My redesign of "The future is wild"

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My redesign of "The future is wild"; organized
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Dragonthunders	Dec 27 2014, 09:45 AM Post #1
The ethereal archosaur in blue Posts: 3,039 Group: Global Mods Member #690 Joined: Jan 22, 2012 Gender: Male Nationality: Salvadoran Favorite Quote: "There is only one war that can afford the human being: the war against their extinction" Isaac Asimov Also known as: DT, thunders Gender: still male	The documentary "The Future is Wild" was one of the most remarkable works of speculative evolution, but we now know that most of the beings described, their ancestors, their anatomy and physiology proved implausible and sometimes ridiculous depending on animal and the time where live. It was also where they were born some of the most common clichés ideas in the spec evo as multiple time periods, terrestrial cephalopods, quadrupedal birds (hardly outstanding, but observe the spink) and others. Anyway, it occurred to me to make a little remake of this documentary, a mini project where I apply my knowledge to change and a way to show the changes that need future scenarios is wild to improve and be more plausible. These only focus on environments that were out in the documentary, but unlike this, I'll add other animal species to complement more each ecosystem. To make it more similar to each of the scenarios, I will separately, ie each time belong to a different timeline from one another. content 5 million years in the future Humans reached its maximum climax and then they were destroyed to themselves in their continued attempt to retain their old world, at the expense of the environment, and organisms and living beings. In the end, they perished along with other important forms of life, most part of the terrestrial megafauna quantity and the marina was extinguished. 5 million years later, Earth has been partly recovered, many animals that had drawn the event have partly replaced left ecological niches long time. the rodents, mustelids and suidae are some of the animals most commonly in the ecosystem. North European Ice North American Desert Amazon Grasslands Mediterranean Basin 100 million years in the future Mankind disappeared, his remains have been forgotten by time, and no trace of them left. The amount of time that has passed has done everything to change. Mammals during this period have lost much of its diversity due to two minor extinction event that slaughtered a large part of its population. They were not alone, a considerable amount of birds and reptiles also perished, even recovered quickly even began to evolve new classes and groups totally different from their ancestors. The Earth's climate is mainly tropical, with few glaciers formations in northern planet near the great plateau, one of the largest ranges from the Himalayas. Antarctic Forest Bengal Swamp Great Plateau Shallow Seas 200 million years in the future A burst of gamma rays struck the earth during mid human age. Fleeting and silent, exterminated a lot of species on the surface of the planet, destroyed the vegetation, and incinerated all forms of life on Earth. The survivors were short-lived, because the composition of the atmosphere change, it became toxic, without plants or autotrophic organism capable of producing oxygen, thus remained largely unchanged. They spent tens of millions of years for life that was recovered. Only resistant animals from the depths of the oceans, who hid underground and could withstand the lethal weather did not perish. Millions of years after the event a new world is born, the Earth has united again and formed a new supercontinent, amasia, dominated by a new variety of animals and plants, many are new pioneers trying to reconquer the land. The few that remained were vertebrate fish and elasmobranchs, which diversified when environmental conditions were restored. Molluscs had also shown to be resistant competing for dominance of both the land and ocean in this new era. The insects survived, remained strong and were among the few terrestrial animals have survived the worst mass extinctions. Joining them some types of small autotrophs, relatives of mosses and lichens, they had expanded and proliferated in the last 100 million years, filling the atmosphere of oxygen and creating the necessary conditions are also found to land, was again habitable for animals. Global Ocean Rainshadow Desert Central Desert Northern Forest Spanish version El documental “el futuro es salvaje” ha sido una de las obras mas sobresalientes de la evolución especulativa, pero sabemos actualmente que la mayor parte de los seres descritos, sus ancestros, su anatomía y fisiología resultaron ser implausibles y en algunos casos ridículos dependiendo del animal y la época en donde Vivian. Fue también donde nacieron algunos de las ideas clichés mas comunes del spec, como múltiples periodos de tiempo, cefalópodos terrestres, aves cuadrúpedas (casi no sobresalientes, pero observen al spink) y otros mas. En fin, se me ocurrió hacer un pequeño remake de este documental, un mini proyecto en donde aplico mis conocimientos para modificar y de una forma mostrar los cambios que necesitarían los escenarios de el futuro es salvaje para mejorar y ser mas plausibles. Estos solo se centraran en los ambientes que habían salido en el documental, pero a diferencia de este, agregare otras especies animales para complementar mas cada uno de los ecosistemas. Para hacerlo mas parecido a cada uno de los escenarios, los haré por separado, es decir, que cada periodo de tiempo pertenecerá a una línea temporal diferente una de la otra. Contenido 5 millones de años en el futuro Los humanos llegaron a su máximo clímax y posteriormente se destruyeron a si mismos en su continuo intento de conservar su mundo antiguo, a costa del medioambiente, y de los organismos y seres vivos. Al final, ellos perecieron junto con otra cantidad importante de formas de vida, mayormente parte de la megafauna terrestre y marina se extinguió. 