Rare Carnivorans Episode I: the Khalren Panther | Puma in Kaimere

[@professorsimosuchus7954]

Me when kaimere is no longer a distant planet

[@TalesofKaimere]

Kaimere no longer a distant planet. It is approaching fast. Say farewell to your loved ones. Hold them close. Impact is imminent.

[@Seelie-pooka]

Oh😳 we can visit now?

[@the_monsterraium]

@@TalesofKaimere NOOOOOO but hey dinosaurs

[@dubuyajay9964]

​@@TalesofKaimere Huh?

[@davidegaruti2582]

I read this and then heard the opening , My reaction was shock

[@Banished-rx4ol]

Huh usually projects like these never mention endangered or animals with a limited range. Good on you shows how much love and thought went into the worldbuilding

[@tec-jones5445]

Props to the puma for making it to modern Kaimere! I love that it retains the spots of its cub pelt. Here's to a month of unappreciated beasts!

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks! Yeah it's a bit of a meme now for paleoartists to depict prehistoric Puma species with neotenic pelts, but I think it's very reasonable speculation. If lions are pale and break the norm of their genus, mountain lions seem likely to have emulated that trend.

[@dudotolivier6363]

They aren't really unappreciated beasts, but more animals which aren't talk about, which in this context is kinda weird given they all belong to otherwise very famous and popular order. Kaimeran Panda is.... well a Panda, with all that imply. The Haraod is a Saber-toothed cats, and basically what came closer to Smilodon on Kaimere. Uruugetar is a short-faced bear and the closest to what was Artodus and Artotherium on Earth. And the Puma here is a related species of one of the most iconic North America animals.

[@dudotolivier6363]

I also think too its reasonable that the Kaimeran Puma retain the pelt of when it is young, as animals on islands tedn to generally develop a certain degree of neoteny (which is to keep a younger appearance even far into what is adulthood).

[@SanderVF]

I’m loving this new monthly format of “4 somewhat similar really cool things”.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks! While the larger episodes certainly bring in more finances, these take so little time I may try to work them in with more regularity.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

I agree, it is perfect for highlighting topics too specific or niche for a larger video.

[@BigBossMan538]

@@TalesofKaimerewill October have a spooky theme?

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@BigBossMan538 Nothing set in stone for October yet. All depends on how far along I am in writing

[@DeinoWolfhybridhero]

Cougars are the most adaptable and versatile of big cats in every habitat! Love them ❤

[@TalesofKaimere]

Absolutely!

[@bmw895]

On one hand the decline of the puma is sad. But on the other it shows the diversity of kaimere that such relics can still persist

[@BigBossMan538]

You know what they say about life. It finds a way

[@dr.archaeopteryx5512]

"You are a refugee in your own domain. Food is scarce, and untouchable enemies are always encroaching on your turf. You will need to be careful and cunning to survive the new World."

[@ryanchen1819]

I find it interesting that Kaimere has representatives of each modern panthera species: leopard, lion, snow leopard, and tiger and all we need is jaguar though there's technically already that in niche.

[@minecraftdinokaijumdk992]

Unfortunately, even if jaguars were harvested (most likely in the Interrupted Harvest), they would've been wiped out by the first Children. Otherwise, any jaguar relatives that would've been introduced through the other Pleistocene Harvests would've been outcompeted by both the other big cats, hyenas, and dinosaurs, and the Red Panther that directly takes their niche and is a stronger animal. Plus, even if they were to adapt to the forests, they would have to deal with Thylacoleo. So unfortunately, luck is not on the jaguar's side. Still, I agree: Glad that at least the other representatives of Panthera are also in Kaimere. (Though the snow leopard is questionable.)

[@thephilosoraptor8565]

Like 5 seconds in and i already starting bopping to the music

[@Takeawayjustin]

Reminds me of the time when i was happily hearing the intro music in the chalicotheres video

[@TalesofKaimere]

'Dance of the Wildcats' was the title. Was fitting for that alone, and thankfully was also a banger

[@NP3GA]

Echoes Beyond the known world has left me with such massive cliffhanger about the dragons that I don't know if I can hold and not fall for much longer.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Hopefully will be out by mid-late October!

