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The Species Factory; Empty your mind
Topic Started: Nov 6 2014, 06:54 PM (33,406 Views)
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Jun 19 2016, 10:23 PM
Beowulf was able to tear off Grendel's arm fairly easily because dragons had frail, ultra-light bones.

Except hollow bones =/= frail. In fact, they are actually more resistant than "normal" bone due to the honeycomb structures.
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Not to mention that to tear off an arm you would also need to tear all that flesh so even if there were frail bones in the arm it could not just be torn off so easily.
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There's also a lot of ligaments, tendons, etc. holding the limb in place to stop that from happening.
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So in other words, you would need absurd levels or strength to rip an arm from its socket. Even ripping off a head ala the supposed feats of a gorilla would be a damn tough job. Your have to be not only in peak physical condition (like literally the top of the range), but also much larger than a normal human being to do such a feat.
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Yeah, pretty much. Honestly, I think that it's Beowulf that we need to be analyzing, because that guy was basically a Swedish Captain America.

Anyway, have some species!

False grendel: A colossal species of aberrant gorgonopsid with a somewhat humanoid body plan that's equally capable of walking on all fours or rearing up on its hind legs like a bear, although it can actually walk bipedally for short distances, ableit awkwardly. A long laterally flattened tail drags behind it, aiding in swimming, and the long, powerful forelimbs each sport four enormous bear-like claws. The skin is smooth and covered in dark brown otter-like waterproof fur, while a layer of blubber underneath the skin provides more insulation. It lacks the saber teeth of its distant ancestors, but it does have incredibly formidable dentition: a pair of tusks that jut out of the lower jaw like a boar's, as well as a mouthful of razor-sharp teeth almost like those of a crocodile and molars suitable for crushing bones like empty soda cans. Standing 6 feet tall at the shoulder (15 feet tall when standing at full height on two legs) and measuring almost 30 feet long, this cold-dwelling beast is an apex predator, and a highly territorial one at that. It primarily advertises its territory to other members of its kind via loud bellowing calls at night, similarly to its cousin the bunyip. Loud noises during the night, however, such as the racket caused by a party, can fool the synapsid into thinking that another of its kind has been trespassing on its turf, sending it on a rampage towards the source of the noise to destroy its 'competitor'. Despite being largely solitary, though, false grendels have been known to stay with their mothers (The father takes no part in raising young, which are laid in clutches of 1-4 leathery-shelled eggs) well after they are sexually mature, hunting for the both of them in a vaguely similar way to how orcas care for their mothers.

Trolls: Hulking aquatic predators descended from none other than Homo sapiens, trolls are enormous ape-like creatures with digitigrade four-toed feet (They don't really need a big toe to swim, and they're primarily quadrupedal on land), enormous arms long enough to touch the ground with five-fingered webbed hands (The thumb has shifted to rejoin the rest of the its fellow digits in order to allow for more efficient strokes while swimming), thick waterproof fur on even thicker hides, and human-like heads with squashed noses, yellow slit-pupiled eyes, and slightly pulled-out snouts with razor-sharp teeth; many species have a significant underbite, with the lower canines developing into large tusks. Largest of all troll species is the grendel (Deinogiganteus beowulfii), a 22-foot-tall monster found in frigid mires and moors.

Gigantohominids: A group of enormous descendants of Paranthropus named for their enormous size: the smallest one is a little under 6' tall. Diets range from megaherbivores to bear-like omnivores.

And some chupacabras:
-An emaciated-looking posthuman with sharp hooked claws on its fingers and toes, big black eyes, a vestigial tail, and a pair of sharp fangs used to deliver a Smilodon-like killing blow.
-A nocturnal carnivorous heterodontosaur.
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Note: these creatures and species actually lived before and after my project (The Americas, wch takes place at 58 million years in the future) but i'll show you a few of my species for this.

The Wuhu: A genetically engineered descendant species of the lampreys that have reach a very large size (from 25 to 50 feet) but they almost resembled the Ammocoetes (larvae of the lampreys) and adult lancelets and they are also filter feeders. However, their ancestors (the modern lampreys) have been genetically engineered by the Machines and they were a part of one of the Machines' plans which was successfully complete and the lampreys have now become the Wuhus that lived at almost ocean, river, lake, and sea of this world.

The Salt Lake Wuhu: one of the many species of wuhus (genetically engineered descendants of lampreys) and one of the few wuhu species that lived at lakes and these Wuhus have been descended from the Common Wuhu that lives at all the oceans of the world. Their young are very fast-moving but the adults are slow-movers. The adults are 26 feet long while the young juveniles are actually 25 inches long. The salt lake wuhus usually travel through freshwater rivers and streams to reach to saltwater areas which they go to inhabit, feed, and also reproduce.

