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So here's some changes for this remastered version:
Various vulnerable and endangered animals like the malayan tapirs, falanouc mongooses, and various lemurs have been successfully saved by successful conservation efforts
At 100 million years a mass extinction killing off 80.2% of all life occurs
Unlike in most other projects in 200 million years invertebrates won't diversify as much as they do in these other projects. Reptiles and amphibians would.
Psychokleptis would be scrapped altogether
Life dies out 800 million years in the future
Last major life diversification (explosion) happens 500 million years in the future
After Man creatures would be present but are non-canon
Is anyone else even on this wiki?
Antarctica in future would most likely warm up and become ripe colonisation. But what creatures would make up the fauna?
I made a wiki to contain the Corias 4UKM project(you could join if you want and add things as long as it fits with it. so no earth animals).
https://coria-4ukm.fandom.com/wiki/Coriapedia_Wiki
(Edited by Ankylocodon12)
Since DavinGaming903(who would have adopted the wiki) is inactive and of course the original admins are also inactive, I decided to adopt this(the adoption takes place on the community wiki)
Put your thoughts in comments
I know I've brought up a lot of invasive/introduced species in the past, but this is a very serious invasive pest in North America in both the Atlantic and the Pacific.
Two species of lionfish have been introduced to Florida and the East coast and subsequently have began reproducing at an immense scale.
As lionfish begin to spread across the Caribbean and East coast, how would you infer their speciation and spread throughout the Western Hemisphere.
"P. volitans and P. miles are native to subtropical and tropical regions from southern Japan and southern Korea to the east coast of Australia, Indonesia, Micronesia, French Polynesia, and the South Pacific Ocean.[26] Adult lionfish specimens are now found along the United States East Coast from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to Florida, and off Bermuda, the Bahamas, and throughout the Caribbean, including the Turks and Caicos, Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, the Cayman Islands, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Belize, Honduras, and Mexico.[2] Population densities continue to increase in the invaded areas, resulting in a population boom of up to 700% in some areas between 2004 and 2008.[2][37]"
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What do you think about the idea about a planetary reserve? I mean if humanity ever becomes a Type II civilization (planetary civilization?), is there a possibility that one planet could be terraformed for remaining species (assuming endangered species survive that long).
Also, what are the evolutionary implications if this would ever happen in the distant future?
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Come on, I've waited like a year to be an admin. Can I just be an admin!?
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Just a few minutes ago, I saw a note on a Mental Floss video saying that the status of Brontosaurus has changed. After clicking a link, I found out that a recent study apparently has found the genus Brontosaurus to be distinct from Apatosaurus due to morphological evidence, and it is now a valid accepted taxon! This is the only time I know of where a junior synonym was reverted to a valid genus.
Check out the article here: http://www.theguardian.com/science/lost-worlds/2015/apr/07/the-thunder-lizard-returns-brontosaurus-resurrected
Also check out the Wikipedia article.
Too bad I can no longer crush people's souls by saying that Brontosaurus is not the name of the dinosaur…
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What do you think the pythons evolutionary affect on North America would be? They certainly have the advantage over alligators, they can both swim and climb trees, as well as inhabit more diverse environments.
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Wikia, why, just why???
Oh well, I think we can adapt to this.
(this is harekiller)
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Let's speak hypothetically on how an organism would have to adapt behaviorally to an environment as opposed to naturally.
Let's say you bought a large island (about a few hundred acres of land) and you released a few chimpanzee mating pairs. The island is in the Northern hemisphere and receives snow in winter and hot summers. You left out some fruits and vegetables all year long, but you also introduce a few game animals on the island as well (domestic rabbits, deer, goats, sheep, etc). How do you think the climate would affect the behavior of the chimps.
Personally, I think that the chimpanzees would be much more carnivorous. I also think that whether or not the apes know sign language would play a part in it, because that could be used as a tool for hunting. Though we couldn't be certain if the chimpanzees could even survive in the climate, while chimpanzees raised in an temperate environment are shown to tolerate snow, we don't know how long they could and the only species of chimpanzee that has ever been shown to produce fire are bonobos.
Videos:
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I went over and checked out dragontunder's other wiki, which is surprisingly still being built (thought it'd fall flat on it's face by now), and found this on the main page:
"due to the last wikis were abandoned because of the unwanted quantity and annoying unrelated individuals in the field, this new wiki was created with the purpose of maintaining information regarding the matter, for the purpose of keeping those interested"
- sigh*
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Post your favourite animals here! Also, vote for which group your favourite animal is in below.
Which of the following groups is your favourite animal in?
Check out mine here.
(Edited by Corvus coracis)
The Holocene extinction (or the sixth mass extinction) is a name proposed to describe the recent extinction of many species, mainly due to human activities. Over the following five centuries it has been estimated that 6.52 million species (over 75% of Earth’s 8.7 million species) will perish, most are undocumented.
One of the most obvious factors is the rising temperatures; which will trigger the release of more carbon and methane in the greenhouse gas-rich permafrost. The melting ice caps will also cause the sea level to rise, destroying the coastlines (which are arguably the most bioproductive biomes). And instead of the trees absorbing these gasses (many forests are being deforested) our oceans absorb these gasses, which leads to the second factor.
The second, less obvious factor is ocean acidification, and coral cannot cope with the higher levels of dissolved carbon dioxide. And the warmer oceans also lead to the disruption of currents, and the collapse of the gulf stream, leading to hypoxia. Speaking of hypoxia, hypoxia doesn’t only apply to marine environments, but also to terrestrial environments.
The earth has experienced significant deforestation over the past century, there are only 400 billion trees on our planet, however, prior to the industrial revolution there were over a trillion, the lack of trees means less oxygen is produced, leading to possible anoxic conditions. And many forest-living species have to endure open landscapes. Habitat destruction also comes in many forms, not only deforestation, for example, many open areas are being cleared for cropland. Speaking of cropland, fixed nitrogen is often used for fertilizer, and fixed nitrogen is vital to life, and since many chicken dung and fertilizer and other matter which improves growth are thrown to bodies of water, algae often grows in partly enclosed seas. Which leads to eutrophication, this is already observed in many parts of the world. Not to mention poaching is still common throughout the globe, and over-exploitation of species is also another great problem.
There are many other factors, and current studies show we’re heading for ecological collapse. Not to mention recently plants are starting to face extinction. Conservation doesn’t help much, considering that peoples’ interest in extinction is on a decline.
(Edited by JaggerButtermilk)