Post by Wycco on May 19, 2003 11:27:31 GMT -5
Did anyone see the documentary "The future is Wild" on the Discover channel last night?
That was one interesting show. Although I wish they had explained more why they predicted certain evolutionary changes to happen.
The basic premise behind the show, (if you didn't see it and are curious), is they got a group of evolutionary biologists together, and tried to predict possible evolutionary changes over the next 200 million years...
It was a really interesting show- and for the most part I could see their logic why they thought certain animals would evolve in certain ways...
But 200 tonne tortoises? C'mon- they provided no evidence or explanation for the 200 tonne tortoises- tortoises are barely surviving now- with man moving predators around the globe and wiping out tortoises left and right I'd be surprised if tortoises survived another 10 thousand years- let alone become the dominant species in 100 million years!
That was one interesting show. Although I wish they had explained more why they predicted certain evolutionary changes to happen.
The basic premise behind the show, (if you didn't see it and are curious), is they got a group of evolutionary biologists together, and tried to predict possible evolutionary changes over the next 200 million years...
It was a really interesting show- and for the most part I could see their logic why they thought certain animals would evolve in certain ways...
But 200 tonne tortoises? C'mon- they provided no evidence or explanation for the 200 tonne tortoises- tortoises are barely surviving now- with man moving predators around the globe and wiping out tortoises left and right I'd be surprised if tortoises survived another 10 thousand years- let alone become the dominant species in 100 million years!
