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| Fazaner | Jan 27 2018, 04:20 PM Post #166 |
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Boring, no. Less exotic maybe, but I see what are you talking about. The thing is that Europe is not a continent geographically, Its part of Eurasia, and is dominated by temperate climate, that's almost uniform in Eurasia when it comes to fauna (talking about temperate belt and above here), and to some extant North America. That's becouse life tends to homogenize in connected and similar environment, so ,for example, in Eurasian taiga from Finland to Kamchatka there are going to moose, bears and other animals relatively similar. And let's not forget that seasonal temperate climate is simply not able to sustain same diversity as tropical rainforest's, there' simply not enough food, so most of the animals must be generalists, what also reduce deferences between species in most cases. Human hunting had impacted mainly megafauna diversity, but that would not really change situation, maybe some insular fauna could stir things up, but mostly it will be mammoths, rhinos, lions, and other fauna that could also be found in the rest of the temperate belt, so it would still not stand out much. And my personal opinion, if you consider fauna of some area boring you are not looking it in right way. |
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| Carlos | Jan 27 2018, 04:30 PM Post #167 |
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Some extinct cathartids had enlarged foot tendons compared to modern species, but I don't know if this translates as using the feet to kill. |
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| Zorcuspine | Jan 27 2018, 04:56 PM Post #168 |
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Does this include teratorns? |
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| Carlos | Jan 27 2018, 06:54 PM Post #169 |
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No. |
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| Rodlox | Jan 27 2018, 07:58 PM Post #170 |
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it makes their spiracles HUUUUUGE |
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| Rodlox | Jan 27 2018, 08:03 PM Post #171 |
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they only live in Africa *now* and in our timeline. that wasn't the question. .--------------------------. maybe have them (the Bichirs) spread through Gondwana, including both India (as you suggested) and Australia...and have one Australian species that manages to sneak past the Wallace Line (some species have managed it IRL), where it diversifies, and runs across the descendants of the radiations that slipped out of India, around the mountains one way or another. |
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| LittleLazyLass | Jan 27 2018, 10:28 PM Post #172 |
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Because you're European (at least, according to your profile). It's natural that you find the strange and exotic creatures from elsewhere in the world to be more interesting than those you've seen all your life. |
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| Scrublord | Jan 28 2018, 01:04 PM Post #173 |
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Well, now that you mention it, yes. Though last I checked weren't they mostly terrestrial hunters? |
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| Carlos | Jan 28 2018, 02:06 PM Post #174 |
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Yes, teratorns were mostly terrestrial predators. Its inferred they were more predatory than modern new world vultures due to their larger beaks. |
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| Scrublord | Jan 28 2018, 08:01 PM Post #175 |
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I know that. But they still didn't kill large prey with their talons. They mostly just hunted on the ground for animals small enough (i.e. rabbit-sized) to swallow whole or kill with their beaks. They were no more capable of carrying off their prey than cathartids are. Then again, some living New World vultures can be surprisingly predatory. American black vultures in particular will prey on newborn ungulates, insects, hatchling turtles, and seabird chicks. Might they be a good model for teratorn behavior? Edited by Scrublord, Jan 28 2018, 08:06 PM.
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| LλmbdaExplosion | Jan 30 2018, 05:47 AM Post #176 |
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Vieja Argentea the oscar cichlid
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When trachemys spp. appeared in the fossil record?
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| GreatAuk | Jan 30 2018, 02:09 PM Post #177 |
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Northern Penguin
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Why are there no Venomous or poisonous birds? |
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| Dragonthunders | Jan 30 2018, 02:26 PM Post #178 |
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The ethereal archosaur in blue
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There are poisonous birds https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_bird |
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| Rebirth | Jan 30 2018, 11:46 PM Post #179 |
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Would it be possible for a tree-like organism (of Earth-type compatibility and biochemistry) to use biogenic silica as a main structural material instead of wood? |
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| Rodlox | Jan 31 2018, 04:24 AM Post #180 |
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well, given that grass uses silica, I would assume so. (is there silica in bamboo, or did those grasses switch it out for something else?) |
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