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Feb 1, 2007 11:26 am
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Tim, are you going to update your blogs? I think your inactivity kills the good idea....
Tim! Do not think any incorrect things. I do not command you to generate actively ideas about Neocene, but just say this group needs ANY interesting topics for...
for either future or alternate-present evolution... I realize that, in extant macropods, its the hind legs that are (hyper)*-specialized. But I read that the...
... needs ... discussion ... the ... I'm sorry, Paul, I have been neglecting this group. I promise I will be more diligent in the future. ... Lake. ... one ......
I've had one idea floating around for awhile. I've thought about the gurnard fish which uses specialised fin-rays to walk along the seafloor. I thought it...
I'm thinking that you would have to have a fairly primitive, generalised, small kangaroo, like *Hypsiprimnodon*, if you were to think of it going off on such a...
... aside from a self-imposed size limit (from the rays supporting teh body), I see no limits to such a creature. ... a few years back, I wondered about...
... the ... with ... body), I ... past month, ... Uh, which one? Wikipedia told that "batfish is a name given to several fishes". We are not talking about the...
... the ... with ... serpent- ... wowĄ.....or well, eels have finrays in their impair fins.....perhaps they can walk over one side on two rows of little legs,...
... no, sorry. I meant batfish like largely flattened fish with well-developed hind legs, that they use to kick off against the ground as they lounge forwards...
First thinking about this idea I'd wanted to say kangaroo is too specialized for bipedal moving, and the burrowing habit of life is impossible for it. But next...
... we? ... hind legs, ... forwards at ... has ... What book is that? Who's the author? Sounds like something Dougal Dixon would come up with. On the other...
... body), I ... I was thinking that it could have thick scanes on it's underbelly, so it could slide over the ground while the fin rays provide traction and ...
As todays topic, I thought I'd ask Paul and all of you something. What chance do you think bears have of surviving the human era and evolving further? I was,...
... and ... more ... future? ... Personally, I am not so sure that bears will survive for much longer (if the man doesn't destroy them earlier). Excluding the...
First we must determine the concept. What is the bear, or bear-like animal? I think "bear" is the animal of medium to large size and robust constitution able...
... Fairly poor. If human society breaks down, I can see starving masses looking for any available food source. ... Raccoons would be the obvious choice. They...
... It looks too doubtful. In my opinion canines are built for speed and chase, rather than to force combat. I may imagine cheetah-looking fox or coyote...
... and ... fox ... just ... Caviomorph rodents, when had the opportunity, evolved in giant herbivores, the extant species also trends towards herbivory...mmm,...
... just ... i do not think that a cheetah-like fox is possible. i must contradict you in saying that canines are built for endurance not speed. the canine...
... contradict ... thats a single species. plus its classification is not "Canis jubatus". its a south american offshoot of the fox family not a relative of ...
... jubatus". ... I think what Pavel is trying to say is that a canine can be fast, not just endurable, and a fox - or a similar-sized animal - may actually ...
I was wondering, Maybe we should brainstorm about what animal groups would dominate AFTER a post-human age of mammals. I was thinking of a sort of "New...
... the ... To speak about it we must know first about the climate changes in far future. In case of long-term glacial epoch reptiles and other cool- blooded...
... Yes! I just wanted to show the opportunities of the group. In my vision, canids will hardly evolve aquatic forms (yes, I know about bush dog of S. America)...
... Must be pretty strong fin-rays... ... Mudskippers would be good candidates, if only because they're already partly terrestrial. If they could develop...
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