Fanauraa

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Fanauraa; The rebirth of Aotearoa
Topic Started: Jul 27 2017, 11:59 AM (996 Views)
Archeoraptor	Jul 27 2017, 11:59 AM Post #1
"A living paradox" Posts: 1,110 Group: Members Member #1,356 Joined: Mar 1, 2014 Gender: Private Nationality: Español especulativo Favorite Quote: "god knows you will finally see,scars will heal but were meant to bleed Also known as: Archeo or that guy who misspells	Fanauraa The rebirth of Aotearoa "New zealand was the name europeans gave to this lost continent formed by two main islands,one in the south and the other in the north, and smaller ones surrounding both,located in the southern hemisphere not so far from australasia or the frozen antarctica,as you might guessed it was part of the great landmass of gondwana,which in an still bygone era separated from this land,time passed and the sky turned red and soon to gray,ashes covered everything and the sun was gone for some time,life would have to adapt and in fact it did prospering again over the corpse of a past world. as the world recovered in what some called the age of the mammals,under the name of Zealandia a new continent rised with new life,birds flew in the forest as did insects,some refused to fly and started to walk looking at the beautiful landscape of forgotten trees,some small creatures moved on the ground some had scales others have hair that covered their bodies and probably did wonderful things as in other parts of the world,but as this kindong sunked by the force of teh waves teh world might never know the full story of this land,but life still found its way,birds as tall as some trees move with grace throw the islands,the beaches filled with even more visitors from far lands,some of them were already there for a long time like some birds others were weird animals that crawled onto the land rather than walk and apart from resting in the warm sun did not much,this isolated world inside a greater one was doing great experiments that pleased mother nature but nothing last forever. weird bipedal creatures came to the islands,they seemed like those called mammals but moved like birds,they came with more creatures and plants,each wave of them was worse than the last,o more tall birds roamed the land and other creatures had the same fate,invaders surpassed most natives rather fast but still life goes on,but the world was going to see a big change,during a short period of time even on nay creature life,a weird shiny object appeared on the sky slowly becoming bigger and in the end hitted our world,far away from Aotora but the effects were still visible,the sky turned red and soon to gray,ashes covered everything and the sun was gone for some time,life would have to adapt and in fact it did prospering again over the corpse of a past world" an introduced rat and a native kiwi both safe in their burrows,time will tell if they will share or figth Edited by Archeoraptor, Jul 27 2017, 12:30 PM.
	Astarte an alt eocene world,now on long hiatus but you never know Fanauraa; The rebirth of Aotearoa future evo set in new zealand after a mass extinction coming soon......a world that was seeded with earth´s weridest and who knows what is coming next........... " I have to know what the world will be looking throw a future beyond us I have to know what could have been if fate acted in another way I have to know what lies on the unknown universe I have to know that the laws of thee universe can be broken throw The Spec I gain strength to the inner peace the is not good of evil only nature and change,the evolution of all livings beings" " Spoiler: click to toggle coming soon......a world seeded by outcast clades and some important easily forgotten ones.the world of the caecilians and company and who knows what is coming next...........[comming soon/spoiler] Spoiler: click to toggle Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Lyvatan The Wise? I thought not. It’s not a story the newbies would tell you. It’s a forum legend. Lyvatan was an admin of the forum, so powerful and so wise he could use science to influence the human imagination to create life… He had such a knowledge of the forum that he could even keep the ones he cared about from leaving.Speculative Evolution is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his admin power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice banned him while he was offline. Ironic. He could save others from leaving the community, but not himself. Speccer´s Quotes "The moral of the story: never trust a catfish"-Bettleboy


Yiqi15	Jul 27 2017, 12:08 PM Post #2
Prime Specimen Posts: 1,443 Group: Members Member #1,998 Joined: Oct 10, 2016 Gender: Male Nationality: Ontarian Gender: Male	A New Zealand-based future evolution project? Also, you may want to capitalise some of the words. Just saying?
	Current/Completed Projects - After the Holocene: Your run-of-the-mill future evolution project. - A History of the Odessa Rhinoceros: What happens when you ship 28 southern white rhinoceri to Texas and try and farm them? Quite a lot, actually. Future Projects - XenoSphere: The greatest zoo in the galaxy. - The Curious Case of the Woolly Giraffe: A case study of an eocene relic. - Untittled Asylum Studios-Based Project: The truth behind all the CGI schlock - Riggslandia V.II: A World 150 million years in the making Potential Projects - Klowns: The biology and culture of a creepy-yet-fascinating being My Zoochat and Fadom Accounts - Zoochat - Fandom


