INVERTIBRATES ON A PLANET WITH ONLY CATTLE? - Project Apollo(Cattle seedworld) Ep. 4

I watched a documentary recently that focused on sleuthing the reasons for the giant arthropods demise, and the oxygen rule is apparently not as strong as people think. Apparently meganeura (giant dragonfly) species existed all the way into the Jurassic.

While oxygen levels do influence the size of arthropods, even our current atmosphere can support a cat sized arthropod. Coconut crabs are a good example of their potential.

Plot twist, the bugs became cows. Everything eventually evolves into cow.

I think there should be soy and other calorie dense plants that humans can also eat. They are often included in feed.

Borrowing grasshoppers? The Seeders could have seeded the planet with many generations of locusts like those that swarmed the USA last year. If enough groups are seeded, there could be an annual invasion of locusts, which would compete with cattle for grass, but would also be a source of protein (& other stuff) for the cattle. The ones that aren't eaten will fertilise the fields. One very important thing that is missing are trees. It's important to have places where cattle can protect themselves from the sun, & cows do eat fruits to add more vitamines (& other stuff) to their diet.

Armored cattle would be interesting. Possible in smaller species that need defense against predators. Something like a cow pangolin or armadillo. Could eventually lead to cow glyptodonts!

So the next episode is about mega fauna? What about "mega flora"? I'm intrigued what plant may take up the niche analogous to trees.

I can definitely see Asterionoides turning into a megafauna, they could hibernate like bears eating a lot then going into a great sleep.

It might be interesting to cover cattle specializing in insectivory. You’ve only really covered the ones that hunt other cattle, and it doesn’t feel realistic to me to let such an enormous amount of protein go to waste. Loving this series, though! I can’t wait for more.

I'll call the spider "Megarachne", meaning "big spider".

Excellent video! If you want more ideas for invertebrate evolutionary pathways: . Krill evolving into a clade resembling Eurypterids . Earthworm, Millipede and Spider clades returning to the ocean . Pill bugs evolving into trilobite-like creatures . Deep-sea gigantism among all of the above . Dragonflies evolving bee-like hive societies

For the grasshopper I propose "Neotitanoptera cicadaformi" Neo: new in Greek, titanoptera: a group of grasshopper-like priedator insects equipped with raptorial legs, cicadaformi: from Latin "cicada-shaped" for the wings and growth behavior.

Hoo boy, what wacky bovine monstrosities await us today?

I'd love to see the big spider called "Arctosatitan" Arctosa is the genus for the burrowing wolf spiders and you know what titan means so I think it fits pretty well^^

For the spider genus: Buculovenator: 'Calf hunter' For the Grasshopper genus: Legiogryllus: 'Legion Grasshopper/cricket', a reference to it's mass emergence behaviour.

Here are my picks for the names: Deinoscelis (terrible legs) for the giant spiders, and Trypanogryllus (burrowing grasshopper) for the huge locusts Also, I could see coleoid cephalopods like squid or cuttlefish moving into the niche left by fish (assuming they were among the plankton or aquatic life seeded)

I suspect several of those plants would evolve into tree, megaherb, and bamboo forms. And now I imagine arboreal cows. And flying squirrel cows. And flying cows. And burrowing mole cows.

The foot long spiders could be called cowlions (like ant lions, which dig burrows and hunt ants, but these hunt cows so you know) Their scientific name could be neopalpares, meaning new ant lions

YES! new cattle video!

What about evolution of trees? Different plants on earth becomed trees, I think it's good idea