The Novazoic Version II

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The Novazoic Version II; It's back
Topic Started: Aug 6 2016, 12:44 PM (2,313 Views)
Beetleboy	Aug 6 2016, 12:44 PM Post #1
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three Posts: 3,700 Group: Members Member #1,776 Joined: Oct 2, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: British Favorite Quote: In the absence of proper data, speculate wildly. Also known as: Jacob, JurassicJacob, Beetle	The Novazoic Version 2.0 Note: Original Novazoic Thread Some of you may remember my Novazoic project from last year, which was my very first project, and was gaining popularity before I lost interest. It's a shame, because I had worked really hard on the project, and quite a few people seemed to really like it. But I have quite short attention spans, but I have been working on making my attention span better since then. And, I'm glad to say, I've been working on the Novazoic again for a few months, and I think it's ready to be shown now. However, several things have been changed: the timescale has been changed to 45 million years from now. humans no longer exist. This is, shamefully, purely to get them out of the way to leave a clean slate for evolution. I am not good enough at predicting future human and technology to make it realistic; I would rather that humans were simply extinct for the purposes of this scenario. the extinction of fish has not been so severe. They are still doing very well, and the marine invertebrate mass expansion seen in Novazoic Version I will not occur. the decline of cartilaginous fish has been nowhere near as severe as depicted in Version I. there will be much more diversification amongst the crocodilians. I have never really done much speccing on them before, so I'm excited about this bit. tortoises are not extinct. I can't remember my exact reasoning on that part, but yeah, they're doing fine in Version II. ratites are not extinct either. Thanks to Hybrid for explaining to me the reasons why ratite extinction would be unlikely. there will be more passerine diversification. not so many carnivores have gone extinct. Felids, hyenas, etc are still around. not all corals have gone extinct, but the tropical, reef-building ones have. Timeline of Human Activities from 2040-3030 2040: the first human settlement on Mars. Most of their energy comes from solar power, as well as nuclear power transported from Earth. 2050: further colonisation of Mars – there are now 5 separate settlements on the planet, living in complex glass domes with small-scale farms for food such as cress, lettuce, etc. 2060: the very first asteroid miners are based on Mars, while separate small scale mines on the planet itself are taking off. Essential minerals can be used in everyday life and in building work, and mined ice from beneath the surface can be heated up to make water. 3000: Mars is becoming more and more habitable. The range of jobs is becoming greater there, with choices of miners, farmers, builders, etc. Larger farms are being built in large domes, and the community homes (known as lodges) of people are becoming more and more spacious. 3008: World War III. Earth is in uproar as a city is bombed, killing thousands, kicking off a cross-country war, which quickly built into something much greater as other countries took sides. 3010: Martians, who previously for the most part chose to take no sides, get caught up in the war. The Arsia Mons colony take sides and kill the President of America while he is at his personal home at the Valles Marineris colony, a place he considered safe. However, the bomb that killed him also took the lives of many Martians at the colony, thus starting a war between colonies on Mars. Soon, the Mars colony is caught up in the warfare on Earth. 3020: the war goes on, while scientists of all sides are got to work creating bigger and better weapons. Biological warfare is everywhere, with so-called 'virus bombs' being dropped in enemy countries and allowing artificial viruses and diseases to destroy the population. 3025: Mars is bombed, and colony by colony, humans go extinct there as genetically engineered viruses spread. 