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Post by DinosaurMichael on Jun 4, 2013 6:56:05 GMT 5
The only one from Alten series I have not read ! It's pretty good. You should read it. |
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Post by LeopJag on Jun 14, 2013 10:08:34 GMT 5
The existence of an undiscovered species that resembles or has similarities to a mermaid i think is a possibility, but but as we know it from fiction...i highly doubt it.
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Post by Wyvax on Jun 27, 2013 5:18:22 GMT 5
I believe that Bigfoot could exist. It would be basically a big monkey or something like that. From this photo, it looks like a gorilla.  This photo is from the Patterson film of bigfoot, and they later revealed it was a hoax. However, I'm not averse to the possibility of it existing, indeed I hope that it does. Other creatures that I see as plausible include various oceanic cryptids and those that live within the deep jungle or other similarly uncharted and remote regions. For conversation's sake, I'm not sure whether the olgoi-khorkhoi (aka Mongolian death worm) exists but I see it as certainly possible and almost "romantic" (due to the worm monsters from sci-fi). So I hope and dread the possibility of its existence at the same time. |
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Post by coherentsheaf on Jun 27, 2013 6:09:12 GMT 5
No, not in that case. It was just too large, would need huge amounts of food and sightings of huge sharks can be attributed to exagerationg and other species. I think especially during whaling era there would have had to be traces of such a gigantig, whale-hunting shark. Also since shark teeth are relatively common, one would expect to find them. And a giant lamnid wouldn't be able to live in great depths. I do believe Megalodon is still alive. I just wanted to ask if you believe it or not. And if Megalodon were in the deepest depths of the ocean. It would have evolved. That is exceedingly unlikely. An animal with Megs physiologyand size could nt survive in the deepths. |
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Post by Grey on Jun 27, 2013 6:52:18 GMT 5
Or, like mentionned by Brett Kent in several TV shows about that, it would have evolved into something else and it wouldn't be a megalodon anymore. A mega-megamouth shark ?
BTW, for those who read Steve Alten novels, James Cameron have sighted absolutely nothing in the Challenger Deep last year. He had seen some very benthic life forms in others trenches but the Marianna Trench, if inhabited, seems to be really the most hostile environment for marine life in the oceans.
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Post by Runic on Jun 30, 2013 5:26:45 GMT 5
Pixies exist! I caught one wearing a little green dress/skirt yesterday. She had blonde hair tied in a sorta ponytail and dropped magical pixie dust everytime her butterfly wings flapped! Her name started with a T though I don't remember it all. Highly peculiar.
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Post by Derdadort on Jul 19, 2013 18:34:11 GMT 5
The existence of an undiscovered species that resembles or has similarities to a mermaid i think is a possibility, but but as we know it from fiction...i highly doubt it. I think there is a little possibility, too. In addition to the Savanna-Hypotheisis, there is the so called Aquatic-Ape-Hypothesis. It explains the upright walk by our ancestors, who waded through small rivers or streams searching for food. Some of our recent relatives do this, too: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Gorilla_tool_use.png/800px-Gorilla_tool_use.pngMaybe mermaids are primates, wo had adapted to live in the water? Okay, I'm just speculating. In the series "Primeval" they also showed a futuristic sea creature, which looked like a mixture of manatee and orc. They said it is a relative of humans. Maybe they had the same idea?  |
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Post by theropod on Jul 19, 2013 19:10:56 GMT 5
But a scaly fish-tail instead of legs? Sounds impossible for a tetrapod, let alone a primate.
An aquatic ape is not that outlandish at all, neither are feet adapted to aquatic locomotion. But those would be separate, retained hindlimbs, and certainly not scaly or formed like a tail. Also, in that case it sounds impossible the upper half would look just like a normal human. One would expect at least a difference like between us and an Australopithecus.
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Post by Derdadort on Jul 19, 2013 19:34:00 GMT 5
Oh, sorry. I wasn't thinking about classic mermaids. In fact I had just marine primates in mind. So no fish-human-thing.
It could be more like a sea lion. Legs and feet evolved to a kind of tail fin.
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Post by theropod on Jul 19, 2013 20:47:48 GMT 5
That'd be possible.
But of course, if they really existed and were as intelligent as usually portrayed, they themselves would by now have tried to come in contact with humans. After all, we're not difficult to find...
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Post by Derdadort on Jul 19, 2013 20:52:03 GMT 5
Yeah, between reality and possibilty is of course a small difference. It is more likely to explain mermaid stories with sightings of manatees or dolphins.
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Post by LeopJag on Jul 20, 2013 8:48:22 GMT 5
^^Yea it is the classical mermaid with fishy lower half body and tail and human upper half that i deny the existence of....their legs would be fused together but the feet would be modified into flippers much like those of pinnipeds or a manatees. some people are actually born with both legs fused - a birth defect known as "mermaid syndrome".  webbed hands  artist's reconstruction  me thinks this one's fake - skull and upper half are too human like:::  the documentary "Mermaids: The Body Found" is worth checking out. to me it is tantalizing to think that there could be another highly advanced civilization on this planet on this planet besides us humans!  |
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Post by Derdadort on Jul 21, 2013 18:32:38 GMT 5
The second picture is great. Some thin and peaked teeth like in other piscivorous animals would be cool, too.
What are you thinking about supposed Pterosaurs like the Kongamato?
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Post by Apex on Aug 9, 2013 5:39:25 GMT 5
I think some large predator in the Amazonian rainforest is plausible
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Post by Fragillimus335 on Aug 9, 2013 7:22:09 GMT 5
I believe that Bigfoot could exist. It would be basically a big monkey or something like that. From this photo, it looks like a gorilla. This photo is from the Patterson film of bigfoot, and they later revealed it was a hoax. However, I'm not averse to the possibility of it existing, indeed I hope that it does. Other creatures that I see as plausible include various oceanic cryptids and those that live within the deep jungle or other similarly uncharted and remote regions. For conversation's sake, I'm not sure whether the olgoi-khorkhoi (aka Mongolian death worm) exists but I see it as certainly possible and almost "romantic" (due to the worm monsters from sci-fi). So I hope and dread the possibility of its existence at the same time. The Patterson film has never been revealed to be a hoax. It is still some of the best possible evidence of Bigfoot. |
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