[@NP3GA]

@@TalesofKaimere Fingers crossed.

[@bobbyslaysem3054]

An amazing video on my birthday. Thanks for the content over the years Keenan. I’ve been watching these videos since it all started, and you do not disappoint. Stay amazing, and I can’t wait for more!

[@TalesofKaimere]

Happy birthday, and thank you so much!!

[@PirateDishWater]

That new intro hit me like a truck.

[@justinianthegreat1444]

Didn't expect Kaimere to have cougars but that just made it even more scary to explore, I'd fear large cats more than large therepods

[@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster]

Panther Puma, Cougar, Mountain Lion. The cougar is a creature of many names that I'm happy has a relative here on Kaimere

[@UdinJibral]

I like this "the four X" Type of video, giving highlights on more obscure kaimeran animals.

[@chancegivens9390]

It's a cool cat! But I must say im very excited about the beasts yet to come!!

[@themadkipaerys6713]

Echoes beyond the known world is a much better name than cries. Now all we need is “unhinged rants from the assembly”/j

[@TalesofKaimere]

Yeah the title went through quite a few revisions lol. First was 'whispers' but that felt silly with a big ol' dragon roaring on the cover. Cries never quite sat well but I kept it as a placeholder. Then I was chatting with a friend who suggested echoes and it fit like a puzzle piece lol. I've currently got it as 'Accounts from the Assembly Archives' for book 4 but we'll see if that sticks.

[@IanPendleton-gh6ox]

@@TalesofKaimere Will you ever do a xenofiction anthology set in Kaimere?

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@IanPendleton-gh6ox That is the eventual plan, yes!

[@FDW137]

Once you get a chance to showcase all of Kaimere's major landmasses, I think it would be a good idea to do a series showcasing the sizes for the landmasses. For me, the one thing that I feel isn't emphasized enough is how Kaimere is a Super Earth. Now, not knowing that doesn't take away the fact that you've turned me into a committed viewer.

[@Myereo821]

It should be no surprise that the puma remains yet one of the more prolific of predators in Kaimere! For though the leopard is the smallest, most cunning and vicious of the panthera lineage, the puma is in fact, the largest non-pantherid cat that dominates 2 continents and should not be underestimated in the slightest. For the puma is itself the leopard of the americas, just as the leopard is itself the puma of Eurasia! And so too, this holds for Kaimere!

[@DeerMime]

I’m really glad that cougars and apparently pandas have a place on Kaimere after all

[@TalesofKaimere]

Yes indeed!

[@dudotolivier6363]

Still do not have much hope for the Panda, I warm you, it's habitat in term of range is very, very shocking. You will see it when its episode will come.

[@chrismaticwolf3780]

Aahhhhhhhh, I'm so excited to read more of your amazing stories ❤❤❤

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you!

[@smashers6971]

Turns out the Big Cats aren’t the only large true felines on Kaimere, the Cougar would probably do pretty well in modern Kaimere… if the Leopard didn’t come in at the last minute. Also the name of the Megatereon species being very close to Harold is kind of funny imo.

[@BigBossMan538]

Inside every house cat is a panther waiting to get out

[@Dodo-x3g]

Thanks for reminding me that there are more than just three culture groups.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Indeed there are a tremendous variety of languages and cultures in Kaimere

[@Stooltoad5017]

After reading Kirut’s stories, I can see why the Free States is mistrusted. I’m excited to see more of the leopards revamped.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Absolutely. And I am too! If I ever get around to a leopard episode it's going to be clade length with all the species and subspecies I've got ahead of me

[@sivanlevi3867]

Nice music, and interesting how you didn't use your usual intro. It's awesome to see mountain lions carving their own niche despite the competition from Panthera.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks! Yeah I have this new intro for these four episodes, and two intros felt excessive

[@Zekeriyasenturk6513]

Thanks,also this concept are named *Magical Harvest-Worlds* and it's for this projects ❤❤❤

[@andrearossi6953]

I'm happy that the cougars are still held on, even on the most smallest and remote regions of the know world

[@dynamoterror7077]

Your artstyle really emphasizes the floofiness of all of these cats, like I can imagine how they’d feel through the screen.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you!

