Poll: I ask you..
- Thread starter Fniff
- Start date
Recommended Videos
Sweet "this" avoidance. Wish I could think up something like that too, considering this is also my reason, but uh... I can't. So...ZeroMachine said:
Honestly, though, it also seems like something like a vampire could never exist because it's immortal. How do you adapt that? Werewolves are slightly more practical, simply because they have no weird stuff like that, but still don't seem like a possible evolution branch.
The question wasn't wether they could survive or not, but if they'd be considered evolutionary. When something evolves, that means it's adapting to it's environment. Vampires and werewolves would not be adapting to anything, and in essence would be unadapting to thier environments.Fniff said:
Geez, I can eat this abandunce of vegetation along with all these meats, or I can limit my metabolism to only feeding off blood which is a lot harder to come by. Hmmmm... choices.. coices. While I'm at it, lets just cut off my legs and roll everywhere I desire to go. I can survive without walking damnit!
Back on topic. Might be possible through mutagens and the like, but not through evolution.
Not Vampires.
As for Werewolves, not ones that transform from humans on a full moon, I could see a bi-pedal wolf evolving sometime in the next few million years or so.
As for Werewolves, not ones that transform from humans on a full moon, I could see a bi-pedal wolf evolving sometime in the next few million years or so.
The only problem with evolution being the reaosning behind things like vampires is that it would be a backwards step for humanity. It would involve something taking several steps backwards in their evolutionary state (grotesque appearence, burned from water, can't have contact with sunlight, etc) to gain a few, not so nessesary advantages (strength, speed, longevity, etc). I think this is why I agree with authors like Bram Stoker when they consider vampirism, lycanthropy and the like to be diseases. It certainly gives some benefit, but overall limits the person much more compared to what it gains.
Maybe, but it kind of kills some of the point of being a vampire. I'm not sure I can see an evolution taking place that gives humans any other abilities that vampires possess, either. And another huge hole would be how an evolution would take place that would let a human sustain itself on blood, and only blood.Fniff said:
There's really only two directions a human can evolve. Telepathy/ telekinesis and travel (flight, swimming, etc.) Unfortunately, as a whole humankind is avoiding such feats with distractions and/ or laziness. Instead of evolving in any form, it's so much easier to just keep enhancing technology to make our lives easier.
Ninja'd.New Troll said:
I seriously doubt that mankind would ever evolve into something like vampires as it would be an evolutionary step back. One of the reasons that humans are the dominant species on Earth is because we can operate at any time of the day, unlike vampires which can only operate at night.
Yes, you could have a vampire. There are many creatures that live off of the blood of other creatures. But what you'll notice about most of these animals is that they are obnoxiously small. While it's possible for a creature similar to a human to live on blood, they would have to drink such large quantities of blood that survival would be nearly impossible.
As for werewolves.......I don't they are possible. Constantly undergoing such a rapid and extreme body changes? That would consume way to much energy.
As for werewolves.......I don't they are possible. Constantly undergoing such a rapid and extreme body changes? That would consume way to much energy.
No because It's very bad to evolve to be only able to survive by killing the dominent species on the planet. It's why no dinosaur hunted T-rex.
Humans are great apes, not in any way closely related to any sort of canine. It's not possible to turn into a bat, derive your entire sustenance from blood, or an stupid shit attributed to the new wave of vampires. They've lost all interest to me. I like the kind that can't come in, cross running water. Not the kind that kisses you cutely and you ride around on its back.