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Topic Started: Jan 4 2018, 11:18 AM (26,850 Views)
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I would look into how arthropods adapted to live on land in the past and go from there.
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could secretary birds out compete with other large carnivores mammals
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Jun 6 2018, 10:03 PM
I would look into how arthropods adapted to live on land in the past and go from there.
Yeah but the problem is copepods have no gills or heart to speak of.
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beingsneaky
Jun 7 2018, 07:32 AM
could secretary birds out compete with other large carnivores mammals
I doubt it. If you were talking about mongooses or civets then sure, since they are small and around the same mass as secretary birds. By large carnivores though I assume you mean lions, hyenas and wolves or even medium carnivorans like caracals and african wild dogs, to which I'd say I'm pretty sure the bird would lose out since it can easily be scared off by a similar sized animal
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Jun 6 2018, 08:40 PM
More or less correct, at the moment we feel we have more than enough staff and aren't expecting to make any promotions or recruitments in the near future. Asking to be a moderator doesn't really have a negative impact on your chances, it just doesn't have any sort of positive effect either. Completely pointless.
I asked after an altercation with the staff in the shoutbox that ended with me being permabanned from using it.

Also, I wonder what power's one would get if they were to become a mod? Also, what's the difference between Administrator and Moderator?
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Why do most cephalopods not live very long?

Also how could a plausible freshwater cephalopod work?
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So I tried to find more about my question on the search bar because I know it was discussed here before but I can't find it.

Could catfish be able to colonise the oceans, and if they could can some adopt more epipelagic-based physiologies that enable them to remain near the surface for prolonged periods of time/most of their lives?
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Marine catfish already exist. As for the second part of the question, I don’t see why not, but I don’t know a whole lot about catfish so take what I say with a grain of salt.
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Jun 7 2018, 01:14 PM
Marine catfish already exist. As for the second part of the question, I don’t see why not, but I don’t know a whole lot about catfish so take what I say with a grain of salt.
There were huge Eocene giant catfish that Basilosaueus feed upon them.So that is very possible to colonise the oceans.Non ariid cats include the eel catfish from Australia,Madagascar and the dangerous stripped ones in reefs.

Prehistoric marine catfish were more diverse,but they had been outcompeted by sharks,milkfish ADN percoids.

Ariids use the same mechanisms as sharks such as electro reception.

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Jun 7 2018, 01:54 PM
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Jun 7 2018, 01:14 PM
Marine catfish already exist. As for the second part of the question, I don’t see why not, but I don’t know a whole lot about catfish so take what I say with a grain of salt.
There were huge Eocene giant catfish that Basilosaueus feed upon them.So that is very possible to colonise the oceans.Non ariid cats include the eel catfish from Australia,Madagascar and the dangerous stripped ones in reefs.

Prehistoric marine catfish were more diverse,but they had been outcompeted by sharks,milkfish ADN percoids.

Ariids use the same mechanisms as sharks such as electro reception.

Yeah but what if they weren't out competed by other fishes?
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They would probably get rid of the feelers forever since they don't live in murky water anymore, and begin to resemble active swimming fish such as anchovies and chanos.Are you asking for surface swimming cats?

Catfish are mostly suited for freshwater habitats.It has to do with the body plans i think.
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Jun 7 2018, 01:14 PM
Marine catfish already exist. As for the second part of the question, I don’t see why not, but I don’t know a whole lot about catfish so take what I say with a grain of salt.
was that a pun
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Jun 7 2018, 11:56 AM
Why do most cephalopods not live very long?
they starve themselves to death while guarding their eggs...tends to put a damper on lifespans. :)


beingsneaky
Jun 7 2018, 07:32 AM
could secretary birds out compete with other large carnivores mammals
like the Terror Birds? yes

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Jun 7 2018, 09:10 AM
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Jun 6 2018, 10:03 PM
I would look into how arthropods adapted to live on land in the past and go from there.
Yeah but the problem is copepods have no gills or heart to speak of.
aaand here we go again.

yes. my points about barnacles and salamanders (et al) earlier still apply.

not everything on land has a heart.
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Jun 7 2018, 11:53 AM
Also, I wonder what power's one would get if they were to become a mod? Also, what's the difference between Administrator and Moderator?
This is explained in the SE Staff List topic.

The moderator powers you are most likely to see are the ability to edit or remove any post or topic, or to ban a user.

Admins can do everything.
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