3030: as the war continues, people don't notice the asteroid which is about to smash into Earth. The combination of wars, dangerous viruses, and the asteroid wipes out humans for good, but the latter also affected life on Earth in general. Geography Australia has drifted southwards, so that the majority of its surface is rather cold. The northern areas of Australia are primarily temperate forest, with obvious seasonal changes, whereas the southern tip is much colder, covered in ice and snow for the most part of the year. Ice connects Antarctica to Australia, and several unusual life forms can be found dwelling beneath the ice. Australia and Antarctica are known collectively as Austrarctica. New Zealand is to the east of Australia, and is a remote Antarctic island connected by sea ice to Austrarctica during only part of the year. Africa and Asia are now fully connected and now form a new continent, known as Afrasia. It has moved north from the continents' original positions, so that areas of Asia are very cold and icy, with some temperate parts. The southern areas of Afrasia are mainly tropical, often covered in grassland or rainforest. Moving northwards up the continent, we see some desert and temperate areas. For this reason, Afrasia is known as the continent of extremes, with rainforests, tropical grassland, temperate forests and grassland, and even semi-polar areas in the north. Europe has moved north with the rest of Afrasia, so now Great Britain has a climate more combarable to the nothern areas of Norway. Just above Madagascar is the island of Kisiwa, made up of what was once Tanzania, Kenya, and Somalia. South America has split off from North America and drifted south slightly. The southerly tip of South America can often be very cold, sometimes covered in ice and snow. More northerly portions of the continent are desert, temperate forest, or rainforest, depending on which area. North America has not moved much, only very slightly to the north, and the climates and habitats there have not changed much. Note: sorry the geography's short, it isn't my strong point. Survivors (the list is not currently complete) Invertebrates . some soft corals, particularly deep sea and temperate species . the majority of marine invertebrates (crustaceans, molluscs, and cephalopods are doing particularly well) . most terrestrial invertebrates are still doing fine (orthopterans, moths, ants, and land snails are doing particularly well) Fish . the majority of freshwater fish are doing alright, catfish are doing particularly well . cartilaginous fish are doing good, although the largest species have gone extint. Species such as dogfish and stingrays are doing well. . many reef-dwelling fish were too specialized to cope when the reef-building corals went extinct. However, once keelworm reefs appeared, many open-water fish adapted to this new habitat. Amongst the fish adapting to the new habitat are blennies, deep-sea eels, and flatfish. Amphibians . despite habitat loss and fungal infections, many amphibians are still doing well. . frogs and toads have not changed much, except for some unusual species. . salamanders can be found in many habitats, and there are some odd species which are notable for their size, or habitat. . some caecilians have grown to large sizes on certain islands Reptiles . crocodilians have survived and are diversifying greatly, into marine and even terrestrial niches. . thanks to conservation back in the Holocene, tuataras have managed to cling on. . marine turtles have gone extinct, though new groups of marine turtles can now be found. Sliders and terrapins are doing very well. . tortoises are doing fine, and in some areas they grow to large sizes. . many snakes are descendants of colubrids, boids, and some other families . geckos, monitor lizards, and skinks are doing particularly well in the future Birds . galliformes have survived, and are doing very well indeed. . pigeons have diversified, as have passerines. Both of them are doing very well. . nightjars and swifts have survived . hummingbirds died out due to the decrease in vegetation, and thus flowering plants, during the asteroid strike. . ducks and penguins are doing well Mammals . armadillos, shrews, and lagomorphs are all doing well. The latter has not diversified much. . rodent diversification can be found across the globe . carnivoran survivors include mustelids, viverrids, small felids, and raccoons . although their numbers were damaged, megabats have bounced back, and microbats are doing better than ever . small ungulates and pigs have diversified . macropods and other marsupials are doing well in Australia, adapting to the cold climate . macaques and baboons were the only animals to survive the asteroid strike. Later the macaques died out, but baboons have clung onto survival. Contents General: Species by Location Timeline Mammals: Koomba Boxer Wallaby Birds Burrunjor Reptiles Waterglider Pipsqueak Amphibians Whiskered Qilin Fish Ningyo Invertebrates Kauhoe-Kirikiti Flora and Fungi Flora of Austrarctica Edited by Beetleboy, Aug 19 2016, 12:52 PM.
