# Animal Lovers Hurry! Hurry! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 2, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123 "2003-01-02T00:42:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/1 "2003-01-02T00:42:41Z")
Ok animal lovers you have 15 minutes - at least on the east coast - to tune into **Animal Planet** to see what some scientists think animals will evolve into 200 million years from now. Hurry! Hurry! Hurry… OOOOO I can’t wait!!! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/2 "2003-01-02T01:04:06Z")
“Snowstalker”, “Gannet Whale” :rolleyes: Cool show for entertainment purposes but I didn’t like how one of the first lines was “This is not fantasy. This is a future predicted by _scientists_!” Yea. I’m sure they know all of the variables that are going to occur in the next 200 million years. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/3 "2003-01-02T01:08:51Z")
So far, we’ve had Snowstalkers (giant wolverines), Gannet-Whales (giant flightless birds) and Shagrats (giant rodents). Of these, I’d say the Gannet whales are the most improbable. I don’t see the front limbs of birds being re-evolved into weight-bearing limbs. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/4 "2003-01-02T01:10:36Z")
“_ **GIANT KILLER BATS!!!** _” This just keeps getting better and better…not fantasy indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/5 "2003-01-02T01:13:58Z")
**GIANT BATS** no uh, thats _Death Glider_. BUHAAHAHAHA!!! this is fun to watch. I have my doubts as well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/6 "2003-01-02T01:17:05Z")
That’s _Deathgleaner_ to you… And again with the mutant birds (spinks)… The motions of bird forelimbs are too restricted, too specialized for flight motions, to “revert” to regular limbs again. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/7 "2003-01-02T01:17:34Z")
Death _Gleaner_, and was it just me or did their “4 foot” wingspan look a little more like 15 feet? ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/8 "2003-01-02T01:27:54Z")
oops. _Gleaner_. Sweet, looks like we’re getting closer and closer to dinosaurs. _AGAIN_ Check out that carakiller… ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/9 "2003-01-02T01:30:17Z")
That’s a third example of what D’s F thinks is pretty improbable. Who were the scientists that did this program? I wish they would explain the how’s and why’s of these animals. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/10 "2003-01-02T01:37:53Z")
[http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/futureiswild/futureiswild.html](http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/futureiswild/futureiswild.html) Here’s a relavent website for this show: ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/11 "2003-01-02T01:39:36Z")
OK thats it, a jellyfish the size of a small island? ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/12 "2003-01-02T01:44:31Z")
Looks like we’re about to have turtles the size of small islands coming up… ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/13 "2003-01-02T01:45:59Z")
Nah, it’s the landwalking several ton squids I’m interested in… ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/14 "2003-01-02T01:59:26Z")
Showing all these animals without telling us how they came to these conclusions is pointless. It is fantasy. I think this show was a really good idea that was poorly executed. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/15 "2003-01-02T02:17:21Z")
**Cisco** -I don’t know if this helps, but you can check out some of the ideas here: [http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/futureiswild/animals/animals.html](http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/futureiswild/animals/animals.html) Click on the 5, 100, or 200 million years to see the animals (it’s toward the top left). Also, here’s their forum to discuss the creatures: [http://discovery.infopop.net/1/OpenTopic?a=cfrm&s=6941912904&f=3461990806](http://discovery.infopop.net/1/OpenTopic?a=cfrm&s=6941912904&f=3461990806) It supposedly has “experts” to answer questions. I really hate mentioning other forum’s, it makes me feel icky. I think it’s a neat show, I don’t know how much stock I put into it, I guess I’ll have to wait and see… What’s that? I won’t live forever…Where’d you get that idea? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/16 "2003-01-02T02:29:44Z")
Showing all these animals without telling us how they came to these conclusions is pointless. It is fantasy. I think this show was a really good idea that was poorly executed. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/17 "2003-01-02T02:31:06Z")
Whoa, that never would go through earlier so I tried it again just now and it was already up. Sorry 'bout that. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/18 "2003-01-02T04:08:11Z")
Shagrats? That sounds like something Austin Powers would say. Work it, baby, yeah! You naughty little shagrat! ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/19 "2003-01-02T04:10:54Z")
My favorite was Flish! FLISH!!! Ahahaha!! This was supposed to be serious science? Sounds like something that would be on late night TV with Ron Popeil. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/20 "2003-01-02T06:12:22Z")
Seeing all those Flish made me hungry. I’m going to Long John Silvers. I LOVED the sentient octopi, flipping merrily from tree to tree. The implication that these creatures would rise up and rule the earth was great. Once thy gain communication skills, mothers will no longer be able to snap, “Look! I’ve only got TWO hands!” I did think that the explanation that humans have simply packed up and moved to another planet was a bit lame. Why not go whole hog and say that humans have gone extinct? (Which is the most likely of outcomes, given our bombs and germs.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123.md?page=2)