# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/21 "2003-01-02T08:55:34Z")
I spent two hours watching that show. I feel cheated that I didn’t watch Dukes of Hazzard or Judge Mathis re-runs. SHARK-O-PATH? **SHARK-O-PATH???** Are they fucking kidding? Who came up with these names? I was really expecting to see Troy McClure pop up at any minute: “Hi, I’m troy McClure, you may remember me from such animal documentaries as \*The Wacky Mishaps of the Slender Loris \* and _Dung Beetle: The Adventure Begins_.” > [@](#): > > _Lissa said_ > The implication that these creatures [the Tree-o-pus] would rise up and rule the earth was great. Yes, I was cracking up at that as well. They will throw acorns and rocks at the MEGASQUID who moves on land and tries to steal their young. Crap, that was the worst show I have seen in quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/22 "2003-01-02T11:12:36Z")
I thought it was VERY enjoyable…if you try to ignore the scientific/realistic aspects of it…and the names…ESPECIALLY the names. Overall though, I liked it alot and called everyone I knew and had them watch it. Vote for your fav creature on [my thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=153915). ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/23 "2003-01-02T11:24:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > \*\*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. \*\* HRM, I guess I enjoyed it because I approached it with the thought taht it was Fiction written with a little bit a help from scientists. Also, I was disapointed that they didn’t mention anything about any highly sentient species evolving, that they didn’t mention anything about the outcome of how we are currently treating our enviroment, and that they didn’t explore the fact that roaches are very good survivors and would probably replaces us if humanity ever gets wiped out. ---
**Author:** ![lynn73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@lynn73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynn73)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/24 "2003-01-02T13:30:02Z")
Well, since I don’t believe in evolution; if I were going to watch it, it would be strictly for fictional entertainment purposes, like science fiction. ---
**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, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/25 "2003-01-02T13:47:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by His4ever \* > \*\*Well, since I don’t believe in evolution; if I were going to watch it, it would be strictly for fictional entertainment purposes, like science fiction. \*\* Eh, you don’t have to believe in evolution, as you would religion. It’s proveable and testible, which is much better in my opinion. I suggest you open your can of worms in a Great Debate thread. ---
**Author:** ![lynn73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@lynn73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynn73)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/26 "2003-01-02T15:35:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Meatros \* > \*\*Eh, you don’t have to believe in evolution, as you would religion. It’s proveable and testible, which is much better in my opinion. I suggest you open your can of worms in a Great Debate thread. \*\* Yeah, whatever you say. I still don’t believe it and don’t care what scientists say they have or haven’t proven. How do I know they didn’t do their studies from a preconceived belief of evolution or are interpreting their findings correctly? By the way, it isn’t a can of worms, I’m giving my opinion on something. That’s all I have to say. ---
**Author:** ![lynn73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@lynn73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynn73)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/27 "2003-01-02T15:40:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by His4ever \* > \*\*Yeah, whatever you say. I still don’t believe it and don’t care what scientists say they have or haven’t proven. How do I know they didn’t do their studies from a preconceived belief of evolution or are interpreting their findings correctly? By the way, it isn’t a can of worms, I’m giving my opinion on something. That’s all I have to say. \*\* [http://www.wiebefamily.org/e.htm](http://www.wiebefamily.org/e.htm) ---
**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, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/28 "2003-01-02T15:49:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by His4ever \* > \*\*Yeah, whatever you say. I still don’t believe it and don’t care what scientists say they have or haven’t proven. How do I know they didn’t do their studies from a preconceived belief of evolution or are interpreting their findings correctly? By the way, it isn’t a can of worms, I’m giving my opinion on something. That’s all I have to say. \*\* You believe what you want, my point is your rhetoric in equating evolution to fictional sci-fi has the potential for opening a can of worms. ---
**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, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/29 "2003-01-02T15:56:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by His4ever \* > \*\*[http://www.wiebefamily.org/e.htm](http://www.wiebefamily.org/e.htm) \*\* :rolleyes: ---
**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, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/30 "2003-01-02T16:47:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by His4ever \* > \*\*Yeah, whatever you say. I still don’t believe it and don’t care what scientists say they have or haven’t proven. How do I know they didn’t do their studies from a preconceived belief of evolution or are interpreting their findings correctly? By the way, it isn’t a can of worms, I’m giving my opinion on something. That’s all I have to say. \*\* Your ignorance on the topic astounds me. That’s all I have to say. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/31 "2003-01-02T18:18:52Z")
I didn’t care for the way everything had to be **“bigger and better”** than the things today. I also felt the idea that we as humans had moved away from the earth instead of having died off limited it and made the show somewhat too “perky.” The animals didn’t seem very “scientific” to me. As was mentioned in another thread (bad form I know, but it bears repeating) go read **After Man** for some good future evolution (though reading about someone matter-of-factly discussing what happens after man was a bit disconcerting). And “shark-o-path”? Pretty silly. It all sounded like a trailer for an "attempting to be “cool” movie, so much so that whenever they were describing an animal, I cringed when they said “extreme.” ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/32 "2003-01-02T18:31:27Z")
Lame. That’s all I have to say. ---
**Author:** ![MrMyth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@MrMyth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMyth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/33 "2003-01-02T22:12:01Z")
I watched the entire show waiting for them to deal with a particular type of creature - the kind that would go into a squibbon nest and claim having only two arms is better, or go runnning up to the silver spiders and proclaim loudly that they liked it better when the hairless apes were in charge. Or something else stupid, like coming into a thread about a show on possible evolutions just so say that **they don’t believe in evolution**. I was pretty sure these types of creatures would still exist 200 million years from now. I was hoping the takeoff blasts from humanity’s colony ships would destroy the bridges they hid under. Looks like instead they’re more durable than the cockroach. ---
**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/34 "2003-01-02T22:39:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > How do I know they didn’t do their studies from a preconceived belief of evolution or are interpreting their findings correctly?\*\* There’s this little thing called ‘peer review’… Oh yeah, all those big bad scientists are atheists, aren’t they? (Actually, the answer to that rhetorical question is NO.) > [@](#): > > **…I’m giving my opinion on something.** Do you also have an opinion on Einstein’s theory of relativity? Any problems with that, personally? Since obviously you have no SCIENTIFIC basis for your ‘opinion’. Heh. Opinions on scientific theorums 🙂 Oh yeah. This show does look somewhat - fantastical - in my humble opinion 🙂 ---
**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, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123/35 "2003-01-02T22:44:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Venoma \* > \*\*Do you also have an opinion on Einstein’s theory of relativity? Any problems with that, personally? Since obviously you have no SCIENTIFIC basis for your ‘opinion’. Heh. Opinions on scientific theorums 🙂 > \*\* But, but, but…it’s just a **theory** :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-hurry-hurry/146123.md?page=1)