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Beetleboy	Aug 14 2016, 08:12 AM Post #31
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three Posts: 3,700 Group: Members Member #1,776 Joined: Oct 2, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: British Favorite Quote: In the absence of proper data, speculate wildly. Also known as: Jacob, JurassicJacob, Beetle	NinjaSquirrel Aug 14 2016, 06:46 AM Beetleboy Aug 14 2016, 06:28 AM NinjaSquirrel Aug 14 2016, 06:16 AM Nice use of the swimming wetas! I remember how good the original was, and this looks like it's a equal. ( please tell me the cowsnails are still canon) Huh? Cowsnails? Those were from a completely different project, remember? I don't think you had joined yet when I had the first version of the Novazoic around. I hadn't. That doesn't mean I didn't read it. I never said you hadn't read it . . . My point is, the cowsnails arent from the Novazoic project. Edited by Beetleboy, Aug 14 2016, 08:12 AM.
	~ The Age of Forests ~


GlarnBoudin	Aug 14 2016, 12:09 PM Post #32
Disgusting Skin Fetishist Posts: 1,902 Group: Members Member #1,641 Joined: Feb 15, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Alternate Evolution Nationality: United States Favorite Quote: "My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!" Gender: What is a gender? A miserable pile of secrets!	How are crocodilians doing here?
	Quotes Spoiler: click to toggle OctoSharkTaSaurus: WELP. HELL-O-PHANTS IT IS. Kamineigh: I was six and I had started having fantasies about this old crone dying. Sometimes by my own hand. YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING HORRIBLY WRONG IF A SIX-YEAR OLD WANTS TO KILL YOU WITH THE SAME HANDS HE JUST USED TO MAKE A BLOCK TOWER. Parasky: No, he's right, they have a medical grade walrus at most hospitals for that sort of thing. Mr Mysterio, regarding yours truly: I'm learning things about you that I'm not sure I wanted to know. HangingThief: An otologist is only as good as his walrus Stealth_Rock: We have a discord for double penetration? Ichthyander: If your eyelids are massive enough to significantly affect the path of light in space, it is time to go sleep. Mr Mysterio: Glarn-Glarn, don't... don't fuck the cave baboons. Kamineigh: They lacked wings. Instead, they went around in modified pilot's gear and beat the shit out of people using maces. Parasky: No! We will not calm down! This is a serious argument over whether or not some long dead animal is in any way similar to a group of modern animals that they are descended from! THIS. IS. SEWIOUS. Lamna: Obvious typo, I'm never going to be popular in Belgium. Trex841: Interesting point. Valid counterpoint. Self-obsessed psychotic rant. Parasky: No ties. Begin genetically modifying crows until we have organisms that roughly resemble those in the competition, and then have them fight to the death to see who wins this competition. Alternatively, Cephalian and SabrWolf could fight to the death. But at the end of the day something will be fighting to the death ~~for my amusement~~ to determine the winner. Yellowdrakex: Is it alright to have an irrational fear of gliding snakes? They're snakes. FROM ABOVE. Kamineigh: See, you wouldn't be in this mess if you began a bloody revolution every time your leaders showed to unsatisfactory. Zihuatanejo: Somewhere in heaven, a very groggy, very confused angel has just woken up and is trying to figure out why a boisterous Australian man is poking it with a stick. Komodo: I'm sorry but in what alternative universe would thousands of zebras be sent back in time by some sort of illegal time travel group to change history and preparing them by making gigantic working animatronic allosaurs? Seriously, why? Parasky: Maybe y'all should move to America, where you can flex your freedom muscles. Sir Spookums: It's a game about children catching super powered monsters, stuffing them in tiny balls, and battling other strangers' monsters. What about that makes sense in regards to anything, mister Kam? Des Orages: Yi qi. Just when you think you've seen it all, nature screws us over once more. Kaminiegh: This is clearly an inaccurate statement. I'd never challenge the authority of an admin... Unless Paraksytron stubbed his toe and fell over. THEN I, STARSCREIGHM, WILL