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Thagrastay · 03-24-2004, 08:42 AM

As we know, reptiles do not stop growing.
Let us consider for a moment just how large thay might become if they were allowed to grow without the interference of predation or disease for let us say a millenia.
Furthermore, let us also, for the sake of this thread, pretend that humanity has the exact same mental facalties that we do today, and is able to achieve the same types of technological advances as we have. No- let us assume that for the sake of this thread, humanity has advanced just a bit beyond where we are now.
Genetic manipulation and animal husbandry being what it is, mankind would be able to breed large reptiles to use as a labor force much as we did the oxen or horse in our past, but we out- grew them as real labor, replacing them with machines.
Still, much as we breed cattle and horses and dogs and cats and llamas and sheep, it would be very easy to breed these reptiles and other animals to smaller and smaller versions.
Or, perhaps they started out small and bred them to be larger and larger much as we did the draft horses. But reptiles do not stop growing, so that is probably more the case, and what dinosaurs really were in this idea.
Saber-toothed cats may very well have been bred to be that way as pets or for zoos.
For the sake of this thread we are making 3 assumptions:
1. There was a world-wide catastrophe of some type
2. People and "dinosaurs" cohabitated
3. Homo sapiens were not the cave dwelling or stone age variety, but just as intelligent, if not more so than we and possibly more technologically advanced than we are now (not through the help of aliens, either)
Remember- we are playing with a new idea, here, so all you creationists and evolutionists rein in your venom and biases. This isn't a creation vs evolution thread. try thinking outside the box here. What are your thoughts?

We know that something became of the "dinosaurs" and there is historical evidences of earlier civilizations, though they are not nearly as reported as they could be.
A world wide catastrophe today would throw all of us back into the stone age and in one generation we would be back to cave drawings and animal skins and 5,ooo years from now they'd be re-inventing computers and debating the "Great Catastrophe Myth".
Anyway, what are your thoughts on this. Please refrain from the usual evolution/creation dialogue.

03-24-2004, 08:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Thagrastay Crazy Location: Handrail, Montana	Early Man As we know, reptiles do not stop growing. Let us consider for a moment just how large thay might become if they were allowed to grow without the interference of predation or disease for let us say a millenia. Furthermore, let us also, for the sake of this thread, pretend that humanity has the exact same mental facalties that we do today, and is able to achieve the same types of technological advances as we have. No- let us assume that for the sake of this thread, humanity has advanced just a bit beyond where we are now. Genetic manipulation and animal husbandry being what it is, mankind would be able to breed large reptiles to use as a labor force much as we did the oxen or horse in our past, but we out- grew them as real labor, replacing them with machines. Still, much as we breed cattle and horses and dogs and cats and llamas and sheep, it would be very easy to breed these reptiles and other animals to smaller and smaller versions. Or, perhaps they started out small and bred them to be larger and larger much as we did the draft horses. But reptiles do not stop growing, so that is probably more the case, and what dinosaurs really were in this idea. Saber-toothed cats may very well have been bred to be that way as pets or for zoos. For the sake of this thread we are making 3 assumptions: 1. There was a world-wide catastrophe of some type 2. People and "dinosaurs" cohabitated 3. Homo sapiens were not the cave dwelling or stone age variety, but just as intelligent, if not more so than we and possibly more technologically advanced than we are now (not through the help of aliens, either) Remember- we are playing with a new idea, here, so all you creationists and evolutionists rein in your venom and biases. This isn't a creation vs evolution thread. try thinking outside the box here. What are your thoughts? We know that something became of the "dinosaurs" and there is historical evidences of earlier civilizations, though they are not nearly as reported as they could be. A world wide catastrophe today would throw all of us back into the stone age and in one generation we would be back to cave drawings and animal skins and 5,ooo years from now they'd be re-inventing computers and debating the "Great Catastrophe Myth". Anyway, what are your thoughts on this. Please refrain from the usual evolution/creation dialogue. __________________ "That's it! They've got the cuffs on him, he's IN the car!" Last edited by Thagrastay; 03-24-2004 at 08:50 AM..