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| Topic Started: Sep 14 2016, 08:46 PM (2,082 Views) | |
| Blakedog | Sep 14 2016, 08:46 PM Post #1 |
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Before I start, I would like to introduce myself. I am Blakedog. I've always had an interest in Speculative biology, future evolution especially, and I always create new creatures that I think do or will exist. I hope to please you all with my ideas. Without further adieu, I present the Polycene. The Polycene Introduction Species come and go. It's an age old rule and process that has been around for the 3.8 billion years of the existence of life. Animals and plants either adapt or become extinct due to the environmental pressures around. It is survival of the fittest. Six mass extinctions have managed to wipe out 99% of all life on planet Earth, whether it be gamma rays, meteors, volcanic activity, etc. But the sixth mass extinction in particular was an interesting one. It was the first mass extinction to be cause by a complex species called Homo sapiens, also known as Humans. Humans originated in Africa and then spread out to colonize other continents, leaving their mark everywhere they went. Humans have had impacts on the environments around them. They destroyed habitats, threw ecosystems into peril, introduced non-native species into new continents, used fossil fuels which poisoned the atmosphere, bred beyond their carrying capacity, overhunted and overfished. Things were so bad that more than 75% of species went extinct in a few hundred years, which is no time in a geologic time scale. Due to the loss of biodiversity, humans themselves went extinct earlier on in the 6th mass extinction. The earth was inherited by the survivors. No terrestrial animal (with the exception of feral donkeys, camels, goats, pythons, deer, and pigs due to their extreme flexibility) above 100 pounds survived. This was the test of adaptability. For 10 million years the earth was plunged in an on and off cycle of ice age with the longest lasting 2 million years. After that, habitats and life begin to bounce back and diversify, marking the start of the Polycene (Many age), 49 million years after today. Chapters 1.) Geology/Shifting continents 2.) Survivors and Casualties 3.) Biomes/Habitats 4.) New species Edited by Blakedog, Sep 16 2016, 05:28 PM.
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| Blakedog | Oct 1 2016, 04:00 PM Post #46 |
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 Species: Salt Jackal (Canis sal) Weight: 10-21 lb Height: 60 cm. Length: 3 ft Habitat: Salt flats Continent: Afroeurasia (Mediterranean) Ancestor: Golden jackal Lifespan: 11-13 years -Long ears help release heat and cool down -Its form of locomotion is trotting, to conserve energy -Preys upon Cephalophus lizards and small hopping rodents; can sustain itself for days off of these prey items -Moisture is transferred as it eats cephalophus lizards, who eat the brine flies -Has 2 pups -Pups stay with mother for 2.6 years |
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| Blakedog | Oct 1 2016, 04:01 PM Post #47 |
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 Species: Black Zygodromus (Hypacraceras niger) Weight:500-600 lbs (226-272 kg) Height: 4.3 ft (approx. 121 cm) Length: 8 ft Habitat: Steppe grasslands Continent: Afroeurasia (Asia) Ancestor: Domestic goat Lifespan: 20 years -Lives in herds of up to 500 -In annual migrations, herd number can reach 2,000 -Similar to the African wildebeest -The name "Zygodromus" means "joined runner" as it runs in herds -Runs at speeds of 30-50 mph -Like most ungulates, calves immediately start walking or running once it is born Edited by Blakedog, Oct 9 2016, 12:30 PM.
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