Species Most Likely to Rule Earth 1 Billion Years from Today

[Revoltingest]

Now that's just crazy-talk!

Crazy.....like a fox!
One could say that it's "revulpine".

 

[Songbird]

Tardigrades will rule us all.

 

[Revoltingest]

Except for revoltigrades....we'll have an alliance....or rather, a dalliance.

 

[Renji]

The Dark Seekers

 

[Songbird]

Except for revoltigrades....we'll have an alliance....or rather, a dalliance.

I'll put in a good word for you when I offer up my daily water bear prayer.

 

[lunamoth]

Tardigrades will rule us all.

I am thankful they average less than 1 mm in length. Otherwise, they look like pure evil.

 

[lunamoth]

The Dark Seekers

What is a dark seeker? And, how can it possibly be more awesome than a photosynthetic shark with a laser beam?

 

[Songbird]

I am thankful they average less than 1 mm in length. Otherwise, they look like pure evil.

So tiny and so sturdy!

Hiya, luna.

 

[lunamoth]

So tiny and so sturdy!

One could almost think of them as cuddly. Except that they're not.

Hiya, luna.

Back atcha!

 

[lunamoth]

So tiny and so sturdy!

Hiya, luna.

Because you are a descendant of dinosaurs, I trust what you have to say about evolutionary staying power!

 

[Songbird]

One could almost think of them as cuddly. Except that they're not.

Back atcha!

Some pictures of them do look very mammalian. But I'm still askerred...

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Angellous.

 

[lunamoth]

I thought mutant cockroaches would get at least one vote.

 

[Revoltingest]

I thought mutant cockroaches would get at least one vote.

I just voted for them.
(They promised me that they'd taste like bacon.)

 

[lunamoth]

I just voted for them.
(They promised me that they'd taste like bacon.)

Bless your furry heart! Although, if mutant bacon-flavored cockroaches rule, revoltepedes will be second class citizens. Just a thought.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

None. The earth will most likely be uninhabitable 1 billion years from now, as the ever increasing energy output from the sun, as it ages, will have probably reached the level that it will have boiled away all the liquid water on earth by that time.

 

[lunamoth]

It looks like photosynthetic sharks with laser beams on their heads is winning the poll, which means it is a scientifically proven hypothesis. Time to write it up!

Only Gjallarhorn and Me Myself will be listed as co-authors, since the rest of you voted the wrong way.

 

[Gjallarhorn]

Sharkopaths ftw!

 

[ChristineES]

My vote goes to cockroaches. They're resilient little (or big) critters.

 

[lunamoth]

My vote goes to cockroaches. They're resilient little (or big) critters.

I agree they are resilient, but it looks like PSWLBOTHs are still likely to be the ruling species 1 billion years from now. Just look at the data!