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| My Future Wildlife: Herbivorous Megafauna | |
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| Topic Started: Jun 21 2016, 06:51 PM (683 Views) | |
| TheMightySaurus | Jun 21 2016, 06:51 PM Post #1 |
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I have a few of my own theories about speculative wildlife in a post-human world. Say, in a lush, post human earth, all animals are derived from smaller creatures from the past, animals that are proven extinction survivors, such as reptiles, rodents,and arthropods. Here, I will tell you about my ideas of speculative animals. Megaiguanodon (Big Iguana Tooth): This enormous creature is descended from tree dwelling iguanas on remote pacific islands, who due to their remoteness, escaped extinction. As big as a modern day white rhinoceros, megaiguanodon browses on the leaves of trees, often rearing up on its hind legs to reach the most succulent leaves. When it comes to defense, megaiguanodon is equipped with bone embedded scales, a ferocious horn on its nose, a good turn radius, and herd mentality. Even if found alone, megaiguanodon is one of the toughest future megafauna to bring down. Cabybaratherium (Capybara Beast): This docile beast is descended from the modern day capybara, the largest rodent in the world. Similar to their aquatic anscestors, only larger, capybaratherium lives much like a hippo. They eat grasses and low lying plants. At the size of a bush elephant, their size is one of their main defense. If it comes down to a particularly large predator, capybaratherium are equipped both with a herd mentality and a surprising ability to gallop. Both capybaratherium and megaiguanodon are often found in open spaces bordering jungles along rivers and tributaries. 
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| Corecin | Jun 21 2016, 07:16 PM Post #2 |
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But why are they so big? They seem like they should be much smaller. |
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| Ivan_The_Inedible | Jun 21 2016, 07:26 PM Post #3 |
There are some who call me... Spencer.
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I'm interested in seeing where this goes. But in the same vain as Sliver, the problem is that the animals look almost exactly like their ancestors, despite them growing to giant proportions. These creatures would definitely look at least little different from their ancestors. Other than that and the unknown time-frame, I'd say it looks promising. Especially the art. Edited by Ivan_The_Inedible, Jun 23 2016, 10:16 PM.
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| Dr Nitwhite | Jun 21 2016, 07:32 PM Post #4 |
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I will be awaiting more. |
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| peashyjah | Jun 21 2016, 09:35 PM Post #5 |
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The Megaiguanodon looks like the 1800s reconstruction version of the Iguanodon. |
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| Nyarlathotep | Jun 22 2016, 04:21 AM Post #6 |
The Creeping Chaos
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I think that was the point. How far in the future is this? It's not impossible for there to be huge capybaras after say, 25-30 million years or more (look at brontotheres as an example of rapid mammalian growth), but it's definitely not happening in 5 million years or so. The iguana could work with no competition but it would need to change, and how does it get back to the mainland? |
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| GlarnBoudin | Jun 22 2016, 09:02 AM Post #7 |
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Iguanas are pretty good swimmers. I wouldn't be surprised if some of these giants got washed out to see and managed to swim to South America. |
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| Bruno01 | Jun 23 2016, 02:51 PM Post #8 |
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Your ilustrations are very good! But you should add a little more of information. |
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| peashyjah | Jun 23 2016, 04:12 PM Post #9 |
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Can't wait for more of your other future herbivorous animals. |
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