BECOME THE NEW LEADER OF OF THE DE-SPECU-CONS! Dragon: Is normal a good word to use for describing any of us? Velociraptor: I once dreamed I was trying to steal a flamingo. The flamingo was oddly calm about the whole situation. Kaminiegh: THAT'S IT, I'M KINKSHAMING. Flashman63: In its 4,600 year history, men from all eras, places and classes have been entering into the Library: from the ancient bearded sages of Sumeria and Chaldea, to the sober-minded Academics and Zoologists of the Victorian era, to the great warlord Cletus, an inbred hillbilly who just happened to be carrying his AR-15 around his County's Strip-Mall library. OctoSharktasaurus: Well, uh, it's a pseudo-tripedal, terrestrial subcontinental Madagascan Beaked Whale... Is that not obvious? It literally says it blatantly. Holben: Did you not add lamb's blood to your fruit juice and the crushed bones of an englishman to your salsa? It's not authentic if you don't. Kaminiegh: Shut up, Hybrid, stop ruining my chances of time-travelling and getting some Neanderthal tail! Mr Mysterio: Except maybe Canada. If ever there was a country that was hiding secret reserves of powerful alien technology, it's probably mine. HangingThief: If you answered mainly "yes," you are most likely a salamander. Unfortunately it is becoming harder and harder to tell these days. Monster: In vaguely related news, I've developed a fear of my sewing machine. WHAT ARE YOU STRANGE NEEDLEBEAST Mynxi: He sowed the seed, I merely pissed on it and saw what grew. Beetleboy: The moral of the story: never trust a catfish. Parasky: Speaking of original, note to self: write erotic classical Chinese literature fan fiction Bromance of the Three Kingdoms under pseudonym Tuck Chingle. Little: Starting playing DND, took all of an hour of gameplay until a yuri love-triangle was initiated. And no, it was not my fault. Corecin: If this is your first time with a lesbian love triangle in a DnD game than you don't even have to specify that you're starting out. Octo: Oh no now Little will enlighten with the deep and complex subject that is hentai lore. Beetleboy: It shows what kind of person I am that I'm seeking crush advice on a forum about creating fictional organisms. Corecin: I am not in the mood for looking up yuri because then the FBI agent monitoring my computer will judge me with reckless abandon. Blue_Komrade: Excuse me sir I am going to have to see if you have your membership card to the Misanthrope Club. Parasky: Ultimately, by the miracle of microbiology and biochemistry, I have accidentally added an additional month to my brew and created a Bavarian style hefeweizen rather than the American style wheat beer I planned, despite technically not having the correct ingredients. However because I wrote down what I did wrong its not a mistake it's actually science. Rebirth: I can't be the only one curious about what would happen if you spayed and neutered a male antechinus before it reached sexual maturity. Ebervalius: Laws? What kind of spooky cuckery is that? Parasky: Ah see, but that's just the thing, you thought that I thought that you thought that I had said you hadn't read it, when really I had said that you had said that you thought that I thought that you hadn't read it. So really it's Flisch's fault. Co-creator/corporate minion for the Pop Culture Monster Apocalypse! My Projects Spoiler: click to toggle The Therocene: An Age Familiar and Strange Retrozoic Park: Where the Past Comes to Life (Idea thread is here!) Coming Soon Spoiler: click to toggle Evolutionary Continuum: Jurassic Safari: An adventure 65 million years in the making continues. The Future is Altered: When man plays God, he plays to win. Alternative Evolution: The Extended Jurassic: The time of the titans extends through the Cretaceous Xensaron: Second chance for the strange The Habitable Zone: Bellator: A World at War Pentrex: The five worlds of the five champions of the dinosaur world, together at last. Alternate Universes: Terra Venatus: Where fantasy comes to life Terra Incognita: Planet Earth, now with 150% more pulp! Sol and its Surrounding Worlds: A Guide to the Organisms and Peoples of the Solar System (Companion to Terra Incognita) Guide to the Ark: ??? Cafe Cosmique: Time Rip: When Dinosaurs Attack! My dA page. My Fanfiction.net page.


