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"Internet explorer cannot display the webpage"
It only does it when I try to log onto SE.
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Try changing themes and browsers.
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How does one do that?
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In the bottom of the page it says "Choose a Theme". Just click on another theme to change the theme.
Also, try in Firefox:
[link]
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Still not working. I'm beginning to think that my parents blocked the site, but I don't know how to tell.
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Try again in about an hour. I'm going to try something.
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Here is a couple things i worked on in the very beginning
About the Postozoic
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The Postozoic (after life) is the speculative era that occurs after the Cenozoic. The Postozoic began with a comet the size of the one that killed off the dinosaurs slamming into the center of Mali, Africa in year 2085. This caused a global mass extinction of the remaining large mammals, and most mammals in general. With their ranks horrifyingly depleted, mammals were in a bad place after the Q-K boundary [Quaternary-Krypteous (hidden age)]. They managed to survive until the present date of the Postozoic, over 120 million years from the present, but never evolved to their former glory. That role was left to the archosaurs, birds and crocodilians.
Life of the early Postozoic
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Life during the very beginning of the Postozoic was quite unusual. Once the earth recovered from the extinction forests rose up all over the world (Mirroring the outcome of the K-T extinction). The ones supporting the most life were the temperate coniferous forests that sprung up on the coasts of North America.
Corvids
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The rulers of these forest worlds were corvids; crows, ravens, magpies and jays. These birds fared better than most for three reasons:
1. Many species lived in great numbers in the northern latitudes (mainly North America) which were spared from the destruction of the comet.
2. With their ability to fly and their varied diet they could cover great distances and exploit various food sources along the way.
3. They all share a high intelligence and are extremely adaptable, giving them a better chance of survival in new areas.
Corvids evolved into a myriad of different shapes and sizes throughout the Postozoic, some small arboreal night hunters, others giant flightless carnivores, rivaling their famous relative, Tyrannosaurus rex in size and ferocity.
At the beginning of the Krypteous there were several main families of corvid living in the Canadian costal and boreal forests:
Headpeckers and relatives - inquisitive ground-dwelling generalists
Cerornithodontidae
Gigaravens and relatives -huge, flightless ground predators with massive beaks
Megacorvidae
Night jays and Thunder jays -acrobatic tree-dwelling nocturnal opportunists
Archaeobrontidae
Parrotcrows -intelligent fruit eaters with a playful nature
Psittacocorvidae
Ground crows and Pheasant ravens -flightless fowl-like omnivores
Phasinacorvidae
Throughout the Postozoic many other families of corvid evolved:
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Scaly Ravens -slow-moving omnivores with scaly armor
Scutocorvidae
Plated Ravens -large omnivores with armored plates
Ankylocorvidae
Felicrows -fast-moving carnivores with a cat-like agility
Corvofelidae
Seismoravens -colossal, flightless ground predators with ferocity to match T. rex
Seismocorvidae
Clamcrackers and relatives -robustly built crackers of shelled invertebrates
Scutorhamphidae
Headpeckers and relatives
Cerornithodontidae
Headpeckers were a hugely successful group of corvids that lived from the beginning of the Krypteous to the middle Ornieous period. They ranged from 40cm tall and 15kilos, to nearly 2m tall and 100kilos. They are completely flightless, like many birds during the Postozoic (with mammals gone many species became flightless). Headpeckers have no wings; their wing is reduced to a small, stubby arm with a hooked claw on the second finger. Like the present-day kiwi their feathers are primitive and fur-like.
Headpeckers always have very stout bodies and sturdy legs. Their back toe is stout, supporting a sharp claw that the males use in kicking matches to defend territory.
Their heads are robust and their beaks moderately long. Colorful facial wattles adorn the males of many species.
Headpeckers have very interesting hunting strategies; they wait over the burrows of small mammals, reptiles and other birds until they emerge. Then the Headpecker slams its beak on top of the unfortunate creatureβs head killing it instantly, hence the name βHeadpeckerβ.
Headpeckers are often named to describe what type of animal they are fond of ambushing. Ratpeckers, Shrewpeckers, Frogpeckers, and Lizardpeckers are all named for what they commonly eat.
Headpeckers, like all corvids of the Postozoic, are monogamous, and like members of the families Megacorvidae, Archaeobrontidae and Psittacocorvidae, mate for life.
All species of Headpeckers were quite common in the Postozoic; the only rare ones belonging to the genus Doruceras (spear horns). These were limited because of their specialized diets; they feed almost exclusively on stoutsnakes (small, chubby, fine scaled snakes).
Headpeckers eventually diverged into two groups; the armored Scaly Ravens (Scutocorvidae) and the cat-like carnivorous Felicrows (Corvofelidae).
Gigaravens and relatives
Megacorvidae
Gigaravens filled the void of the dinosaurs after the Q-K extinction, becoming gigantic land predators. Gigaravens ranged from just over 2m tall and 125kilos to 6m tall and 3tons. Gigaravens however were not the largest predators in the Postozoic, that position was filled by their descendants the Seismoravens (Seismocorvidae).
The appearance of the Gigaravens mirrored the appearance of the large, flightless bird Gastornis of the Eocene epoch. They have massive beaks and robust bodies with powerful legs. Their feathery covering is like the primitive feathers of a modern emu. Gigaravens are normally drab brown or grey, but a few have bold areas of dull yellow, red or black.
The beaks differ from species to species, some being hugely massive and deep for crushing bones, others longer and lower with sharp edges for slicing.
Gigaravens have large heads, and compared to a dinosaur of similar size, they have very large brains. Their eyes are about the size of an ostriches, but look small on their massive faces.
Many species of Gigaraven have a small erectable crest of feathers on the back of their heads.
As you might have thought, Gigaravens lay massive eggs. The largest species, the 3 ton regal cleaverbeak, lays an egg the size of a car tire. But compared to their body size, the egg is comparatively small. That is because the giant eggs have an immensely thick shell, the only reason the babies are able to break out of it is that their egg tooth is larger and sharper than other species. This egg size remained for the rest of the Postozoic as the max, even for the colossal Seismoravens.
Gigaravens mate for life, and hunt in pairs. They grow at a slow rate, reaching sexual maturity at 17 years of age.
Gigaravens are sexually dimorphic, females being considerably larger than males.
Even though Gigaravens were huge they were at war with the only other remaining archosaur group for dominance. Crocodilians were the Gigaravens only competition and have fought off every attack and counterattack since the beginning of the Krypteous.
Advanced Gigaravens and Seismoravens had re-evolved their arm structure, with a small, stout claw on their thumb and second finger. Theyβre arms are small, but heavily muscled. They may not seem useful, but they are helpful for propping up the front-heavy Gigaravens and Seismoravens after a rest and for breaking falls.
There is more, but i didnt put it on my usb drive
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Sounds good. I'm against a new intelligence, but it's good.
If you want, you can join the Speculative Evolution forum and put it there. It's a good forum for anyone interested in Speculative Evolution, and I'm co-admin
Link: [link]
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So is it okay if i continue on with this and post some of it on deviantart, you were here first.
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Yeah. I don't hold copyright over the name or anything.
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Oh I made the background with some of my pics with photoshop
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you got your post count reset? Hard.
Did you know that anyone with access to the Admin CP can edit the post number of a user?
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Which is why you want access to the CP.
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No. All I want is Estuary back. Editing post number is something I found out when playing with the Admin CP of my test forum.
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Relax, i was just joking.
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