5 millones de años después, la tierra se ha recuperado en parte, muchos animales que habían sorteado el evento han reemplazado en parte los nichos ecológicos dejados hace mucho tiempo. los roedores, mustélidos y suidos son algunos de los animales mas comunes en el ecosistema. Norte de europa helado Desierto norteamericano Sabana amazonica Cuenca Mediterránea 100 millones de años en el futuro La humanidad desapareció, sus restos han sido olvidados por el tiempo, y no quedó rastro alguno de ellos. La cantidad de tiempo que ha pasado ha hecho que todo cambie. Los mamíferos durante esta época han perdido gran parte de su diversidad debido a dos eventos de extinción menores que abatieron a una gran parte de su población. No fueron los únicos, una gran cantidad considerable de aves y reptiles también perecieron, aun se recuperaron rápidamente, incluso empezaron a evolucionar nuevas clases y grupos totalmente diferentes a sus ancestros. El clima del planeta es principalmente tropical, con pocas formaciones glaciares en el norte del planeta, cerca de la gran meseta, una de las mayores cordilleras desde el Himalaya. Selva antartica Pantano de bengala Gran meseta Mar de sombras 200 millones de años en el futuro Una ráfaga de rayos gama golpeo la tierra durante mediados de la edad humana. Fugaz y silenciosa, exterminó una gran cantidad de especies en la superficie del planeta, arrasó con la vegetación, e incinero todas las formas de vida terrestre. Los que sobrevivieron no duraron mucho tiempo, debido a que la composición de la atmosfera cambio, se volvió toxica, y sin las plantas o cualquier organismo autótrofo capaz de producir oxigeno, se mantuvo de esa manera sin grandes cambios. Pasaron decenas de millones de años para que la vida que quedó se recuperara. Solo los animales resistentes de las profundidades de los océanos, los que se escondieron bajo tierra y pudieron soportar las condiciones atmosféricas letales no perecieron. Millones de años después del evento un nuevo planeta ha nacido, La tierra se ha unido nuevamente y ha formado un nuevo supercontiente, amasia, dominado por una variedad nueva de animales y plantas, muchos son nuevos pioneros que tratan de reconquistar la tierra. Los pocos vertebrados que quedaron fueron los peces y los elasmobranquios, que se diversificaron cuando las condiciones ambientales se restablecieron. Los moluscos que habían también mostrado ser resistentes compiten por el dominio tanto de la tierra como del océano en esta nueva era. Los insectos sobrevivieron, se mantuvieron resistentes y fueron de los pocos animales terrestres en haber sobrevivido a la peor de las extinciones en masa. Junto a ellos se encontraron también algunos tipos de pequeños autótrofos, parientes de los musgos y líquenes, estos se habían expandido y proliferado en los últimos 100 millones de años, llenando la atmosfera de oxigeno y creando las condiciones necesarias para que la tierra, fuese nuevamente habitable para los animales. Oceano global Desierto sombra de lluvia Desierto central Bosques del norte
	Projects "Active" projects The Future is Far Welcome to the next chapters of the evolution of life on earth, travel the across the earth on a journey that goes beyond the limits, a billion years of future history in the making. The SE giants project Wonder what is the big of the big on speculative evolution? no problem, here is the answer Coming one day Age of Mankind Humanity fate and its possible finals. The Long Cosmic Journey The history outside our world. The alternative paths The multiverse, the final frontier... Holocene park: Welcome to the biggest adventure of the last 215 million years, where the age of mammals comes to life again! Cambrian mars: An interesting experiment on an unprecedented scale, the life of a particular and important period in the history of our planet, the cambric life, has been transported to a terraformed and habitable mars in an alternative past. Two different paths, two different worlds, but same life and same weirdness. My deviantart

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Dragonthunders	Jan 5 2015, 12:28 PM Post #16
The ethereal archosaur in blue Posts: 3,039 Group: Global Mods Member #690 Joined: Jan 22, 2012 Gender: Male Nationality: Salvadoran Favorite Quote: "There is only one war that can afford the human being: the war against their extinction" Isaac Asimov Also known as: DT, thunders Gender: still male	Gryken About this mustelid of the Mediterranean Basin, there have been many changes I had to make this animal. I kept the original anatomy of their ancestors, I removed the big head, I reduced the hands, and enlarge a little bit the tail. Also on their role in the ecosystem, it will probably would not be the main predator.