Beetleboy	Aug 14 2016, 12:14 PM Post #33
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three Posts: 3,700 Group: Members Member #1,776 Joined: Oct 2, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: British Favorite Quote: In the absence of proper data, speculate wildly. Also known as: Jacob, JurassicJacob, Beetle	GlarnBoudin Aug 14 2016, 12:09 PM How are crocodilians doing here? They are doing pretty well. There is some diversification such as more marine crocodiles, tiny burrowers (the pipsqueaks), herbivorous crocodiles, and terrestrial ones.
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Beetleboy	Aug 14 2016, 01:58 PM Post #34
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three Posts: 3,700 Group: Members Member #1,776 Joined: Oct 2, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: British Favorite Quote: In the absence of proper data, speculate wildly. Also known as: Jacob, JurassicJacob, Beetle	Apologies for the double-post. Won't be any update from now till Thursday because I'm going for a sleepover. On the plus side, I've just brainstormed a load of Chinese and Japanese creatures, including some really weird things. Expect tengus, kappas, and qilin!
	~ The Age of Forests ~


Tartarus	Aug 14 2016, 08:22 PM Post #35
Prime Specimen Posts: 1,774 Group: Members Member #705 Joined: Feb 1, 2012 Gender: Male Nationality: Australian	The marine crocodiles make a lot of sense, considering that even today saltwater crocodiles are known to go into the sea, and this could easily lead to a more sea-based life in the future. The pipsqueaks remind me of a one-off future evolution concept I once came up with about tiny burrowing future crocodiles. Crocodiles evolving small sizes in the future is a pretty intriguing possibility. Also, good work on the kauhoe-kirikiti.



Beetleboy	Aug 15 2016, 12:52 AM Post #36
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three Posts: 3,700 Group: Members Member #1,776 Joined: Oct 2, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: British Favorite Quote: In the absence of proper data, speculate wildly. Also known as: Jacob, JurassicJacob, Beetle	Thank you!
	~ The Age of Forests ~


Rodlox	Aug 15 2016, 02:54 AM Post #37
Superhuman Posts: 3,112 Group: Members Member #21 Joined: Jun 28, 2008	Beetleboy Aug 14 2016, 01:58 PM Apologies for the double-post. Won't be any update from now till Thursday because I'm going for a sleepover. On the plus side, I've just brainstormed a load of Chinese and Japanese creatures, including some really weird things. Expect tengus, kappas, and qilin! have fun, keep safe; and am looking forwards to what these are like.
	.---------------------------------------------. Parts of the Cluster Worlds: "Marsupialless Australia" (what-if) & "Out on a Branch" (future evolution) & "The Earth under a still sun" (WIP)


Beetleboy	Aug 15 2016, 04:47 AM Post #38
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three Posts: 3,700 Group: Members Member #1,776 Joined: Oct 2, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: British Favorite Quote: In the absence of proper data, speculate wildly. Also known as: Jacob, JurassicJacob, Beetle	Rodlox Aug 15 2016, 02:54 AM Beetleboy Aug 14 2016, 01:58 PM Apologies for the double-post. Won't be any update from now till Thursday because I'm going for a sleepover. On the plus side, I've just brainstormed a load of Chinese and Japanese creatures, including some really weird things. Expect tengus, kappas, and qilin! have fun, keep safe; and am looking forwards to what these are like. Thanks! Clues to the identity of the creatures can be found in their names, as they are named after mythical creatures . . .
	~ The Age of Forests ~


peashyjah	Aug 15 2016, 05:47 AM Post #39
Bydo Posts: 983 Group: Members Member #1,744 Joined: Aug 14, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: American Favorite Quote: "Let's get stupid loud!" from SMFA. "You can't brush your damn teeth without a damn hook!!! " from Squidbillies.............. Gender: Male	That sounds amazing that some of these creatures are named after mythical creatures and legends.
	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)


Beetleboy	Aug 15 2016, 05:59 AM Post #40
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three Posts: 3,700 Group: Members Member #1,776 Joined: Oct 2, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: British Favorite Quote: In the absence of proper data, speculate wildly. Also known as: Jacob, JurassicJacob, Beetle	Thanks, I think it makes for a good way of naming them. Edited by Beetleboy, Aug 15 2016, 06:00 AM.
