Idea Wiki
Register
Idea Wiki
120,397
pages
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 2: Line 2:
   
 
== Featured Ecosystems/Species ==
 
== Featured Ecosystems/Species ==
  +
===10,000 Years ===
  +
*
   
 
=== 15 Million Years ===
 
=== 15 Million Years ===
Line 10: Line 12:
 
*Ganguin - a type of flightless gannet descendant commonly found along the coasts.
 
*Ganguin - a type of flightless gannet descendant commonly found along the coasts.
   
==== Mediterranean Mountains and Scrubland ====
+
==== Mediterranean Mountains  ====
 
*Cryptile - an agamid lizard similar to the frilled lizards of Australia. 
 
*Cryptile - an agamid lizard similar to the frilled lizards of Australia. 
 
*Gryken - a slender mustelid descended from the pine marten. 
 
*Gryken - a slender mustelid descended from the pine marten. 
Line 19: Line 21:
 
*Carakiller - a medium-sized descendant of the red-legged seriema. 
 
*Carakiller - a medium-sized descendant of the red-legged seriema. 
 
*Amazon Scaleback - an armoured agouti descendant with scales covering its back and upper legs. 
 
*Amazon Scaleback - an armoured agouti descendant with scales covering its back and upper legs. 
*Fornidos - a large camelid descended from guanacos, who in help to maintain the grasslands by knovking over trees.
+
*Fornidos - a large rodent descended from capybaras, who in help to maintain the grasslands by knocking over trees.
 
*Babookari - a ground-dwelling descendant of the capuchin monkey. 
 
*Babookari - a ground-dwelling descendant of the capuchin monkey. 
 
*Strangletail - an ateline monkey with a lengthened tail use to constrict and suffocate prey.
 
*Strangletail - an ateline monkey with a lengthened tail use to constrict and suffocate prey.
   
==== North American Desert ====
+
==== North American Steppe ====
 
*False Desert Scaleback - a ground squirrel descendant highly convergent with the amazon scaleback.
 
*False Desert Scaleback - a ground squirrel descendant highly convergent with the amazon scaleback.
 
*Spink - a species of underground-dwelling bird descended from quails. 
 
*Spink - a species of underground-dwelling bird descended from quails. 
 
*Deathgleaner - a massive nocturnal vulture descendant.
 
*Deathgleaner - a massive nocturnal vulture descendant.
  +
*Shagamaw - a small deer-like ursid, descended from the black bear. 
 
*Bladderbray - An equid with nasal bladders allowing it to produce booming calls, descended from feral burros. 
 
*Bladderbray - An equid with nasal bladders allowing it to produce booming calls, descended from feral burros. 
 
====South Australian Seas====
 
====South Australian Seas====
Line 33: Line 36:
   
 
==== East African Woodlands ====
 
==== East African Woodlands ====
*Bweer - a small antelope.
+
*Bweer - a small species of antelope.
  +
*Mkulima - a type of ant which grows shoots and fungi. 
 
*Ammit - a titanic descendant of the black-backed jackal.
 
*Ammit - a titanic descendant of the black-backed jackal.
 
*Duman - a cursorial species of hominid, which hunts in conjunction with the ammit.
 
*Duman - a cursorial species of hominid, which hunts in conjunction with the ammit.
Line 41: Line 45:
 
==== Bengal-Lemuria Swamp ====
 
==== Bengal-Lemuria Swamp ====
 
*Toraton - a massive tortoise descendant. 
 
*Toraton - a massive tortoise descendant. 
*Swampus - a freshwater octopus.
+
*Swampus - a freshwater and amphibious octopus.
 
*Lurkfish - a large species of catfish which can produce 1,000 volt electricity.
 
*Lurkfish - a large species of catfish which can produce 1,000 volt electricity.
 
====Saharan Savannah====
 
====Saharan Savannah====
Line 53: Line 57:
   
 
==== East Antarctic Rainforest ====
 
==== East Antarctic Rainforest ====
*Flutterbird - an order of birds descended from pelagic descendants of sparrows.
+
*Flutterbirds - an order of birds descended from pelagic descendants of sparrows.
 
**Roachcutter - a highly agile flutterbird.  
 
**Roachcutter - a highly agile flutterbird.  
 
**Spitfire Bird - a flutterbird which can shoot corrosive nectar.
 
**Spitfire Bird - a flutterbird which can shoot corrosive nectar.
Line 65: Line 69:
 
*Silver Spider - a eusocial species of spider which farms the poggle for food. 
 
*Silver Spider - a eusocial species of spider which farms the poggle for food. 
   
=== 300 Million Years ===
+
=== 270 Million Years ===
   
 
==== Central Desert ====
 
==== Central Desert ====
Line 77: Line 81:
 
*Desert Hopper - a monopedal descendant of frogs.
 
*Desert Hopper - a monopedal descendant of frogs.
 
*Deathbottle - a carnivorous flowering plant. 
 
*Deathbottle - a carnivorous flowering plant. 
  +
====Eastern Fern Prairies====
  +
*Tritail - a large species of amphibian with a tail that functions as a third leg, descended from salamanders.
   
 
==== Global Ocean ====
 
==== Global Ocean ====
 
*Silver Swimmer - a neotenic descendant of crab larvae.
 
*Silver Swimmer - a neotenic descendant of crab larvae.
*Ocean Flish - a type of fish which is capeable of sustaining powered flight.
+
*Ocean Flish - a type of fish which is capable of sustaining powered flight.
 
*Sharkopath - a highly intelligent social shark.
 
*Sharkopath - a highly intelligent social shark.
 
