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| Dragonthunders | Jan 4 2018, 11:18 AM Post #1 |
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Welcome to the sequel of Questions that do not need topics, now that the original topic after almost 4 years has reached a lot of publications and pages, I thought it was time to make the removal of the topic like with "So what happened to you today" topics, as it reached the amount of more than 410 pages and more than 6000 posts. This also offers an opportunity to elaborate better the norms and add some important points. This topic is for question that does not require an extended discussion and that only requires one or a few answers without making an individual topic. Norms - Have moderation when asking the question, that’s it; don’t ask an excessive quantity of questions in a very little time since in several cases these tend to be ignored. - Avoid derailing conversations or publications that may obstruct the topic or any discussion in course, including spam, unnecessary sarcastic questions/answers and “quote chains”. -Avoid asking very vague questions that would require the construction of a whole project to respond or from which a specific or at least general response cannot be given. Example: What would happen if "X" animal evolves in this way? What will life be like in "X" amount of time? What animals would have evolved if "X" event never happened? -Maintain a friendly or neutral writing tone. -Do not ask personal questions in this group to members, please ask through PM's |
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| CaledonianWarrior96 | Jan 4 2018, 11:23 AM Post #2 |
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If I may add something before lots of questions get asked here, should we include a section where people can post links for people who answer questions with adding links people can follow? Like a contents page with the question attached so other people in future can find it more easily rather than sifting through pages of questions or asking it again |
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| Dragonthunders | Jan 4 2018, 11:30 AM Post #3 |
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I think it will depend on the type of questions that are asked, if they are repeated and have been answered in the previous topic, or referring to a topic that has been discussed, but yeah, it would be a good idea. Also if some have a question that had not been answered in the previous topic, you guys have the freedom to post it again here, as well as probably some answer. In the case of long quote discussions please put them in a spoiler to not extend the page so much. |
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| GreatAuk | Jan 4 2018, 02:30 PM Post #4 |
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Let's hope this thread doesn't get so off topic. How likely are Zebras to survive? Will any of the feral horse herds survive? |
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| Yiqi15 | Jan 4 2018, 02:54 PM Post #5 |
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Probably not, as most are very small, not to mention that they will most likely be culled due to their invasive species status. |
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| Chuditch | Jan 4 2018, 03:39 PM Post #6 |
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Feral horses in Australia (named brumbies) could survive. Being such a large area with so many horses its going to be hard to kill them off, as with other feral animals. Currently there are at least 400,000 brumbies roaming Australia, and the population can increase by 20% in years not affected by droughts. EDIT: Feral donkeys could also survive in Australia. There were around 5 million feral donkeys in 2005. That's a lot of donkeys. |
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| Nyarlathotep | Jan 4 2018, 04:08 PM Post #7 |
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Glad it ended there before the fish discussion went overboard (and more icky PW charts). One question I'd like to understand is regarding the most efficient musculature designs for endurance, such as humans needing to lift or push weights as part of their daily living. Of course dung beetles except proportionally at this, but what are the best proportionally strong muscles within vertebrates? |
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| CaledonianWarrior96 | Jan 4 2018, 04:27 PM Post #8 |
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I don't know about vertebrate musculature but wouldn't pectoral muscles be important in lifting? I know flying birds have strong pectoral muscles given their need to constantly flap their wings to fly (well in species that flap more than others), so I feel like they would be one of the muscle types that can be augmented for weight lifting. Of course muscles in the arms would be important but I'm thinking of non-obvious muscles |
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| LλmbdaExplosion | Jan 4 2018, 04:54 PM Post #9 |
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Why everyone wants the horses dead?An invasive bovine could be killed off easily too if you know how to do it.I see a radiative potential in them. |
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| Chuditch | Jan 4 2018, 05:53 PM Post #10 |
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Do eagles have the potential to grow larger than Haast's Eagle? Or is there a physical constraint that stops them from doing so? |
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| Dragonthunders | Jan 4 2018, 06:20 PM Post #11 |
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In many regions of America feral horses are considered as invaders, so it tends to consider the mass slaughter of several of these.
I do not think it would mean its total elimination, as much as I've read about population control it is assumed that populations will be reduced to a stable point to avoid overgrazing, which could imply that several of these populations could survive in the long term.
I feel that it is more environmental than physical, Haast's Eagles lived in closed environments which limited them to reach greater lengths almost like some other large flying bird as Teratornids. |
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| LλmbdaExplosion | Jan 4 2018, 06:21 PM Post #12 |
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They could if you give them a reason to do it.An albatross-like eagle could get very big but there were already bigger birds than Haast eagle.The Pelagornis and Argentavis are pure examples. |
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| Chuditch | Jan 4 2018, 06:25 PM Post #13 |
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So if an eagle lived in a more open habitat like savanna, theoretically it could grow larger? While still keeping a similar lifestyle? |
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| Dragonthunders | Jan 4 2018, 06:37 PM Post #14 |
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Quite likely, if there is not another large group of birds of prey |
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| Bob-The-Seagull-King | Jan 4 2018, 06:54 PM Post #15 |
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The Haast's eagle also likely grew to such sizes due to the population of huge, ground-dwelling birds that were effectively helpless to attacks from above, this both allowed them to grow larger (lots of food) and encouraged them to get large enough to attack such big creatures while still keeping flight (since on the ground Moa's were pretty dangerous, the Maori would hunt them with long ranged weapons or setting forests ablaze because of this).
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