#tomorrow's creatures

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Swamp blubber || When pigs swim

55 MYH

Pigs have fully diversified into tons of niches, and this is one of those. Filling the leftover niches left by the recently extinct sirenians and bearing tusks like those of the long-extinct Deinotheres. They mainly feed on seagrass; adults usually have no predators, but young do.

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Aquapterygians Part 1

230 MYH Aquapterygians are fully aquatic pinniped descendants that have taken up various marine niches. They still have four fins and short tails. a) The coastal ocean dragon (Thalassodraco plesiosauroides) is a species of plesiosaur-like Dolichopterygian that mainly hunts small fish. These predators lived in what was then Japan and Australia. b) The long-finned neowhale (Novobalaena anisopteryx) is a species of Novobalaenid Brachyptergian that fills the niches left by the baleen whales. They're about 90 tons in mass and live in what was then Antarctica, Peru, Chile, Brazil, and Canada. c) Shorcas (Neorca neorca) are the sole living members of the family "Neorcidae," once a much larger group but now relegated to this one species. They are a worldwide taxon and exist as the apex predator in many ocean ecosystems on this future Earth.

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The Hunt in Yosemite || 35 MYH

Here, we see a long-eared fangcat (Tyrannocraniofelis leocursor) hunting down a blue-streaked trunpala (Caudotherium cyanops). Despite this herbivore's ungulate-like appearance, it's actually a descendant of civets that have become herbivorous. Also, we see a mother firenose (Soricoporcus pyrorhinus) looking after her offspring; these creatures are shrew-like descendants of pigs.

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Universal's squirteel

150 MYH

The Universal's squirteel (Loligoanguila universali), is a large species of squirteel. They are found in what was formerly Utah. Males are typically around 1.8 feet and about 14 pounds, while females are half that. Though despite their appearance they are actually distant descendants to elephants that squirt ink when threatened.

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