King Serpents: these are the last sea snakes of the world and they are descended from the Olive Sea Snakes and their bodies are very thin and long because their skeletons are very hollow just like other snakes. The king serpent has a paddle-like tail just like its ancestor. It lives only at the Great Barrier Reef. Even though solitary, the adults tend to take care of their young babies after they have been born before until the young are old enough to take care of themselves and separate. The female adults can still come ashore to land to give birth to up to 3 or 5 young. The adult king serpents are 30 feet long while the young are 15 inches long.

The Brooks: genetically engineered descendants of the common hagfish that lived at both the Arctic and Southern Oceans. Their size ranged from 18 to 20 feet long. They ranged from solitary scavengers to very social parasitic creatures.

Also, there's a few other species besides the others above.

The Machine Parasite: a closely related species of the Machines that have lived their whole entire lives as parasites and they lived from 60 to 62 million years from now in the future after 58 million years from now at which my project (The Americas) takes place at.
Parasitic Wuhu: the only parasitic blood-sucking Wuhu species and it lives only at the Arctic Ocean.
A very nocturnal and solitary descendant of the Beluga Whale.
A unnamed closely related species of the Lungfish that lives at the Great Barrier Reef.
Edited by peashyjah, Jun 29 2016, 07:31 PM.
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...You do realize that a whelk is a kind of predatory snail, right?
Also, lampreys are already primitive-looking. That's kind of the entire fucking point of them.
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Jun 29 2016, 02:58 AM
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its up to you; just so long as you're aware that your readers may see "Whelk" and assume that the future-lamprey has something to do with modern whelks - either in appearance, niche, etc.

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The Whelks: A genetically engineered descendant species of the lampreys that have reach a very large size (from 25 to 50 feet) but they almost resembled the Ammocoetes (larvae of the lampreys) and adult lancelets and they are also filter feeders. However, their ancestors (the modern lampreys) have been genetically engineered by the Machines and they were a part of one of the Machines' plans which was successfully complete and the lampreys have now become the Whelks that lived at almost ocean, river, lake, and sea of this world.


what were they modified into? was the paedomorphisis part of it?
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Jun 29 2016, 02:58 AM
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its up to you; just so long as you're aware that your readers may see "Whelk" and assume that the future-lamprey has something to do with modern whelks - either in appearance, niche, etc.

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The Whelks: A genetically engineered descendant species of the lampreys that have reach a very large size (from 25 to 50 feet) but they almost resembled the Ammocoetes (larvae of the lampreys) and adult lancelets and they are also filter feeders. However, their ancestors (the modern lampreys) have been genetically engineered by the Machines and they were a part of one of the Machines' plans which was successfully complete and the lampreys have now become the Whelks that lived at almost ocean, river, lake, and sea of this world.


what were they modified into? was the paedomorphisis part of it?
These future lamprey descendants have been engineered and modified to take over the roles of the baleen whales.
Yes, the paedomorphsis is part of that.
Discontinued projects:
The New Ostracoderms (i might continue with this project again someday)
The Americas (where in 58 million years from now in the future North and South America has both become isolated island continents)



All Expansions (my attempt at expanding the universe of All Tomorrows by Nemo Ramjet aka C.M. Kosemen, started June 6, 2018)
Anthropozoic (my attempt at expanding the universe of Man After Man and also a re-imagining of it, coming 2019 or 2020)
New Cenozoica (my attempt at expanding the universe of The New Dinosaurs and also a re-imagining of it, also coming 2019 or 2020)
All Alternatives or All Changes (a re-telling of All Tomorrows but with some minor and major "changes", coming June 10, 2018)
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Double post: i have already changed its name to the Wuhu.
Discontinued projects:
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The Americas (where in 58 million years from now in the future North and South America has both become isolated island continents)



All Expansions (my attempt at expanding the universe of All Tomorrows by Nemo Ramjet aka C.M. Kosemen, started June 6, 2018)
Anthropozoic (my attempt at expanding the universe of Man After Man and also a re-imagining of it, coming 2019 or 2020)
New Cenozoica (my attempt at expanding the universe of The New Dinosaurs and also a re-imagining of it, also coming 2019 or 2020)
All Alternatives or All Changes (a re-telling of All Tomorrows but with some minor and major "changes", coming June 10, 2018)
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peashyjah
Jun 29 2016, 07:28 PM
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Jun 29 2016, 06:41 PM
peashyjah
Jun 29 2016, 02:58 AM
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its up to you; just so long as you're aware that your readers may see "Whelk" and assume that the future-lamprey has something to do with modern whelks - either in appearance, niche, etc.

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The Whelks: A genetically engineered descendant species of the lampreys that have reach a very large size (from 25 to 50 feet) but they almost resembled the Ammocoetes (larvae of the lampreys) and adult lancelets and they are also filter feeders. However, their ancestors (the modern lampreys) have been genetically engineered by the Machines and they were a part of one of the Machines' plans which was successfully complete and the lampreys have now become the Whelks that lived at almost ocean, river, lake, and sea of this world.


what were they modified into? was the paedomorphisis part of it?
These future lamprey descendants have been engineered and modified to take over the roles of the baleen whales.
Yes, the paedomorphsis is part of that.
they were engineered to be the new baleen whales...and they've since taken over all the lakes and rivers, while still being planktonivorous?

