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| What's Out There?; Not a project, just a thought. | |
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| Topic Started: Jul 2 2012, 04:16 PM (196 Views) | |
| miocenemadness | Jul 2 2012, 04:16 PM Post #1 |
Fire alone will save the Clan...
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Ok, I am sure that we all know that there are several undiscovered creatures out there. But what are they? That is what this topic is about. If I were looking for undiscovered creatures, there are 3 main places I would look; either islands, the deep sea, or Antarctica. Basically, places that we do not know much about. Some of my ideas: Primitive aquatic creatures (e.g. trilobites, anomalocarids, orthocones, eurypterids, early chordates, placoderms, etc.) in the deep sea. A small shrew/possum-like mammal in Antarctica. Non-avian dinosaurs, pterosaurs, non-mammalian synapsids, and/or large insects on undiscovered islands. A surviving archaeocete whale in a sea that is locked off from the ocean, e.g. the Caspian Sea. Subterranean worm-like creatures on Mars (this may be a stretch, but you never know what's out there  ).Complex aquatic lifeforms on Europa. |
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| Zorcuspine | Jul 3 2012, 09:11 PM Post #2 |
You never cease to suprise me blue hedgehog
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New Guinea is also a great place to find new species because of how remote and inaccessible its rainforests are. |
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| trex841 | Jul 3 2012, 09:13 PM Post #3 |
Superhuman
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Some of those have technically been discovered. Just not alive. |
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| miocenemadness | Jul 6 2012, 09:19 AM Post #4 |
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Fire alone will save the Clan...
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I never thought of New Guinea, bananaboy. Perhaps there could be wolverine-like monotremes related to platypi that hunt other fauna, like cassowaries. Speaking of cassowaries, perhaps they have a relative that is fully carnivorous, and that replace maniraptoran dinosaurs. |
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| Cephylus | Jul 6 2012, 09:35 AM Post #5 |
Berseerrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
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Doubt that. It is very improbable for such a large and active carnivorous animal to go unnoticed. And the niche is already successfully occupied by more widespread conventional carnivores. Monotremes and cassowaries just can't fit in. I'm thinking of something far smaller. If there is any megafauna yet to be discovered, chances are that it would be a sea animal.
Edited by Cephylus, Jul 6 2012, 09:36 AM.
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| Watcher In The Puddle | Jul 6 2012, 09:42 AM Post #6 |
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I dont think a whale in the Caspian Sea would stay undiscovered long, they have to surface after all. Gigantic fish are a possibility though. We discover new creatures all the time, but they are all small. That you must remember. |
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| Cephylus | Jul 6 2012, 09:48 AM Post #7 |
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Indeed, but that does not neccessarily mean that there remains no megafauna to be discovered. And I am saying that the sea is the most probable place for such a discovery to be made. And while I myself don't have much belief in cryptozoology nor the authenticity of such reports, there may be something in all the numerous reports on sea serpents and such.
Edited by Cephylus, Jul 6 2012, 09:51 AM.
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| Nanotyranus | Jul 6 2012, 10:02 AM Post #8 |
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He Who Fails
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Well, we already have early chordates, which are lancelets. They're half sea squirt, half hagfish. |
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