	~ The Age of Forests ~


Beetleboy	Aug 18 2016, 04:03 AM Post #41
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three Posts: 3,700 Group: Members Member #1,776 Joined: Oct 2, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: British Favorite Quote: In the absence of proper data, speculate wildly. Also known as: Jacob, JurassicJacob, Beetle	Well, I'm back from my sleepover, and I had a great time. We slept in hammocks under the tree house! I should be able to get an update up later, I think, if I am not too busy. I want to do some Japanese and Chinese stuff, and then look at more marine animals.
	~ The Age of Forests ~


GlarnBoudin	Aug 18 2016, 02:56 PM Post #42
Disgusting Skin Fetishist Posts: 1,902 Group: Members Member #1,641 Joined: Feb 15, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Alternate Evolution Nationality: United States Favorite Quote: "My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!" Gender: What is a gender? A miserable pile of secrets!	Alright, I'm just going to put out some shots in the dark to the identities for these new creatures: Tengu: Crows or some sort of corvid Kappa: Either a turtle, a primate, or an anuran Qilin: A deer, a crocodilian, or a musk deer descendant
	Quotes Spoiler: click to toggle OctoSharkTaSaurus: WELP. HELL-O-PHANTS IT IS. Kamineigh: I was six and I had started having fantasies about this old crone dying. Sometimes by my own hand. YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING HORRIBLY WRONG IF A SIX-YEAR OLD WANTS TO KILL YOU WITH THE SAME HANDS HE JUST USED TO MAKE A BLOCK TOWER. Parasky: No, he's right, they have a medical grade walrus at most hospitals for that sort of thing. Mr Mysterio, regarding yours truly: I'm learning things about you that I'm not sure I wanted to know. HangingThief: An otologist is only as good as his walrus Stealth_Rock: We have a discord for double penetration? Ichthyander: If your eyelids are massive enough to significantly affect the path of light in space, it is time to go sleep. Mr Mysterio: Glarn-Glarn, don't... don't fuck the cave baboons. Kamineigh: They lacked wings. Instead, they went around in modified pilot's gear and beat the shit out of people using maces. Parasky: No! We will not calm down! This is a serious argument over whether or not some long dead animal is in any way similar to a group of modern animals that they are descended from! THIS. IS. SEWIOUS. Lamna: Obvious typo, I'm never going to be popular in Belgium. Trex841: Interesting point. Valid counterpoint. Self-obsessed psychotic rant. Parasky: No ties. Begin genetically modifying crows until we have organisms that roughly resemble those in the competition, and then have them fight to the death to see who wins this competition. Alternatively, Cephalian and SabrWolf could fight to the death. But at the end of the day something will be fighting to the death ~~for my amusement~~ to determine the winner. Yellowdrakex: Is it alright to have an irrational fear of gliding snakes? They're snakes. FROM ABOVE. Kamineigh: See, you wouldn't be in this mess if you began a bloody revolution every time your leaders showed to unsatisfactory. Zihuatanejo: Somewhere in heaven, a very groggy, very confused angel has just woken up and is trying to figure out why a boisterous Australian man is poking it with a stick. Komodo: I'm sorry but in what alternative universe would thousands of zebras be sent back in time by some sort of illegal time travel group to change history and preparing them by making gigantic working animatronic allosaurs? Seriously, why? Parasky: Maybe y'all should move to America, where you can flex your freedom muscles. Sir Spookums: It's a game about children catching super powered monsters, stuffing them in tiny balls, and battling other strangers' monsters. What about that makes sense in regards to anything, mister Kam? Des Orages: Yi qi. Just when you think you've seen it all, nature screws us over once more. Kaminiegh: This is clearly an inaccurate statement. I'd never challenge the authority of an admin... Unless Paraksytron stubbed his toe and fell over. THEN I, STARSCREIGHM, WILL