tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313662567644716249.post6367119108502020675..comments2023-03-08T08:44:36.162-05:00Comments on Ais: Survivors of the Sixth Extinction: Great SnapperCameron McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313662567644716249.post-35635266159572113782010-06-20T09:47:30.729-04:002010-06-20T09:47:30.729-04:00What a great blog! I am a fantasy artist, and find...What a great blog! I am a fantasy artist, and find this blog very interesting! You got a new follower!Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16006950831687753620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313662567644716249.post-50793172779624774262010-06-10T09:13:07.278-04:002010-06-10T09:13:07.278-04:00Great blog! I'm addicted to speculative biolog...Great blog! I'm addicted to speculative biology. I think the blog could add a box explaining what is Ais.<br />I'vr tried many speculative scenarios, and now I'm developing some ideas about humans has never evolved: australopithecine line reached Holocene as just a kind of "Savannah Gorilla", Phytanthropus savannarum. Without hunting humans, Pleistocene megafauna survived, and then I'm plotting a "Period II", 2 My after Holocene, when some species are evolving to fill the "rational animal" niche.João Simõeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222169018695033058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313662567644716249.post-7397483051062807862010-05-06T13:20:13.773-04:002010-05-06T13:20:13.773-04:00I'm very sorry for the belated reply - I need ...I'm very sorry for the belated reply - I need to turn on e-mail notifications! Markus and I assumed that <i>Gamerachelys</i> occupies a roughly similar niche as the American Alligator, 1-1.5 million of which live in a particular 170,000 square kilometer area. This implies that something like 75,000 currently live in the 'Ais' area, with 110,000 in the total archipelago. Snapping turtles become more effective at travelling in saltwater habitats with size, so we can assume that there is frequent population interchange with the mainland.Cameron McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313662567644716249.post-87526646944402498372010-04-02T20:03:21.095-04:002010-04-02T20:03:21.095-04:00Superb blog, well done.
I was just wondering, can...Superb blog, well done.<br /><br />I was just wondering, cannibalism is highly prevalent in extant snappers and likely serves to "weed out" slower growing individuals and acts to continually push the species to expand it's range with the drive to find new territories. Sorry for not finding any primary literature to cite, being away from uni restricts my ability to access what I would like to. Anyway...<br />In a giant species like this, the territories held would be scaled up. I can only find data from _Macrochelys_, with a territory average size of 680m(2) (for adults), and an average adult weight of 80kg, I guess scaling up would create a territory average for adults of the Great Snapper of 2951m(2), making a fair few assumptions. On a small island, wouldn't this create some problems for inbreeding due to large territories?Max Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04332693810023441000noreply@blogger.com