Walking into the Future

A "Walking with" Special

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"In the far future, a wild dog makes good use of his evolved legs to paddle to a nearby island. His nostrils can smell the small whale rotting on the shoreline, as well as other Cairo's of his kind feasting on it. He paddles faster, growing ever more impatient for his meal."

We see a small Taikyo Cairo swimming in the ocean waters fast towards the island, panting with each paddle. Then we are shown a view from under the water beneath him. Some bubbles begin to rise as a shadowy scaly body swims in front of the camera.

"But it is not just whale meat on the menu today, he is as well."

To the right of dog a long black neck burst out of the ocean water, a reptilian-like head with knife-like teeth and slanted eyes bares down upon the dog as it looks up in shock. The Plesiosaur-like creature roars at the Cairo before lunging its head down and biting the hounds back as it yelps, before the sea monster jerks its head back and throws it a few feet above it and bites again, clamping its jaws hard on the mammal and ducking its head underwater, a small pool of blood forming where it retreated, a few blood bubbles rising as well.

Chapter 2: Ocean Bloodbath

"Meet Bessasaurus, the legendary lochness monster. Though during mankind's rule this creature was little more than a myth born from a hoax, the nuclear fallout has made myth into reality. Once the oceans started to return, brought on by years of storms that replaced the deserts of this world, dormant Alligator Gars eggs torpid in the ground not only sprung to life, but radiated waters mutated them, causing their necks to elongate, their bodies to spurt claw-like flippers to replace tails for swimming, and best of all, giant bodies the size of buses. The consequences have been explosive, she is now the largest predator in this scarred worlds oceans."

The Bessasaur soon swallows the Cairo before continuing her swim into the murky ocean waters.

"This area she swims in is Ireland, 3 million years into the future, though you wouldn't know it at first glance. The lands around this monsters home, like the majority of the planet, have been smothered in a giant seabed with only a few small desert islands clinging to life around it.

We are shown a few small islands with beaches and a few dunes and hay-like plants acting as shelters, one having a Taikyo Cairo come out, looking the same as last episode, albeit only the size of a house cat.

Mammals like the Cairo still survive even in these cramped conditions, but due to a lack of land prey, they have evolved smaller, slimmer bodies to limit their diet, which also allows swift swims to try and catch fish in shallow waters, make beds in their homes out of seaweed, or swim to nearby islands when theirs become scarce, scouring for washed up fish or turtles.

We see a large tortoise waddling around the dunes and a sea turtle swimming back into the water avoiding a Cairo just in time as it walks up, snarling at it in frustration. Fish skeletons surrounding the beast as if further taunting it, as it wearily lowers its head and sniffs the seawater.

But as we saw before these trecks can be dangerous with giant marine predators like the Bessasaurus and sea crocodiles lurking in the dark waters. Making it a gamble for these canine scavengers hoping for a new meal.

We see the small dog lower its ears and whine fearfully after noticing a crocodile three times its size swimming nearby the island and retreat into its hay shelter. The croc moves on.

"The once apex predator of the planet is now no more than prey in this ocean world. His only defense being the ocean monsters being mostly water bound."

'Still even for these dominant ocean predators, life is hardly easy. Though hibernating fish eggs were revived by flooding caused by storms, creating a vast colony of species to once more fuel our oceans with plentiful, territory to hunt them is a constant battle for these monsters, which two Besssasaur youngsters are about too learn the hard way. Bessasaurus's may be the fastest and largest predator on the planet, but even it is vulnerable to other predators of the deep when not fully grown."

We see a small coral bed on the ocean floor, teaming with sea urchins, hoar shoe crabs lying on it, and above it are numerous fish colonies swimming frantically, a small juvenile pair of Bessasaurus gliding in the waters devouring some they snare in their razor-sharp teeth before gulping down whole. Soon however, one gets its long neck snapped off at by a crocodile that struck underneath it like a shark in a surprise attack. The 6 foot long salt-water croc then grips the corpses body, almost as big as it, as the bloody neck and head plummets to the ocean as the sibling swims off in fear.

"Still, nature is never wasteful, and even this juvenile's loss can be a win for more than just the crocodile."

We see small underwater scorpions arise from underneath the sand, soon drawing towards the corpse and picking apart chunks of skin and meat to eat as the croc above continues to feed.

Meet Microscorpio, an tiny arthropod predator. They're the size of your thumb, in ocean terms an ant compared to the giant predators they share in this ocean. A far cry from the glory days of their giant Silurian ancestors like Brontoscorpio and Terrigotas. They may not be impressive in stature, but these tiny creatures are numerous due to their fast reproductive skills and numerous colonies that mostly act as scavengers to the scraps of prey giant predators leave behind. And with their ability to hide underneath the sandy seabed, they can easily avoid the mega crocs and Plesiosaurs swimming above them, even as they descend to eat stones to help retain buoyancy."

We see an image of another juvenile Bessasaur swimming by, the scorpions burrow underneath the sand to avoid it as it snatches a stone to eat and swims off. Then we see a small red and brown nurse shark-like animal swim nearby after.

"However, even these escape artists have little defense against an ocean anteater. This is a Gaineamh Ullbeshark, a sand monster. He may be a small shark compared to his great white predecessors of the ocean, no more than the size of salmon, but this filter feeder can thrive on sucking up algae, food scraps on the ocean floor it detects with a small sensitive antenna. It may surprise you, but these sharks did not evolve from fish, but the same arthropods as the scorpions, the ants. Mutated from the radiation to evolve gills, some ants evolved gills and softer exoskeletons, making use of their mandibles to create these antenna's and jaws, which can pick up vibrations in the ground to help find the tiny scorpions under the sand to snag with its vacuum-like mouth on its neckbone."

