2010, 04:07 PM Post #7
The Game Master of the SSU:NC Posts: 14,725 Group: Members Member #149 Joined: Mar 12, 2009 Nationality: Who knows?~♪ Favorite Quote: "Do you remember how many loaves of bread you have eaten in your life?" - Dio Gender: Dude	Now whered you get that nonsense idea? Crocs have been through two extinctions and an ice age. The are also slowly evolving endothermy. That fact is, our ambush predators aren't going anywhere.
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dialforthedevil	Nov 4 2010, 04:15 PM Post #8
Frumentarii Administrator Posts: 7,371 Group: Away Staff Member #323 Joined: Jun 8, 2010 Gender: Male Favorite Quote: "Every Human life is a spark in the darkness..."	Croc of Diamonds Nov 4 2010, 04:07 PM Now whered you get that nonsense idea? Crocs have been through two extinctions and an ice age. The are also slowly evolving endothermy. That fact is, our ambush predators aren't going anywhere. Can you give me evidence for the endothermy evolution?
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Ook	Nov 4 2010, 04:17 PM Post #9
not a Transhuman Posts: 2,933 Group: Members Member #282 Joined: Mar 10, 2010 Gender: Male	most of crocs are very threatened by humans + they re specialized carnivores only caimans seems to have some profit from humans,they spread to new artifical water reservoirs,they re more omnivorous and they re not too big like crocs



Kamidio	Nov 4 2010, 04:25 PM Post #10
The Game Master of the SSU:NC Posts: 14,725 Group: Members Member #149 Joined: Mar 12, 2009 Nationality: Who knows?~♪ Favorite Quote: "Do you remember how many loaves of bread you have eaten in your life?" - Dio Gender: Dude	dialforthedevil Nov 4 2010, 04:15 PM Croc of Diamonds Nov 4 2010, 04:07 PM Now whered you get that nonsense idea? Crocs have been through two extinctions and an ice age. The are also slowly evolving endothermy. That fact is, our ambush predators aren't going anywhere. Can you give me evidence for the endothermy evolution? Ask anyone on the site. Most will probably tell you that crocs, being archosaurs, are very likely to develop endothermy.
	SSU:NC - Finding a new home. Quotes Steve Irwin I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it. Satoru Iwata - Heart of a Gamer Even if we come from different sides of the world, speak different languages, even if we eat too many chips or rice balls, even if we wave different tastes in games, every one of us here today is identical in the most important way: each one of us was the heart of a gamer. The Writing on the Wall You should not have come here. This is not a place of honor. No great deed is commemorated here. Nothing of value is here. What is here is dangerous and repulsive. Parasky \| 2015 You can't be 100% certain Barack Obama is currently the US president, or that the nation of Canada even exists. Dan Avidan See, what I like to do now as an adult is take all that anger and frustration and push it down deep inside of me, until it becomes a seething white core of pure hate. Dan Avidan Follow your stupid fuckin' dreams. WAA http://31.media.tumblr.com/2f7731936cac777ea7b8cb26e8ccaab6/tumblr_inline_mxz9c7XmS41qa4twn.png636,360 http://tmv.proto.jp/reblog.php?post_url= A tool to reblog my own posts. I put it here because I know I'll forget it.


dialforthedevil	Nov 4 2010, 04:28 PM Post #11
Frumentarii Administrator Posts: 7,371 Group: Away Staff Member #323 Joined: Jun 8, 2010 Gender: Male Favorite Quote: "Every Human life is a spark in the darkness..."	I am yet to hear it....doesnt mean they are evolving it right now
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Pando	Nov 4 2010, 05:04 PM Post #12
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	Croc of Diamonds Nov 4 2010, 04:25 PM dialforthedevil Nov 4 2010, 04:15 PM Croc of Diamonds Nov 4 2010, 04:07 PM Now whered you get that nonsense idea? Crocs have been through two extinctions and an ice age. The are also slowly evolving endothermy. That fact is, our ambush predators aren't going anywhere. Can you give me evidence for the endothermy evolution? Ask anyone on the site. Most will probably tell you that crocs, being archosaurs, are very likely to develop endothermy. They have a chance at endothermy, since as archosaurs they have a 4 chamber heart. That doesn't mean they will though.



Carlos	Nov 4 2010, 05:36 PM Post #13
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Kamidio	Nov 4 2010, 05:43 PM Post #14
The Game Master of the SSU:NC Posts: 14,725 Group: Members Member #149 Joined: Mar 12, 2009 Nationality: Who knows?~♪ Favorite Quote: "Do you remember how many loaves of bread you have eaten in your life?" - Dio Gender: Dude	Oh they'll get there. As soon as we make the Egyptian gods worshiped in Egypt once again.
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Cephylus	Nov 5 2010, 02:39 AM Post #15
Torando of Terror Posts: 1,927 Group: Members Member #313 Joined: May 14, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: South Korean Favorite Quote: "Breaking the world is easy enough. But rebuilding it, that isn't so easy." - Kozo Fuyutsuki Gender: Male	Crocodiles will eventually die out... but I diagree with Slivovica They aren't dying out anytime soon. Crocodiles are more adaptable than you think. The nile and the indopacific crocodiles, the largest crocodilians aren't doing bad, really they are quite common in their habitats. and the giant American Alligators certainley aren't dying out anytime soon. And although I think crocodiles going terrestrial will not be successful, i guess some caimans can evolve into mekosuchine-like things
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