Terror Birds

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Terror Birds; Phorusracids, back in the future?
Topic Started: Sep 11 2008, 07:27 AM (3,945 Views)
Spartan Delta	Sep 11 2008, 07:27 AM Post #1
Infant Posts: 93 Group: Members Member #76 Joined: Sep 10, 2008 Gender: Private	Um, I should ask... ...Aside from "the Future is Wild", are there any other chances of the Phorusracids re-evolving?

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Rick Raptor	Jun 26 2011, 07:20 PM Post #46
Adolescent Posts: 430 Group: Members Member #200 Joined: Aug 14, 2009 Nationality: Germany Favorite Quote: "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." Albert Einstein.	This is a thread about which species of birds are most likely to evolve into Terror Bird -like creatures (cursorial predatory avians with large hooked beaks and powerful legs) and I think penguins are unlikely to evolve into that Maybe it´s cause this thread is three years old, but why did no-one mention Ground Hornbills?
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Spartan Delta	Jun 27 2011, 10:36 AM Post #47
Infant Posts: 93 Group: Members Member #76 Joined: Sep 10, 2008 Gender: Private	No idea.... o.o!



Ook	Jun 27 2011, 10:37 AM Post #48
not a Transhuman Posts: 2,933 Group: Members Member #282 Joined: Mar 10, 2010 Gender: Male	actually somebody somewhere already mentioned them



Cephylus	Jul 5 2011, 09:17 AM Post #49
Torando of Terror Posts: 1,927 Group: Members Member #313 Joined: May 14, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: South Korean Favorite Quote: "Breaking the world is easy enough. But rebuilding it, that isn't so easy." - Kozo Fuyutsuki Gender: Male	So far the most likely candidates are: Bustards, Ground Hornbills, Caracaras, Secretary birds, Seriemas, Vultures, Herons, Storks, Owls, Cassowaries, Rails, Ravens with a few others thrown in such as coots, oystercatchers, kiwis, emus, rheas, cranes
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Ook	Jul 5 2011, 09:47 AM Post #50
not a Transhuman Posts: 2,933 Group: Members Member #282 Joined: Mar 10, 2010 Gender: Male	i dont think that hornbills or cassowary are likely to develop large carnivorous forms Sheatbills are quite likely however,they are already almost terrestrial,witout webbed feet and with relatively generalistic diet (for antarctic bird)



Cephylus	Jul 6 2011, 04:54 AM Post #51
Torando of Terror Posts: 1,927 Group: Members Member #313 Joined: May 14, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: South Korean Favorite Quote: "Breaking the world is easy enough. But rebuilding it, that isn't so easy." - Kozo Fuyutsuki Gender: Male	No, southern ground hornbills definately do have potential to become large ground-based carnivores. They are pretty terrestrial, and they already feed on various big and small vertebrates and invertebrates, including preying on hare-sized mammals. And cassowaries are already fully terrestrial, aggressive and already have a substantial amount of animal matter on their diet. I think they could become avian equivalents of bears, dromornithid or gastornithid-like animals with both animals and plants on their diet. And yes, seathbills are good terror bird candidates.
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The Dodo	Jul 6 2011, 07:59 AM Post #52
Prime Specimen Posts: 1,382 Group: Members Member #189 Joined: Jul 26, 2009 Gender: Male Nationality: Australian	Well, if we're talking about Charadriiformes how about stone-curlews?



Ook	Jul 6 2011, 08:37 AM Post #53
not a Transhuman Posts: 2,933 Group: Members Member #282 Joined: Mar 10, 2010 Gender: Male	in my point of view,many charadriiformes have quite potentional in developing a large flightless carnivorous forms



Cephylus	Jul 6 2011, 09:07 AM Post #54
Torando of Terror Posts: 1,927 Group: Members Member #313 Joined: May 14, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: South Korean Favorite Quote: "Breaking the world is easy enough. But rebuilding it, that isn't so easy." - Kozo Fuyutsuki Gender: Male	I have them becoming secretary bird-like in my project and later maybe a new line of flightless carnivores.
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Carlos	Jul 8 2011, 05:57 PM Post #55
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Scrublord	Jul 8 2011, 09:15 PM Post #56
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lamna	Jul 9 2011, 06:28 AM Post #57
Posts: 21,140 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	They seem a bit small to exploit the niche to me.
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Cephylus	Jul 9 2011, 08:51 AM Post #58
Torando of Terror Posts: 1,927 Group: Members Member #313 Joined: May 14, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: South Korean Favorite Quote: "Breaking the world is easy enough. But rebuilding it, that isn't so easy." - Kozo Fuyutsuki Gender: Male	I think gulls and skuas would also get a chance to exploit the niche.
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Zorcuspine	Jul 9 2011, 01:30 PM Post #59
Enjoying our azure blue world Posts: 3,693 Group: Global Mods Member #327 Joined: Jun 12, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: USA Favorite Quote: "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." Mahatma Gandhi	El Squibbonator Jul 8 2011, 09:15 PM How come no-one mentioned roadrunners? They're practically mini-dromaeosaurs! Agreed. Their sadly underutilized in most projects, I will make sure that won't happen in mine...



Octoaster	Apr 3 2016, 06:23 AM Post #60
Meanwhile at Customer Support Posts: 496 Group: Members Member #1,897 Joined: Mar 24, 2016 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Vegemite Favorite Quote: While there's life, there's hope. Also known as: That other Australian one	Hmmm... I think that under the right conditions, penguins COULD evolve into terrestrial predators. Maybe evolving into some sort of ambush/brawler predator niche in a future Antarctica, I'm thinking something similar to Sheather's Bahmu.
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