How Will Animals Look 250 Million Years From Now?

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How Will Animals Look 250 Million Years From Now?

Posted by timothy on Saturday January 4, 2003 @07:19PM from the and-how-well-will-they-treat-us dept.

angkor writes "'How will Earth look 5 million, 100 million, even 200 million years from now?' Fantasic and fun speculation from Animal Planet. It's the work of Dougal Adams, who started this idea years ago in the out-of-print After Man: A Zoology of the Future."

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My guess: by Valar · 2003-01-04 19:22 · Score: 5, Funny

I bet they'll still be good eatin'! :}

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1. Re:My guess: by suss · 2003-01-04 20:16 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I bet they'll still be good eatin'! :}
  
  Will probably taste like chicken.
What will animals look like? by telstar · 2003-01-04 19:26 · Score: 5, Funny

Like this...
Well I know what humans will look like... by dagg · 2003-01-04 19:29 · Score: 4, Funny

Humans will develop much larger asses so as to no longer need to purchase couches. And wheels. Evolution will finally come up with wheels. Who would have thunk it?
As for animals, they will be genetically developed to grow human faces and replacement butts. We're already growing human ears on rats, so you just know we're going to be growing full blown cosmetic replacements for every starlet in Hollywood.

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My prediction... by bravehamster · 2003-01-04 19:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Damn dirty apes...with plastic machine guns!

Also, the platypus evolves to look like a perfectly normal duck.

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Re:Interesting! by CharterTerminal · 2003-01-04 19:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Truthfully, though, I have nothing but respect for anyone who's willing to go on record as predicting that one day, giant squid will roam the forests.

(Fortunately it sounds like we have plenty of time to stockpile garlic and olive oil.)
Re:5 millon years we will be in an ice-age? by nomadic · 2003-01-04 20:06 · Score: 5, Funny

I am still a staunch believer in the fact that "global warming" is something that the Earth will fix on it's own.

And I am a staunch believer in the fact that the Earth will "fix" global warming by getting rid of us.
In 250 Years... by Quaoar · 2003-01-04 20:08 · Score: 5, Funny

...penguins will be able to actually sit down.

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Re:One thing they seemed to leave out... by jpkunst · 2003-01-04 21:08 · Score: 4, Funny

Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs: 'Oh, Shit,' Says Humanity