*Rainbow Squid - a massive type squid.
 
*Rainbow Squid - a massive type squid.
   
 
==== Northern Forest ====
 
==== Northern Forest ====
*Pillarsquid - a medium-sized species of terrestrial octopus.
+
*Pillarsquid - a medium-sized species of terasquid terrestrial octopus.
*Forest Flish
+
*Forest Flish - a relative 
 
*Slithersucker - a slime mould.
 
*Slithersucker - a slime mould.
  +
*Fribbon 
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==
 
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table article-table-selected" style="width: 500px;"
 
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table article-table-selected" style="width: 500px;"
Line 105: Line 112:
 
|
 
|
 
|15 million years
 
|15 million years
  +
|-
  +
|3
  +
|
  +
|
  +
|
  +
|-
  +
|4
  +
|
  +
|
  +
|
 
|}
 
|}

Revision as of 00:51, 24 October 2017

The Future is Wild is a 2019 speculative documentary miniseries produced by Vanguard Animations and Jim Henson Creature Shop. It is a remake of the 2002 miniseries of the same name, as well as serving as a reboot of the franchise. The series is narrated by Geoffrey Rush, and will air on National Geographic. 

Featured Ecosystems/Species

10,000 Years 

15 Million Years

North Eurasian Ice

  • Shagrat - a large herd-dwelling rodent descended from marmots.
  • Snowstalker - a sabre-toothed descendant of the wolverine.
  • Ganguin - a type of flightless gannet descendant commonly found along the coasts.

Mediterranean Mountains 

  • Cryptile - an agamid lizard similar to the frilled lizards of Australia. 
  • Gryken - a slender mustelid descended from the pine marten. 
  • Scrofa - a mountain-dwelling suid descended from the wild boar. 
  • Tatzelwurm - a large carnivorous salamander descended from the fire salamander.

Amazon Grasslands

  • Carakiller - a medium-sized descendant of the red-legged seriema. 
  • Amazon Scaleback - an armoured agouti descendant with scales covering its back and upper legs. 
  • Fornidos - a large rodent descended from capybaras, who in help to maintain the grasslands by knocking over trees.
  • Babookari - a ground-dwelling descendant of the capuchin monkey. 
  • Strangletail - an ateline monkey with a lengthened tail use to constrict and suffocate prey.

North American Steppe

  • False Desert Scaleback - a ground squirrel descendant highly convergent with the amazon scaleback.
  • Spink - a species of underground-dwelling bird descended from quails. 
  • Deathgleaner - a massive nocturnal vulture descendant.
  • Shagamaw - a small deer-like ursid, descended from the black bear. 
  • Bladderbray - An equid with nasal bladders allowing it to produce booming calls, descended from feral burros. 

South Australian Seas

  • Borlung - a species of shark which fills the niche left behind by baleen whales. 

East African Woodlands

  • Bweer - a small species of antelope.
  • Mkulima - a type of ant which grows shoots and fungi. 
  • Ammit - a titanic descendant of the black-backed jackal.
  • Duman - a cursorial species of hominid, which hunts in conjunction with the ammit.

100 Million Years

Bengal-Lemuria Swamp

  • Toraton - a massive tortoise descendant. 
  • Swampus - a freshwater and amphibious octopus.
  • Lurkfish - a large species of catfish which can produce 1,000 volt electricity.

Saharan Savannah

Shallow Seas

  • Ocean Phantom - a large cnidarian.
  • Spindletrooper - sea spiders which have developed a symbiotic relationship with the ocean phantom.
  • Reef Glider - a large descendant of of slider turtles. 

Hah-nu-nahuan Chapparal

East Antarctic Rainforest

  • Flutterbirds - an order of birds descended from pelagic descendants of sparrows.
    • Roachcutter - a highly agile flutterbird.  
    • Spitfire Bird - a flutterbird which can shoot corrosive nectar.
    • False Spitfire Bird - a flutterbird which mimics the spitfire bird as defense. 
  • Spitfire Beetle - a type of gregorial beetle which mimics the flowers the spitfire bird feeds on.
  • Falconfly - a large descedant of the sand fly.

Great Plateau

  • Great Blue Windrunner - a massive descendant of the sarus crane. 
  • Poggle - a species of hamster-descended rodent. 
  • Silver Spider - a eusocial species of spider which farms the poggle for food. 

270 Million Years

Central Desert

  • Terabyte - a highly specialized colonial descendant of termites.
  • Garden Worm - an algae-filled worm that is capable of photosynthesis 
  • Gloomworm - a small troglodytic worm.
  • Slickribbon - a meter-long, troglodytic predatory bristle worm.

Rainshadow Desert

  • Bumblebeetle - a type of beetle with a peculiar lifecycle, starting out as a larva known as a grimworm.
  • Desert Hopper - a monopedal descendant of frogs.
  • Deathbottle - a carnivorous flowering plant. 

Eastern Fern Prairies

  • Tritail - a large species of amphibian with a tail that functions as a third leg, descended from salamanders.

Global Ocean

  • Silver Swimmer - a neotenic descendant of crab larvae.
  • Ocean Flish - a type of fish which is capable of sustaining powered flight.
  • Sharkopath - a highly intelligent social shark.
  • Rainbow Squid - a massive type squid.

Northern Forest

  • Pillarsquid - a medium-sized species of terasquid terrestrial octopus.
  • Forest Flish - a relative 
  • Slithersucker - a slime mould.
  • Fribbon 

Episodes

Episode No. Episode Title Episode Description Time
1 Into the Future 10,000 years
2 Realm of Niflheim 15 million years
3
4