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To: Neocon who wrote (25016)	7/20/2000 4:34:02 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I would assume a more challenging environment I think perhaps we assume a different time scale. In my example I posited one or two rat species surviving and thriving, but it would more likely be 50 species and a few mole like animals, and some we can't describe in current terms. In a few decades time most of these would succomb to the devastation and disease and lack of partners. On a longer scale of time of a few hundred years to a few thousand it is as if all died but the one or two I imagined. I just skipped the step of those who survived, but not for long. I also didn't mention the transitional species. These are the ones who adapted to a niche but not all that well and were out competed by decendants who adapted better. These include the dog-like creatures, some of whose decendants became dogs, some became seals, but the ones who just remained dog-like all died out. TP