Archeoraptor	Jul 30 2017, 05:03 PM Post #3
"A living paradox" Posts: 1,110 Group: Members Member #1,356 Joined: Mar 1, 2014 Gender: Private Nationality: Español especulativo Favorite Quote: "god knows you will finally see,scars will heal but were meant to bleed Also known as: Archeo or that guy who misspells	Half a million years have passed after the big extinction event wiped out more than a half of life on earth. This event is not really that different from the one which ended the Mesozoic, and its consequences are also pretty similar. Aotora coastal seas start filling again with life, but are still rather empty in comparison to what they used to be. Most pelagic life forms die out, cetaceans and big predatory fish are gone and there is still a big ecological vacuum on the sea. Because of the lack of predators some animals are taking advantage, big nautilus filter feed near the surface, some reaching 2 meters of diameter. Like in past events their less pelagic larvae saved them from having the same fate as their cousins, the ammonites, and other shelled cephalopods. Near the nautilus small fish swim, most of them are variations of former coastal or benthic genera that slowly moved to more open waters, But still, these fish are far from dominant. Preying on these newcomers are small marine snakes that survived, all thanks to their offspring remaining in intertidal pools were there was enough food, alongside sea kraits and relictual leatherback turtles they are one of the few marine tetrapods left, and the ones which are best suited to a fully marine lifestyle. On the seafloor big mussels and other bivalves are easily spotted in big conglomerates, mussels are pretty adaptable to these changes in the sea ecosystem as are their relatives the pen shells. In these groups of big mollusks. tiny crabs are seen climbing on their shells and some even get inside these sessile organisms. Tube worms are not rare in these waters and are a good food source to multiple crustaceans. But none of them are as remarkable as the titanic lobsters,they can reach big sizes rarely below 1 meter, they are taking advantage of the lack of predators but that is changing. Their larvae are easy prey to lots of fish and crabs and even juveniles are hunted by some small sharks that are slowly retaking the oceans ,soon the last titanic lobsters will be a good meal for entire populations of sand dollars and other scavengers. Approaching the coast itself, we find algae and even some sessile tunicates. Lots of smaĺl animals live in the sandy soil,sandhoppers are frequent visitors to the beaches, followed by plovers and other related birds. No more pinnipeds can be seen resting and breeding as they used to, as like all sea going mammals they didn’t make it. penguins are still rare on most of the islands, but their occasional beached corpses show at least a benthic feeding species survived somehow,petrels,skuas and gulls would feed on the occasional corpse, and that behaviour that saved them from extinction. Rotten flesh is also a good food source for wasps and other insects that came in big swarms, even some butterflies are seen feeding on dead animals. Mallards and pacific black duck hybrids swim on the coast, and in the rare mangroves formed by native salt resistant species. Their chicks have to beware of predators like rats, which are doing well after the extinction of cats and stoats, this also gave a small margin for some birds to adapt since the bigger predators died. In these zones some rats prefer to swim, searching for shellfish and other marine stuff though that doesn’t mean they are not a threat to the birds.Cormorants and grebes catch fish in lacustrine environments and shallow waters, freshwater populations weren’t as affected as marine ones and thrived. In freshwater areas like rivers and lakes, animals survived by feeding on detritus, fish both native and newcomers compete, usually ending with the victory of the second. Big carps graze on aquatic plants while trouts become fierce predators. Catfish began to diversify though most changes are related to behaviour. Mudfish,galaxiids and other natives are still surviving, but they are not as common as in the past. Neotenic lamprey and eel populations remain inland while their relatives recolonised the sea.but fish are not the only creatures that live here,a great variety of freshwater insects like stoneflies and mayflies form a vital part of the ecosystem while crayfish are prey for bigger animals like egrets,herons and spoonbills. The nights show a sky full of stars that disappeared for a long time in some places, while the rivers glow thanks to the presence of a species of freshwater snail. The laugh of the kookaburra, and the songs of other birds fill the peaceful darkness with weird but harmonic sounds. Snails feed on plants in the wetlands, and at the same time birds feed on them. As you know New Zealand is not only a land of birds ,big omnivorous hedgehogs and brushtail possums eat the hard shelled gastropods in small foraging groups, and search for plants, insects and small vertebrates like frogs. Possums are the biggest mammal to survive on this island continent, and while they used to be more solitary, they are becoming more social and these congregations are not rare. Above them swarms of short-tailed bats fly searching for food, they have become more common and usually avoid predators. Going further inland, grasses and sparse forest begin to grow, but are not as abundant as in humid zones. Some parts have the weird wood rose forest, formed by a non-photosynthetic parasitic plant that ruled the barren landscape, now it's in decline, restricted to a few isolated regions. Short-tailed bats are the only pollinators of this plant and they are the most common mammals on these ecosystem. Short tailed bats still have foraging behaviours but they are rarer and only common in some populations,these variations are also bigger and less powerful fliers than other short-tailed bats and adults rarely fly, they live in burrows and trees and are rather aggressive. The sparse forest surrounded by grasslands and arid environments are ruled by legumes, are commonly formed by podocarps,kauri,ferns and pines along some angiosperms. The soil is populated by a myriad of arthropods like pill millipedes,harvestmen,ants and even some wetas,these last along grasshoppers usually climb trees as stick-insects are no longer in the canopy. but are always cautious of mantids. Bees somehow were exterminated by mite infections, making some wasp try nectar more frequently while others use the myriad of spider species as hosts.Kauri snails feed on worms and other terrestrial critters, but they slowly start to broaden their diet. Mice and small hedgehogs climb to the branches where passerines perch, safer in the trees than on the ground as predators rise. Open prairies are home to gamefowl that, in spite of the presence of mammals, reach big sizes, allowing them to protect their offspring from rats (and more rarely possums). Australian magpies and true corvids are also dangerous and compete with therians for food. Wekas is another generalistic bird that can be found near forest borders and open areas eating anything that fits its mouth from seeds to rodents, like other rails it got bigger but without becoming clumsy and easy prey like the extinct takahe. A more common sight in the mornings is the morepork, an owl that survived thanks to its insectivore diet, this is changing as it hunts mice and any small vertebrate,some populations catch birds and bats while they fly. The arid zones that used to be sand dunes are mostly covered by legumis of different origin and some grasses. Here pigeons and cuckoos are often seen, as are skinks that feed of the numerous insects and sometimes plant matter. Rodents and possums are also adapting to feed on this hard vegetation. The montane regions are a refuge for native animals, and has helped some of them to recolonise their old territories after the event wiped out competitors and predators, some species like the famous kiwi are still restricted to these regions, but their numbers have grown and soon ,some will have to go to lower altitude regions. Remaining kiwis have become bigger than their ancestor, and are more active and slender, traits that allow them to compete with their own kind and might also help in the outside world. Above them keas fly searching for prey, and expanding their range which may also be a factor to increase their evolutive pressure. As these islands recover animals adapt to a new world, the next you will see about this land is totally different from what you have seen now and unrecognisable from what you know.
	Astarte an alt eocene world,now on long hiatus but you never know Fanauraa; The rebirth of Aotearoa future evo set in new zealand after a mass extinction coming soon......a world that was seeded with earth´s weridest and who knows what is coming next........... " I have to know what the world will be looking throw a future beyond us I have to know what could have been if fate acted in another way I have to know what lies on the unknown universe I have to know that the laws of thee universe can be broken throw The Spec I gain strength to the inner peace the is not good of evil only nature and change,the evolution of all livings beings" " Spoiler: click to toggle coming soon......a world seeded by outcast clades and some important easily forgotten ones.the world of the caecilians and company and who knows what is coming next...........[comming soon/spoiler] Spoiler: click to toggle Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Lyvatan The Wise? I thought not. It’s not a story the newbies would tell you. It’s a forum legend. Lyvatan was an admin of the forum, so powerful and so wise he could use science to influence the human imagination to create life… He had such a knowledge of the forum that he could even keep the ones he cared about from leaving.Speculative Evolution is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his admin power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice banned him while he was offline. Ironic. He could save others from leaving the community, but not himself. Speccer´s Quotes "The moral of the story: never trust a catfish"-Bettleboy


