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| The 7th Act; After the 6th extinction | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 10 2016, 04:45 PM (1,477 Views) | |
| DroidSyber | Apr 10 2016, 04:45 PM Post #1 |
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For billions of years, the Earth has been home to life. From microscopic bacteria to behemoth redwoods, every organism is in a constant battle to survive, and, ultimately, to reproduce. In this arms race, there are winners and losers. Win, you live another generation. Lose, you die out. Over time, the losers slowly go extinct, disappearing. But once, every thousands of millennia, a catastrophic event occurs, cause mass extinction, hence it's name. In the past history of life, there has been 5 of these events. Until around 100 000 years ago, A species from the genus Homo, Homo sapiens, helped to start and continue the largest mass extinction in over 60 million years. Creatures from giant sirenians to tiny insects began dying off in huge numbers. Man the changed the ecology of Earth even further, introducing animals from all corners of the globe to one another, from zoos to pests. But in 2016, something changed. Out of seemingly nowhere, humankind began dying. No one could tell what was happening. Some said something biological, a virus of sorts. Others said a event of extra-terrestrial origin, be it a solar flare or alien life form. Others said it was paranormal or supernatural. I didn't matter. 6 months later, the last human died. And with it, the 6th extinction event ended. As the cities turned to dust and the fields turned to woods, mankind's legacy, it's effect on the ecology, would last forever. Welcome to the 7th Act. Table of Contents |
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| El Dorito | Apr 10 2016, 10:57 PM Post #2 |
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So by this logic we are all going to be dead by the end of the year... Seems legit. |
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| whachamacallit2 | Apr 10 2016, 11:10 PM Post #3 |
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To be fair, it's just a "get rid of everyone" scenario, so alien space bats are fine. None of the less, I'm interested to see what happens. |
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| Dapper Man | Apr 10 2016, 11:13 PM Post #4 |
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Interesting premise here. |
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| Bruno01 | Apr 11 2016, 04:01 PM Post #5 |
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NOOOO!!! i'M TOO YOUNG TO DIEEEE!!! 
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| DroidSyber | Apr 11 2016, 04:12 PM Post #6 |
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Of course. We are due for death. |
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| CaledonianWarrior96 | Apr 11 2016, 06:13 PM Post #7 |
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| Victorbrine | Apr 15 2016, 10:47 AM Post #8 |
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| DroidSyber | Apr 15 2016, 10:48 AM Post #9 |
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No, in the next 6 months 
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| DroidSyber | Apr 17 2016, 11:53 AM Post #10 |
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1 Million Years A.D. Almost a million years has past since the disappearance of humans, and much has changed. At first glance, much seems the same. But on closer inspection, you will see major differences. Some of the largest are the land bridges, massive plains of earth and stone, connecting Russia and Alaska, bridging the Bering Strait, and a huge chunk of exposed seabed, opening up a path between Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. In Scandinavia, Sweden and Poland have connected, forming the Blue Sea. The Mediterranean has been completely closed off from continental drift, with a new mountain range, known as the Olympian mountains, begnning to form, and will someday cover much of Southern Europe and Northern Africa. As well, the climate and environment has gone through sever changes. On average, the planet is about 4.1134 degrees colder then before the Industrial Revolution. Much of Alaska and Nunavut has been covered in giant glaciers, with the furthest reaching down to Quebec. Patagonia in South America has ice sheets beginning to form even in the warmest regions, and snow is occurring as far north as South Africa, and as far south regularly as Texas. Although the Amazon Rainforest, and many other large areas of trees, has made a significant comeback since the deforestation caused by man, the southern( or northern depending on their relationship to the Equator) regions of the forests are disappearing, becoming grassland, savannah, and, in some cases, desert. Surprisingly, sea levels are fairly steady, even rising in some areas, due to a increase in continental drift and actually "lowering" themselves into the planet. This has made the wetter regions of the new formed grasslands into swamp, floodplain, and wetlands. The temperature changes and geological activity have meant the the decrease in diversity, and even extinction, of many species of flora, particularly tropical species of deciduous trees and flowers. Grasses and shrubs have become increasingly prominent, as well as lichen and mosses, some of which are so successful they outcompete more complex plants like grasses, creating kilometre-long stretches of just lichen. Conifers make up the majority of large plants, although in some parts of Northern Asia, forests of " Arctic Bamboo" grow. Corals, especially warm water corals, have suffered a major blow, with almost all warm water reefs destroyed. Arctic, alpine, and boreal fauna has used this opportunity to take control of many ecosystems, asserting themselves at the top of their environment. Some examples of this are bison the size of rhinoceros, and pack-hunting owls the size of dogs. Birds and mammals, with their warm-blooded metabolisms, have been relatively unaffected, many even taking advantage of the change in climate. Arctic elephants have evolved twice, and even Arctic tigers, vultures, and macaques have become commonplace. Reptiles and amphibians, especially squamates and frogs have been hit hard, although many crocodiles have managed to adapt. Fish, other then reef fish, have remained relatively unchanged and unaffected, as well as insects, with the exception being pollinators. |
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| Corecin | Apr 17 2016, 12:16 PM Post #11 |
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Sounds cool, so elephants, bison and tigers survived? I can't really say I'm surprised but it's interesting for a project like this to keep them. Bison aren't in any danger though, and they're already about the size of a rhino. |
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| DroidSyber | Apr 17 2016, 12:19 PM Post #12 |
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WILD bison, Tigers, and elephants are rare, not zoos. In fact, one species of Arctic elephant evolved in North America, not Asia(they are both descended from Indian Elephants) |
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| GlarnBoudin | Apr 17 2016, 12:22 PM Post #13 |
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I can dig it. Elephants are pretty damn adaptable animals, and considering how many there are in zoos around the world, it would make sense for them to survive. And considering the ungodly amounts of big cats that are in private animal collections, their survival isn't that unlikely. |
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| Corecin | Apr 17 2016, 12:30 PM Post #14 |
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I'm not saying they wouldn't survive, I'm saying that it's noticeable that they aren't extinct, like they are in every other scenario. In fact I said that I wasn't surprised that they weren't extinct. I'm not an idiot, I know what a mammoth is Johnny. And why did You bring up that they didn't evolve in Asia, I know they didn't. |
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| DroidSyber | Apr 17 2016, 12:39 PM Post #15 |
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There are two species of Arctic Elephant. Although both share the same common ansector, one evolved in Asia, the other in North America. The one in NA was descended from zoo elephants. |
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