Wuhu...pronounced as in "woohoo, so excited"? or pronounced as in "wha-huh?" confused?
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Jun 29 2016, 11:08 PM
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Jun 29 2016, 07:28 PM
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peashyjah
Jun 29 2016, 02:58 AM
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its up to you; just so long as you're aware that your readers may see "Whelk" and assume that the future-lamprey has something to do with modern whelks - either in appearance, niche, etc.

Quote:
 
The Whelks: A genetically engineered descendant species of the lampreys that have reach a very large size (from 25 to 50 feet) but they almost resembled the Ammocoetes (larvae of the lampreys) and adult lancelets and they are also filter feeders. However, their ancestors (the modern lampreys) have been genetically engineered by the Machines and they were a part of one of the Machines' plans which was successfully complete and the lampreys have now become the Whelks that lived at almost ocean, river, lake, and sea of this world.


what were they modified into? was the paedomorphisis part of it?
These future lamprey descendants have been engineered and modified to take over the roles of the baleen whales.
Yes, the paedomorphsis is part of that.
they were engineered to be the new baleen whales...and they've since taken over all the lakes and rivers, while still being planktonivorous?

Wuhu...pronounced as in "woohoo, so excited"? or pronounced as in "wha-huh?" confused?
Not all of the whales are extinct.
A few Toothed Whale species survive and they only lived at the Arctic ocean.

The name does sounds like those pronoun words but its name doesn't have four of the letter O and the name actually has two of the letter U.
I'm knot talking about spelling, I'm talking about pronounciation.
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Jun 29 2016, 11:24 PM
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peashyjah
Jun 29 2016, 02:58 AM
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its up to you; just so long as you're aware that your readers may see "Whelk" and assume that the future-lamprey has something to do with modern whelks - either in appearance, niche, etc.

Quote:
 
The Whelks: A genetically engineered descendant species of the lampreys that have reach a very large size (from 25 to 50 feet) but they almost resembled the Ammocoetes (larvae of the lampreys) and adult lancelets and they are also filter feeders. However, their ancestors (the modern lampreys) have been genetically engineered by the Machines and they were a part of one of the Machines' plans which was successfully complete and the lampreys have now become the Whelks that lived at almost ocean, river, lake, and sea of this world.


what were they modified into? was the paedomorphisis part of it?
These future lamprey descendants have been engineered and modified to take over the roles of the baleen whales.
Yes, the paedomorphsis is part of that.
they were engineered to be the new baleen whales...and they've since taken over all the lakes and rivers, while still being planktonivorous?

Wuhu...pronounced as in "woohoo, so excited"? or pronounced as in "wha-huh?" confused?
Not all of the whales are extinct.
A few Toothed Whale species survive and they only lived at the Arctic ocean.

The name does sounds like those pronoun words but its name doesn't have four of the letter O and the name actually has two of the letter U.
I'm knot talking about spelling, I'm talking about pronounciation.
Oh, i didn't know that first but now i know.
Discontinued projects:
The New Ostracoderms (i might continue with this project again someday)
The Americas (where in 58 million years from now in the future North and South America has both become isolated island continents)



All Expansions (my attempt at expanding the universe of All Tomorrows by Nemo Ramjet aka C.M. Kosemen, started June 6, 2018)
Anthropozoic (my attempt at expanding the universe of Man After Man and also a re-imagining of it, coming 2019 or 2020)
New Cenozoica (my attempt at expanding the universe of The New Dinosaurs and also a re-imagining of it, also coming 2019 or 2020)
All Alternatives or All Changes (a re-telling of All Tomorrows but with some minor and major "changes", coming June 10, 2018)
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Again, how are they 'primitive-looking'? Lampreys are already extremely primitive fish.
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Again, how are they 'primitive-looking'? Lampreys are already extremely primitive fish.
Yes i know and what i mean by that is because some species resembled the adult lancelets while others resembled the Ammocoetes.
However, their skeletons are still made of cartilage.
Discontinued projects:
The New Ostracoderms (i might continue with this project again someday)
The Americas (where in 58 million years from now in the future North and South America has both become isolated island continents)



All Expansions (my attempt at expanding the universe of All Tomorrows by Nemo Ramjet aka C.M. Kosemen, started June 6, 2018)
Anthropozoic (my attempt at expanding the universe of Man After Man and also a re-imagining of it, coming 2019 or 2020)
New Cenozoica (my attempt at expanding the universe of The New Dinosaurs and also a re-imagining of it, also coming 2019 or 2020)
All Alternatives or All Changes (a re-telling of All Tomorrows but with some minor and major "changes", coming June 10, 2018)
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