IIGSY	Jul 30 2017, 05:23 PM Post #4
A huntsman spider that wastes time on the internet because it has nothing better to do Posts: 3,763 Group: Members Member #1,987 Joined: Sep 11, 2016 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Favorite Quote: Don't have one Also known as: Anomonys Gender: male	Archeoraptor Jul 30 2017, 05:03 PM In the sea floor big mussels and other bivalves are easily spot in big conglomerates,mussels were pretty adaptable to these changes in the sea ecosystem as are their relatives the sea pens,in these groups of big mollusk tiny crabs are seen climbing on their shells and some even get inside these sessile organisms,tube worms are not rare in these waters and are a good food source to multiple crustaceans but any of them is as remarkable as the titanic lobsters,they can reach big sizes rarely below 1 meter,they are taking advantage of the lack of predators but that is changing,their larvae is easy prey to lots of fish and crabs and even juveniles are hunted by some small sharks that slowly retake the oceans,soon the last titanic lobsters will be a good meal for entire populations of sand dollars and other scavengers. Nice, but there are some thing I have to say. 1. Sea pens are not mollusks 2. Vulnerable larvae is not a good reason for the giant lobster decline. That applies to almost every marine animal.
	Projects Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates Last one crawling: The last arthropod ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess) Potential ideas- Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized. Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal. Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents. Quotes "Arthropod respiratory systems aren't really "inefficient", they're just better suited to their body size. It would be quite inefficient for a tiny creature that can easily get all the oxygen it needs through passive diffusion to have a respiratory system that wastes energy on muscles that pump air into sacs. (Hence why lungless salamanders, uniquely miniscule and hyperabundant tetrapods, have ditched their lungs in favor of breathing with their skin and buccal mucous membranes.) But large, active insects already use muscles to pump air in and out of their spiracles, and I don't see why their tracheae couldn't develop pseudo- lungs if other conditions pressured them to grow larger."-HangingTheif "Considering the lifespans of modern non- insect arthropods (decade-old old millipedes, 50 year old tarantulas, 100+ year old lobsters) I wouldn't be surprised if Arthropleura had a lifespan exceeding that of a large testudine"-HangingTheif "Humans have a tribal mindset and it's not alien for tribes to war on each other. I mean, look at the atrocities chimpanzee tribes do to each other. Most of people's groupings and big conflicts in history are directly or obliquely manifestations of this tribal mindset."-Sceynyos-yis "He's the leader of the bunch You know his Coconut Gun is finally back to fire in spurts. His Coconut Gun Can make you smile If he shoots ya it's firing in spurts. His Coconut Gun Is bigger, faster, stronger too! He's the gun member of the Coconut Crew! HUH! C.G.! Coconut Gun! C.G.! Co-Coconut Gun! Shoot yourself with a Coconut Gun! HUH!"-Kamineigh "RIP, rest in Peytoia."-Little "In Summary: Piss on Lovecraft's racist grave by making lewds of Cthulhu and Nyarlathotep. Then eat arby's and embrace the void."-Kamineigh "Dougal Dixon rule 34."-Sayornis Phylogeny of the arthropods and some related groups In honor of the greatest clade of all time More pictures Other cool things http://rob-powell.deviantart.com/art/Venacarpia-carcarius-275086084 http://rob-powell.deviantart.com/art/Extreme-Sexual-Dimorphs-294860775 https://books.google.com/books?id=m-_cCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT94&lpg=PT94&dq=vertebrate+chauvinism&source=bl&ots=CenrvpmqxP&sig=sURud3Duu3K-2FEPdM9ls5ScDeA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO1or7tIbTAhWGLSYKHUvLAjwQ6AEIcDAR#v=onepage&q=vertebrate%20chauvinism&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=wKbfbLf-SoUC&pg=PA282&lpg=PA282&dq=colonization+of+land+by+nematodes&source=bl&ots=0Z260TBWMQ&sig=JDFVZjaOIpYvEo9KaiLyUSEPK2g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHrZ2dh5bTAhXMSSYKHUq_DboQ6AEIRDAF#v=onepage&q=colonization%20of%20land%20by%20nematodes&f=false All African countries can fit into Brazil