	Projects "Active" projects The Future is Far Welcome to the next chapters of the evolution of life on earth, travel the across the earth on a journey that goes beyond the limits, a billion years of future history in the making. The SE giants project Wonder what is the big of the big on speculative evolution? no problem, here is the answer Coming one day Age of Mankind Humanity fate and its possible finals. The Long Cosmic Journey The history outside our world. The alternative paths The multiverse, the final frontier... Holocene park: Welcome to the biggest adventure of the last 215 million years, where the age of mammals comes to life again! Cambrian mars: An interesting experiment on an unprecedented scale, the life of a particular and important period in the history of our planet, the cambric life, has been transported to a terraformed and habitable mars in an alternative past. Two different paths, two different worlds, but same life and same weirdness. My deviantart


Dragonthunders	Jan 5 2015, 12:29 PM Post #17
The ethereal archosaur in blue Posts: 3,039 Group: Global Mods Member #690 Joined: Jan 22, 2012 Gender: Male Nationality: Salvadoran Favorite Quote: "There is only one war that can afford the human being: the war against their extinction" Isaac Asimov Also known as: DT, thunders Gender: still male	Scrofa This is another of the almost plausible animals which appear in the documents, due to the reduction of the size you've had for ecosystem adaptation with limited resources, however, this has some errors. Mainly adaptations and changes it possesses. One of them is delicate high hooves, which are used to efficiently mobilize travez of the rugged landscape of the islands. These seem too specialized to evolve in such a short period of time. also made some other changes as the morphology of the animal, that is even close to that of their ancestors. They probably have with a omnivorous diet could eat small reptiles, birds, and even other mammals that inhabit the area, including Grykens, making the main predator of the basin
	Projects "Active" projects The Future is Far Welcome to the next chapters of the evolution of life on earth, travel the across the earth on a journey that goes beyond the limits, a billion years of future history in the making. The SE giants project Wonder what is the big of the big on speculative evolution? no problem, here is the answer Coming one day Age of Mankind Humanity fate and its possible finals. The Long Cosmic Journey The history outside our world. The alternative paths The multiverse, the final frontier... Holocene park: Welcome to the biggest adventure of the last 215 million years, where the age of mammals comes to life again! Cambrian mars: An interesting experiment on an unprecedented scale, the life of a particular and important period in the history of our planet, the cambric life, has been transported to a terraformed and habitable mars in an alternative past. Two different paths, two different worlds, but same life and same weirdness. My deviantart


Dragonthunders	Jul 10 2016, 11:24 PM Post #18
The ethereal archosaur in blue Posts: 3,039 Group: Global Mods Member #690 Joined: Jan 22, 2012 Gender: Male Nationality: Salvadoran Favorite Quote: "There is only one war that can afford the human being: the war against their extinction" Isaac Asimov Also known as: DT, thunders Gender: still male	Toraton Everyone in speculative evolution knows what is the Toraton a derived descendant of current turtles, which with the disappearance of most of the current megafauna, they were one of several animals which have taken that place, mainly as large herbivores in the swamps of the future earth. These are twice as tall as an elephant, and in weight, are showed to be the heaviest land animals that ever existed are, weighing 120 tons. I must say that some parts of the desing for this animal are somewhat plausible, as the upstanding legs and lived in a swamp which gives a good food supply, however, some things are probably not reasonable like why its weight is so huge, why have a segmented carapace or how a turtle has been able to evolve to this type of niche. Do not get me wrong, turtles have shown a great ability to take certain niches and become part of the megafauna, however, something like Toraton seems that would emerge in environments where they were the only creatures in the world as a terraformed planet, since they are quite conservative and have not submitted a large morphological change in the last 200 million years, plus