[@The-recolored-clone3354]

This “dwarf panda” would be a great rival for earth’s Wolverine,raccoon,red panda and tanuki.

[@the_monsterraium]

HELL YEAH NEW VIDEO !!!

[@Lurtz848]

I admit I didn't expect there to be pumas in the current kaimere! truly a welcome surprise

[@claudejones5171]

At this point, I'm not going to be surprised if some cats get The Isle Tenonto treatment from the cockatrice (Edit): Great video. Underdogs rise up!

[@Dylan-Hooton]

That large white cat with long fangs and short tail... is that a living Smilodon?! :D

[@IanPendleton-gh6ox]

A species of Megantereon actually. It was brought through to Kaimere by the same harvest as the Khalren Panther.

[@Dylan-Hooton]

@@IanPendleton-gh6ox Oh... -_-

[@TalesofKaimere]

Close! Megantereon, the American species of which is the presumed ancestor of Smilodon. Even if they aren't ancestral they are a close relative.

[@Stooltoad5017]

Smilodon became the First children’s squeaker toy.

[@ashhawk7489]

So glad to see the puma has held on. Also looking forward to your 3rd book

[@TheMaundurossianMasterScholar]

That cover for the next book................................it's beautiful!

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you!

[@BlueStrategosJ]

Oh different opening. Already intrigued😮

[@TalesofKaimere]

It's just for this series for the month of September as I discuss rare carnivorans (or at least not the major success stories like leopards and hyenas)

[@Ocencreeperking]

Big cat

[@HagdoBr]

Amazing work Mr. Kenna, as a brazillian, i love Pumas we have around.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you! They're fascinating animals

[@Andrey.Ivanov]

More cat species are always welcome. I'm looking forward to hear about the Megantereon in Kaimere during this month's series (the bears too). I'm also looking forward to the new anthology. I can't remember if you have shown the cover before but it looks good. The dragon story will be epic for sure.

[@Dinokingthing]

I’m so glad pumas are still doing good, despite most of their range being taken by leopards

[@TalesofKaimere]

Indeed. They're quite the survivors even with so much against them on both planets

[@maozilla9149]

good show

[@TalesofKaimere]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@maozilla9149]

@@TalesofKaimere right

[@DivyanshGoswami-tg8ti]

❤❤ great video bro

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks!

[@Ywabag]

Have you ever thought about doing a video on Kaimeran religion and mythology?

[@TalesofKaimere]

At present I don't have any sponsors for such topics, but I do have a lot of lore for Kaimeran religion and mythology. I hope to do more episodes on the peoples of Kaimere down the road.

[@TheEarlofManwhich]

​@@TalesofKaimereAny plans on discussing the Assembly and/or Great Library?

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@TheEarlofManwhich Not at present but a series on both institutions would be good, especially as each have a focal story in the next anthology

[@Rells2coolpeoplehavebadtastes.]

Very nice

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks!

[@vasantmasurekar4826]

Finally an episode on the Puma. I was really hoping you would do this episode as soon as you introduced them.Big Cars are my absolute favorites .Any plans on doing an Tigers of Kaimere episode that covers all the Extant and Extinct tigers??

[@TalesofKaimere]

No tiger episode is currently planned, but there is one species, the ndogash, that is related to tigers of Earth. A revision on the big cat episode, to make new art and clarify some changes to phylogeny, would be a good idea.

[@seanessdracosaurus2793]

Awesome

[@alghoulaj7172]

I believe that this month we'll see some of the most Exciting and amazing carnivores of Kaimere... The rare ones. And you dropped a bombshell on us once you said about Kairul's Land bridge, but... I assumed it was like a very different situation fro Alaska and Siberia...