Archeoraptor	Jul 30 2017, 05:46 PM Post #5
"A living paradox" Posts: 1,110 Group: Members Member #1,356 Joined: Mar 1, 2014 Gender: Private Nationality: Español especulativo Favorite Quote: "god knows you will finally see,scars will heal but were meant to bleed Also known as: Archeo or that guy who misspells	Insect Illuminati Get Shrekt Jul 30 2017, 05:23 PM Archeoraptor Jul 30 2017, 05:03 PM In the sea floor big mussels and other bivalves are easily spot in big conglomerates,mussels were pretty adaptable to these changes in the sea ecosystem as are their relatives the sea pens,in these groups of big mollusk tiny crabs are seen climbing on their shells and some even get inside these sessile organisms,tube worms are not rare in these waters and are a good food source to multiple crustaceans but any of them is as remarkable as the titanic lobsters,they can reach big sizes rarely below 1 meter,they are taking advantage of the lack of predators but that is changing,their larvae is easy prey to lots of fish and crabs and even juveniles are hunted by some small sharks that slowly retake the oceans,soon the last titanic lobsters will be a good meal for entire populations of sand dollars and other scavengers. Nice, but there are some thing I have to say. 1. Sea pens are not mollusks 2. Vulnerable larvae is not a good reason for the giant lobster decline. That applies to almost every marine animal. 1.thanks to pinting out I was talking about pen shells and sonehow change the name. 2.you have a point,maybe I didn't explain it well is more like just one of multiple factors,the titanic lobster is just an example of quick speciation after the ecological vaccum,one of those group that as soon as the ecosystem establish became extinct.
	Astarte an alt eocene world,now on long hiatus but you never know Fanauraa; The rebirth of Aotearoa future evo set in new zealand after a mass extinction coming soon......a world that was seeded with earth´s weridest and who knows what is coming next........... " I have to know what the world will be looking throw a future beyond us I have to know what could have been if fate acted in another way I have to know what lies on the unknown universe I have to know that the laws of thee universe can be broken throw The Spec I gain strength to the inner peace the is not good of evil only nature and change,the evolution of all livings beings" " Spoiler: click to toggle coming soon......a world seeded by outcast clades and some important easily forgotten ones.the world of the caecilians and company and who knows what is coming next...........[comming soon/spoiler] Spoiler: click to toggle Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Lyvatan The Wise? I thought not. It’s not a story the newbies would tell you. It’s a forum legend. Lyvatan was an admin of the forum, so powerful and so wise he could use science to influence the human imagination to create life… He had such a knowledge of the forum that he could even keep the ones he cared about from leaving.Speculative Evolution is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his admin power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice banned him while he was offline. Ironic. He could save others from leaving the community, but not himself. Speccer´s Quotes "The moral of the story: never trust a catfish"-Bettleboy