BECOME THE NEW LEADER OF OF THE DE-SPECU-CONS! Dragon: Is normal a good word to use for describing any of us? Velociraptor: I once dreamed I was trying to steal a flamingo. The flamingo was oddly calm about the whole situation. Kaminiegh: THAT'S IT, I'M KINKSHAMING. Flashman63: In its 4,600 year history, men from all eras, places and classes have been entering into the Library: from the ancient bearded sages of Sumeria and Chaldea, to the sober-minded Academics and Zoologists of the Victorian era, to the great warlord Cletus, an inbred hillbilly who just happened to be carrying his AR-15 around his County's Strip-Mall library. OctoSharktasaurus: Well, uh, it's a pseudo-tripedal, terrestrial subcontinental Madagascan Beaked Whale... Is that not obvious? It literally says it blatantly. Holben: Did you not add lamb's blood to your fruit juice and the crushed bones of an englishman to your salsa? It's not authentic if you don't. Kaminiegh: Shut up, Hybrid, stop ruining my chances of time-travelling and getting some Neanderthal tail! Mr Mysterio: Except maybe Canada. If ever there was a country that was hiding secret reserves of powerful alien technology, it's probably mine. HangingThief: If you answered mainly "yes," you are most likely a salamander. Unfortunately it is becoming harder and harder to tell these days. Monster: In vaguely related news, I've developed a fear of my sewing machine. WHAT ARE YOU STRANGE NEEDLEBEAST Mynxi: He sowed the seed, I merely pissed on it and saw what grew. Beetleboy: The moral of the story: never trust a catfish. Parasky: Speaking of original, note to self: write erotic classical Chinese literature fan fiction Bromance of the Three Kingdoms under pseudonym Tuck Chingle. Little: Starting playing DND, took all of an hour of gameplay until a yuri love-triangle was initiated. And no, it was not my fault. Corecin: If this is your first time with a lesbian love triangle in a DnD game than you don't even have to specify that you're starting out. Octo: Oh no now Little will enlighten with the deep and complex subject that is hentai lore. Beetleboy: It shows what kind of person I am that I'm seeking crush advice on a forum about creating fictional organisms. Corecin: I am not in the mood for looking up yuri because then the FBI agent monitoring my computer will judge me with reckless abandon. Blue_Komrade: Excuse me sir I am going to have to see if you have your membership card to the Misanthrope Club. Parasky: Ultimately, by the miracle of microbiology and biochemistry, I have accidentally added an additional month to my brew and created a Bavarian style hefeweizen rather than the American style wheat beer I planned, despite technically not having the correct ingredients. However because I wrote down what I did wrong its not a mistake it's actually science. Rebirth: I can't be the only one curious about what would happen if you spayed and neutered a male antechinus before it reached sexual maturity. Ebervalius: Laws? What kind of spooky cuckery is that? Parasky: Ah see, but that's just the thing, you thought that I thought that you thought that I had said you hadn't read it, when really I had said that you had said that you thought that I thought that you hadn't read it. So really it's Flisch's fault. Co-creator/corporate minion for the Pop Culture Monster Apocalypse! My Projects Spoiler: click to toggle The Therocene: An Age Familiar and Strange Retrozoic Park: Where the Past Comes to Life (Idea thread is here!) Coming Soon Spoiler: click to toggle Evolutionary Continuum: Jurassic Safari: An adventure 65 million years in the making continues. The Future is Altered: When man plays God, he plays to win. 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peashyjah	Aug 18 2016, 03:56 PM Post #43
Bydo Posts: 983 Group: Members Member #1,744 Joined: Aug 14, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: American Favorite Quote: "Let's get stupid loud!" from SMFA. "You can't brush your damn teeth without a damn hook!!! " from Squidbillies.............. Gender: Male	Can you tell us about the extinctions of other animals in this project, please?