[@dudotolivier6363]

Ni'Khar and Kairul still aren't fully connected, but their two respective borders which are the closest to each others at the north is still close to allow interchange, which in itself is valid as a landbridge. A natural landbridge haven't to be a part of land which entirely connect two landmass, at the moment animals can pass from one side to another it's enough to be called as such. From what Keenan said in previous video, which interchange have been permanent since it is a thing, there only have been two major worthnoty waves of exchanges between the two (but I don't remember the dates). Aside from that, overall, the two continents pretty must still like of their own with only a minimal influence from each others.

[@alghoulaj7172]

@@dudotolivier6363 Well, I certainly believe that Kairul is one of the most amazing mysteries of Kaimere. Considering it's massive size, and how the Eastern half is an asylum for many survivors, it's safe to say the moment Keenan explores it, is a very anticipated one. But yeah. The fact that the fauna and flore like the Houze Grass managed to cross that very narrow gap of island chains is something. Although, the fact that they were connected in the past, and only Kaishel, Arvel Pakardia were separated, I absolutely wonder how the Pangaea of Kaimere was. But yeah. Prairie Oliphants, Ghlanos, Uktan and many others are a prime example of Ni'Khar and Kairul being so close, if barely away from connecting, less than a million years at most, is something scary. Considering how Hostile the Eastern continent is... But totally worth it!

[@leoornstein3963]

Huh where is the old intro!? Also, I missed the bigger episodes ngl…

[@TalesofKaimere]

Yea the bigger episodes will be back in a month or two. Whenever I get this book done!

[@leoornstein3963]

@@TalesofKaimere I might go find your books one day. Also I hope you would touch on *that* gargantuan abyssal amphibians you teased a long time ago.

[@shingtiong9425]

Can't wait for the megateraneon video and beyond the known world. Also I wanna ask what's the name of the dragonrider girl since we already got the name blackmane for the dragon. I'm curious.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Her name is Kohana

[@Exquailibur]

On Earth there is only one species of Puma but they are found almost everywhere in the Americas, this is probably because they are far smaller then the Jaguar so they are able to fill a slightly different niche. There is also the fact the much larger jaguar has had a much harder time contending with human hunting and they have only recently started to inhabit some of their northern range again. I hope that more jaguars are able to live in the Southern United states like Arizona and New Mexico as time goes on, there are only a few at the moment and they are all males. I am actually wondering about the plant diversity in Kaimere too, I get that animals are more interesting to most people because they do things and stuff but plants are cool too. The plants are often what define an ecosystem and the ecosystem defines the animals, the Houze grass is one of the coolest organisms in Kaimere to me since it defines one of the more interesting ecosystems.

[@TalesofKaimere]

As I understand it, a leading theory is Puma almost went extinct but survived in northern South America, and from this small population came all the cougar throughout both continents once the world warmed up 12kya. It's quite interesting to consider how, if things had gone a little worse for that one small population we may not have any, yet they are so staggeringly successful throughout the Americas even with significant human persecution. Quite the success story! I would love to do more work on Kaimere's flora. I've designed and illustrated less than a dozen plants. Obviously there are millions of plant species in Kaimere I just haven't published them. Lots more work to be done. A few plant series is planned for when I get to a financial position where I can do some unsponsored topics. They may not generate many views, but I think it will help fill out the ecosystems similar to the arthropod episodes I've thankfully gotten sponsored.

[@Exquailibur]

@@TalesofKaimere There are a lot of modern species including common ones that were really close to extinction during the same period many of the famous extinct megafauna went extinct. Cheetahs, Komodo dragons, and pronghorns are great examples as well. The flip side is that there are many extinct animals that came very close to surviving, flip a coin and we might have had terrestrial crocodiles in Australia and Cuban ground sloths but the Cheetah and Komodo dragon would be only a footnote in the fossil record. Even our species got dangerously close to going extinct just like the other hominins, it was not impossible that Neanderthals would have been the ones to make it to space instead while we were the ones with only a small genetic legacy or even that no hominins survived at all. Also I hope that you get into a more financially secure position for your sake and hopefully as a result you will get the chance to flesh out the flora of Kaimere more. Artists can have a bit of a rough time of it in that department. I did appreciate the videos on arthropods though its a shame it didnt capture the true diversity of insects that probably exist in your world.