Rebirth	Aug 10 2017, 03:58 PM Post #6
Adolescent Posts: 370 Group: Members Member #1,982 Joined: Sep 9, 2016 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Alternate Universes Nationality: New Zealand Favorite Quote: "Everything in nature matters. Every plant, animal and person has a role to play. One time I chucked an ape into a volcano." Jane Goodall Gender: Male	I guess Predator Free 2050 didn't succeed in this world? Would be cool to see a mosasaur or marine iguana-like diving skink descendant.
	My Projects Spoiler: click to toggle Cooklandia/Nightmare Zealandia - A deadly Zealandia Project Nemo - A movie monster/cryptozoology mashup universe


Archeoraptor	Aug 11 2017, 05:18 PM Post #7
"A living paradox" Posts: 1,110 Group: Members Member #1,356 Joined: Mar 1, 2014 Gender: Private Nationality: Español especulativo Favorite Quote: "god knows you will finally see,scars will heal but were meant to bleed Also known as: Archeo or that guy who misspells	Rebirth Aug 10 2017, 03:58 PM I guess Predator Free 2050 didn't succeed in this world? Would be cool to see a mosasaur or marine iguana-like diving skink descendant. -probably not but the extinction killed a lot of introduced mammals including stoats and problematic hervibores,so some birds and other animals that you would expect to die without conservation have survive,rats and possums are still a problem but there was some small margin for some species to adapt -I will work on them not sure what but I douth something mosasaur like
	Astarte an alt eocene world,now on long hiatus but you never know Fanauraa; The rebirth of Aotearoa future evo set in new zealand after a mass extinction coming soon......a world that was seeded with earth´s weridest and who knows what is coming next........... " I have to know what the world will be looking throw a future beyond us I have to know what could have been if fate acted in another way I have to know what lies on the unknown universe I have to know that the laws of thee universe can be broken throw The Spec I gain strength to the inner peace the is not good of evil only nature and change,the evolution of all livings beings" " Spoiler: click to toggle coming soon......a world seeded by outcast clades and some important easily forgotten ones.the world of the caecilians and company and who knows what is coming next...........[comming soon/spoiler] Spoiler: click to toggle Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Lyvatan The Wise? I thought not. It’s not a story the newbies would tell you. It’s a forum legend. Lyvatan was an admin of the forum, so powerful and so wise he could use science to influence the human imagination to create life… He had such a knowledge of the forum that he could even keep the ones he cared about from leaving.Speculative Evolution is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his admin power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice banned him while he was offline. Ironic. He could save others from leaving the community, but not himself. Speccer´s Quotes "The moral of the story: never trust a catfish"-Bettleboy


peashyjah	Aug 12 2017, 09:23 AM Post #8
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	It would be awesome to see some descendants of the Tuatara in this project.
	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)


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