other types of vertebrates like lizards, little mammals or something else could take such niches in a short time (because there is not explanatio about if happened a new mass extinction event in the others 195 million years). Perhaps is the lack of explanation about its evolution or the events that led to its evolutinary path. This Toraton that I call Barochelys _{(for the friends Stan)}, is a giant semi-aquatic turtle species that live in 80 to 100 million years in the future. The climate during this age is quite tropical, there is not more polar caps, so there are even tropical forests at the poles, however, the eath is dominated by a new class of vertebrates that took place in most of the continets, and the Toraton is just a strangeness between others animals. This species resembles the extinct softshell turtles, which lack a bony carapace. It has a length of about 4 meters long, it reaches a height of 3 meters and weighs about 3 tons, it spend some time mobilizing around the swamps, devouring the treetops, always in groups of several individuals. _{Edit: Length change to a reasonable size and removal of the rounded and inflated shape of the plastron, also this is now part of the redesign of the Bengal Swamp fauna.} Edited by Dragonthunders, Jul 11 2016, 05:09 PM.
	Projects "Active" projects The Future is Far Welcome to the next chapters of the evolution of life on earth, travel the across the earth on a journey that goes beyond the limits, a billion years of future history in the making. The SE giants project Wonder what is the big of the big on speculative evolution? no problem, here is the answer Coming one day Age of Mankind Humanity fate and its possible finals. The Long Cosmic Journey The history outside our world. The alternative paths The multiverse, the final frontier... Holocene park: Welcome to the biggest adventure of the last 215 million years, where the age of mammals comes to life again! Cambrian mars: An interesting experiment on an unprecedented scale, the life of a particular and important period in the history of our planet, the cambric life, has been transported to a terraformed and habitable mars in an alternative past. Two different paths, two different worlds, but same life and same weirdness. My deviantart


Finncredibad	Jul 11 2016, 01:42 AM Post #19
Edgy and Cool Posts: 1,285 Group: Members Member #1,871 Joined: Feb 11, 2016 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Alternate Evolution Nationality: Kekistani Favorite Quote: "Tet you dickering suid"~ Octo Also known as: Tet Gender: Did you just assume my gender!?	how come in almost every future evolution project, mammals either go extinct of just become extremely rare. I'm sure theirs some sort of scientific basis behind it but IMAO (in my arrogant opinion) I think it may be kind implausible in a way, seeing as how mammals have always been extremely successful, except for in the dinosaur age.
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Ivan_The_Inedible	Jul 11 2016, 03:02 AM Post #20
There are some who call me... Spencer. Posts: 712 Group: Members Member #1,930 Joined: Jun 7, 2016 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Alternate Evolution Nationality: Stuck between pig-country and CAT. Favorite Quote: A cockroach can't beat a dinosaur, but it sure can beat an atom bomb. Also known as: Ivan	As far as I know, the most common reason for killing off mammals is simply to give other clades "legitimate" chances at diversification, mainly because rule-of-cool MUST prevail. Also, I really like how the art progressed. Keep up the good work Dragonthunders.
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Bruno01	Jul 11 2016, 09:04 AM Post #21
Infant Posts: 129 Group: Members Member #1,833 Joined: Dec 19, 2015 Gender: Male Nationality: Argentinian Also known as: Bruno	You are one of the first people I see (I must admit I don't have a long time being here) that resumes an old project.
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Tartarus	Jul 11 2016, 05:34 PM Post #22
Prime Specimen Posts: 1,774 Group: Members Member #705 Joined: Feb 1, 2012 Gender: Male Nationality: Australian	Tet Jul 11 2016, 01:42 AM seeing as how mammals have always been extremely successful, except for in the dinosaur age. Mammals were actually fairly successful in "the dinosaur age". They were admittedly not quite as successful as they would become in the Cenozoic but they were still fairly successful nonetheless.



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