We see its neck beneath the vice mandibles sport a small mouth with a few whale-like mouth hairs, sucking in bloodied sand and a few scorpions from within, the arthropods getting caught in the fibers and forced into the sharks body.

"With strong muscles in its throat, the shark is immune to the stingers of the scorpions. The smaller athropods only defense is there sheer numbers far surpassing the Ullbe's stomach, which is soon sated and the scorpions are soon safe to surface once again and resume their bountiful feast."

The scorpions rise again from the sand after the shark swims away and cover the corpse of the Bessasaurus head, one eating an eyeball. The croc above finishes eating and swims away, while above hawks are shown eating fish they snatch.

"One predator of the sea is not enjoying a feast today unlike the other creatures we've seen today. A female Bessasaurus is focusing her efforts on a far more important task, giving birth to the next generation."

We see a female pliosaur writhing in pain as it clutches its stomach, groaning as a small cloud of blood spews from its waist.

"Birth is always a dangerous time for marine predators, with many of even their own kind scouring nearby for easy prey. Unlike her fish ancestors, the Bessasaurus give birth to live young, since they cannot return to land to lay eggs being ocean bound. Instead of eggs being buried on beaches, this mothers best chances for her young to survive are small beds of coral that act as refuge for her young to be born into, using the size of their predators against them."

Out of the females body a small Bessasaur the size of a puppy is born, soon followed by another two. The female gasps in relief as the birth ends, before her head darts up in realization as she bares her fangs as, from the shadows of the water nearby, a large figure swims up to her.

"Still, the blood is a lure for either crocodiles, or worse, another adult Bessasaur."

An adult swims up a few feet away from the mother, roaring as it raises its neck and bares is fangs. The young Plesiosaurs cower into the coral beds.

"Much like male lions, male Bessasaurs eat the young of females in order to bring them into season again, spurred by a murderous desire to mate. The young may be safe for now, but eventually they will need to leave the coral beds to hunt for food. All this male has to do is wait for them and make them its own food."

"The female may be weakened from childbirth, but she won't let any threat to her young stand. She'll fight for them even if it costs her life."

The female snarls then charges at the male, teeth drawn. The male throws her off his neck, snarling as well as they charge at each other, tackling constantly as the young watch on from the coral.

"The male's goal might be to mate but his life is still a priority, and if the female causes enough damage to him, instead of running off he may feel the need to kill her and eat to rather than reproduce. His own survival may yet supersede his instincts to mate."

The male bites at the females hind flipper, making her scream in pain as her neck throbs in agony. The female soon whips her head around, squeezing it around the males head and forcing him to let go as he jerks his face to the right, giving a weak bite with jagged teeth to her face, making her let go. They tackle each other again before separating and swimming to opposite ends. Both pant as their gills on the side of their necks expand. The male looks down.

"As their injuries begin to take their toll, the male begins to grow desperate. Despite the danger, he wants this battle to end and makes a dash for the coral bed."

He says as the Bessasaur charges for it below the mother. His jaw opens up as the young dive underneath the rocks and corals that become shards. They cower in fear as the face of the predator snapping at them tries to bite them.

"However his cumbersome size does little more than to shatter some his own teeth to bits rather than chew on the young. By the time he would be able to break their homes defense, its of little use as he exposes his body to attack, and our mother seizes her chance." He says as the mother rams at the male gripping his stomach in her mouth as she shakes it, making him scream in agony as she throws him away from the coral bed. He whimpers before swimming off frantically into the dark.

The mother pants as she looks onto her brood of three that swim out of the coral and rock bed, nuzzling her body riddled with scars and bloody bites from the male as well.

"The mother has warded off the male, and her young will now have their chance to grow into the awesome kings of the sea." The narrator says as she swims alongside them into the ocean, quickly snacking on some salmon swarms.

"But eventually these rulers of the ocean would ultimately be dethroned by a much greater force then them, gravity. A slight shift in the Earth's rotation brought it closer to the sun, thus pulling away from the moon's orbit slightly as well, causing not only volcanic activity to skyrocket and expand islands to replace oceans, but the atmosphere to increase in temperature and evaporate more than half of the planets oceans further, reducing fish populations exponentially. Without a plentiful supply of food, the legendary Bessasaurus eventually died out, becoming nothing more than a legend once more."

We are shown an image of a dried up ocean bed filled with cracks in the ground, numerous fish skeletons and a dead adult Bessasaurus lying there with its jaw hung open.

"But out of this tragedy, something amazing happened. The increase in humidity brought out numerous rainstorms that brought more fresh water, and the small and the dormant plants oppressed by ocean water managed to be rejuvenated and expand, causing the desolate lands of the planet to become brimming with life, forests and jungles to clean the air of its remaining carbon dioxide and radiation. Our world once choked by deserts and oceans, was once again a lush green paradise."

Next we see the dry land sprout small weeds and ferns, soon becoming trees, swamp lands and grassy plains surrounded by rivers and Waterfalls. Butterflies and deer interacting with them.

"But if the story of Adam and Eve has taught us anything, it's that every paradise has a demon waiting in the wind. And our world now has a monster we never once thought could ever pose a true threat."

A deer eats ferns growing near a fallen tree, but soon dashes away as we hear clicking sounds, a pair of large antenna's coming over the tree's view, followed by a hairy thin insect-like leg, a pair of twin saw like jaws crashing against each other.

The Ants!

He says as a giant red Ant the size of a Rhinoceros shows its face, clicking and making chirping sounds as its jaw opens wide, then lunges at the screen as it goes to black.