[@dudotolivier6363]

@@TalesofKaimere What almost happened with the Puma isn't surprising when we take into account this genus came from the Old World and originate and mostly lived in warm setting, despite the current state of it in the New World and being mostly famous from North America. Puma is among these animals which the extant species on Earth is very misleading about the natural history and overall ecology/biology of the genus and its evolution. Puma evolved first 3 mmya ago in the Old World, which record spending from Africa, Asia and Europe, but from what I recall myself was mainly concentrated in warm and or humid region of the Old World. Then a population was able to go into the New World when it was something possible and established here. Even today, the Puma is mostly a warm and humid tropical species inhbaiting ALL South America but only the middle half of North America to the west (there was a eastern population which was hunted to extinction during colonisation time), but its range overall in all North America is quite a recent thign compared to its range in South America. Puma is like the Leopard to which it is pratically just the small felid analog, a species which can inhabit the two extreme in term of climate/biomes but which always mostly prefer to inhabit the warm and humid regions of its range if possible.

[@ThylcoleoRaptor-b4n]

I like cats!!!!!

[@godzilla6461]

Yes finnaly i love cats pumas are my fourth favorite small cat

[@The-recolored-clone3354]

THE lesser cat

[@ryanchen1819]

How do Khalren panthers interact with moose?

[@TalesofKaimere]

No moose on their island so don’t know

[@sambeaumont4337]

Does the Khalren puma have similar vocalizations to Earth cougars (including the mating scream)?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Yes

[@lorcanmcloughlin3686]

I love when i get jump scared by "normal animals" like that one episode when white tailed deer randomly show up. Also do tasmanian tigers exist? Idk if they were in the Australian episode that was a while ago so dont rember much

[@Andrey.Ivanov]

Tasmanian tigers are extinct. They were brought during the Australian harvest but didn't last long sadly. Too much competition in that niche from canids and other carnivorans.

[@lorcanmcloughlin3686]

@@Andrey.Ivanov they can't catch a break :/

[@TalesofKaimere]

Indeed it's fun. Will get more interesting once I start doing work on more environment pieces, and you'll see cougar being chased by giant pterosaurs.

[@dudotolivier6363]

Thylacine/Tasmanian Tiger sadly wasn't able to established on Kaimere on the long term. Same as the Tasmanian Devil too. Keenan have in the Sahul Harvest video said there was rumors of an island somewhere which could host a relic population of Diprotodon (aka the Giant Wombat), which by extension could also host many others Australian species including ones which didn't get much chances on mainland, including potentially the Thylacine. But so far, that just an undevelopped legend/aspect of the world of Kaimere and so by default, Thylacine are 100ù extinct both on it and Earth.

[@lorcanmcloughlin3686]

@@dudotolivier6363 that's ashame but alright

[@ryanchen1819]

Fact: 250,000 years ago when Sicily got connected to the Italian mainland, a bunch of mainland animals entered into Sicily. Such as elephants, hippos, aurochs, steppe bison, European wild donkeys, fallow deer, red deer, brown bears, cave hyenas, cave lions, gray wolves, red foxes, and wild boars. In Sicily, plenty of herbivores reduced in size from their mainland ancestors. Deer reduced in size by 25%, bovines and hippos reduced in size by 20%, while the elephant had a strong reduction in size by 60%. Predators such as brown bears, cave hyenas, cave lions, gray wolves, and wild boars didn’t reduce in size from their mainland ancestors.

[@ryanchen1819]

Speaking of which, any clouded leopards (neofelis) in Kaimere?

[@TalesofKaimere]

I’m not sure yet. They had an opportunity for harvest and there’s enough dense forest in their range that it’s plausible, but it all depends on how they compare with existing medium cats and nimravids. Clouded leopards are nothing special so there’s no reason for me to conclusively say they would outcompete existing competition. All that to say: maybe but I haven’t yet decided

[@DavidGlenn-xl6yi]

Nice that the puma is first Also, I was wondering if for next Jurassic June if it would be possible to sponsor videos for four dinosaur species

[@TalesofKaimere]

Absolutely! Just saw your email and am on my way to respond!