	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)


Beetleboy	Aug 19 2016, 05:43 AM Post #44
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three Posts: 3,700 Group: Members Member #1,776 Joined: Oct 2, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: British Favorite Quote: In the absence of proper data, speculate wildly. Also known as: Jacob, JurassicJacob, Beetle	GlarnBoudin Aug 18 2016, 02:56 PM Alright, I'm just going to put out some shots in the dark to the identities for these new creatures: Tengu: Crows or some sort of corvid Kappa: Either a turtle, a primate, or an anuran Qilin: A deer, a crocodilian, or a musk deer descendant Well, the animal and the mythical creature are only loosely connected, usually because of just one simple feature. Tengu: nope, it's not a bird Kappa: turtle is correct Qilin: nope, it's not a mammal or a reptile. The only connection it has with the mythical creatures are its whiskers, so this is a difficult one to work out. Quote: Can you tell us about the extinctions of other animals in this project, please? See the survivor list in the intro, though I'm still working on it.
	~ The Age of Forests ~


Beetleboy	Aug 19 2016, 06:05 AM Post #45
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three Posts: 3,700 Group: Members Member #1,776 Joined: Oct 2, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: British Favorite Quote: In the absence of proper data, speculate wildly. Also known as: Jacob, JurassicJacob, Beetle	Ningyo Sometimes it can be simple changes which can lead to ripples of larger changes. For example, the diversification of marine turtles (evolved not from Holocene sea turtles, but softshell turtles) would have led to so many drastic changes in other animals, who jump at the chance to occupy the turtle-eating niche. A smaller change, but one that effected the marine ecosystem of Japan, was an increase in squid species. After the Holocene extinction event, fish numbers had decreased, particularly those which lived on coral reefs, as reef-building corals went extinct. This led to a brief boom in the diversity of reef invertebrates, particularly in cephalopods. And although this was short, lasting only during the Orakalamaria Stage of the early Anaktisozoic, and fish quickly bounced back and new species recolonised the new reef habitats, the cephalopod diversity of the Orakalamaria never fully died down. In fact, just off the coast of Japan, in the Novazoic, it is more common to find great shoals of bioluminescent squid than it is to find shoals of fish. This has led to the evolution of several unique squid-eaters, among them the ningyo. Anatomy: The ningyo is a specialized shark which can be found only in the seas of Japan. It grows to around 8 metres in length, and has a wide, flat head. It has long pectoral fins, and short dorsal fins. The top half of its caudal fin is long and powerful. This animal has a dark brown-grey colour on the top, but it is pale on its underside; the edges of its fins are slightly translucent. Its head rather resembles that of a Holocenic whale shark, but jutting out from the snout is a forward-pointing, flattened fleshy horn-like structure. It is this and several other features that suggests an ancestory with goblin sharks. The ningyo's snout is covered in bioluminescent spots, and its mouth completely lacks teeth. Its tongue, however, is covered in rasp-like structures, which play a prominent role in feeding (see below). Behaviour: The ninyo is a specialist predator upon squid. During the day, it lunge-feeds upon shoals of them, taking great mouthfulls of squid as well as water. After this, it will attempt to swallow its prey, but the squid have a defence mechanism: using their sucker-covered tentacles to cling onto the ningyo's gums. In turn, the shark has evolved a way round this: its tongue is covered in hard rasp-like structures, so by moving its tongue over the inside of its mouth, it can scrape away any squid clinging on. At night, the ninyo has another tactic for hunting its prey. The squid use luminescent spots on their bodies to attract other shoals, so that they merge and mingle, and a mass mating takes place (they also use their lights to keep a shoal together in the darkness). The ningyo uses its luminescent spots on its snout to attract shoals of squid towards it, so that it can lunge into it and take mouthfulls up, as before. This species is mostly solitary, but where there are particularly large populations of squid, groups of ningyos can be seen. They come together during certain times of the year in sheltered bays to breed, after which pregnant females will remain there, but males will go back out into deeper waters. They are viviparous, and give birth to 1-3 pups, which have bristle-like teeth which they use for filter-feeding plankton. As they grow, the babies will loose their baleen-like teeth, and become squid-eaters.
	~ The Age of Forests ~


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