[@DavidGlenn-xl6yi]

@@TalesofKaimere thanks

[@IanPendleton-gh6ox]

@@DavidGlenn-xl6yi Four new episodes next June!? Awesome! Thanks so much for that! It sounds to me at least like they're going to be either natives of the Jurassic Islands or Jurassic-era creatures of prehistoric Kaimere. Am I right on that?

[@DavidGlenn-xl6yi]

@@IanPendleton-gh6ox that’s what we’re discussing. Though not necessarily all of them. Currently debating on some of the dinosaurs of Kaimere that haven’t gotten as much love

[@IanPendleton-gh6ox]

@@DavidGlenn-xl6yi Oooh, even more interesting! I can't wait to see what you two have in store for us next June, and I hope you've had a great day so far.

[@alphaaquilla1359]

So they're alive afterall huh?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Sure are!

[@ReptiliansRule]

I'm not sure where, but I believe on Deviantart someone said you hate pandas? I'm not sure if it's true, but I'm glad to see they have a place in Kaimere.

[@TalesofKaimere]

It's not true. I don't hate any animals. I made fun of pandas a few times on Twitter and the joke stuck. While it can sometimes be frustrating that so much conservation effort goes to pandas over other animals because of their charisma, less charismatic animals still benefit from conservation fundraising generated for pandas.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

Leopards, I should have known. While mountain lions do better than leopards when it comes to caloric demands, the anatomical differences make leopards so much more efficient when it comes to taking down ideal-sized prey. While mountain lions could prey switch, punching down and feeding on smaller prey more easily, it is still not ideal as they will not be as efficient as the smaller predators of Kaimere like jackals, wild cats and small coelurosaurs (if there are any). So mountain lions were just forced out in both directions.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Indeed they got boxed from all sides. Fortunately they’ve got a pretty massive island all to themselves

[@dudotolivier6363]

Cockatrices due to being Dromaeosaurs and Firebirds being at least Paravians, they are Coelurosaurs by defaults, and there many of several sizes, even predatory ones.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

@@dudotolivier6363 I meant small ones but I forgot that most firebirds are quite small.

[@praetorianrex5571]

Do you accidentally make parts of creatures oversized whenever you try to replicate them?

[@TalesofKaimere]

I'm sure I've made mistakes with my art, yes

[@tristanstock4836]

Hey Keenan, excellent video and art as always. Been wondering a bit about the shapeshifter magic and culture mentions in several of your recent videos. Seems like the art has only really been usable by human species in your setting, but have other sophont species been able to utilize it ?(I.e. are Skraa'aee shapeshifters a thing?) What about non-sophonts that get ahold of shapeshifter magic? If the latter is even possible, is that how some homunculi were created?

[@TalesofKaimere]

I don't want to be cagey but I also don't want to spoil what will be a pretty big reveal in later books. I'll say that it seems skin-changing has definitely been seen in the wild, though it's usually a gradual process. An example I showed was a deer that got eaten by a wolf. The deer was host to magic that quite liked when its host was a deer, so turned the wolf into a deer. Now, this wolf still smelled like a wolf. It was genetically a wolf. However, it physically resembled the body of a deer. That's how wild skin-changers are. The process found in sophont species (most famously and abundantly in human species but is in a few other sophont species) is not an ancient pairing. Skin changers will tell you it is either natural or divine. That's their beliefs. The truth may not be so natural. It certainly is conspicuous that all the skin changers are of a quite similar process.

[@dudotolivier6363]

@@TalesofKaimere An episode dedicated to Skin-Changers would be good to clarify some points, because there have been some blurred elements mention about them in many videos. From what however I can guess myself, and avoiding inconistencies, is that most lineages of Skin-Changers initially appear naturally by a given process (either by being attacked by the given animal predator they took the form thank to their host magic inside them of in a defensive response, as suggested in the halloween videos about them, witches and demons some years ago, or being sort of demons which the initial mutants get mutated by the new foreign magic hive from the animals they ate and which are somewhat able to control this magic hive to made them human back again, and then able to swap whenever they want between their human or animals for and everything just get inherited by genetic). And at some point there some lineages which were artificially created during the Age of the First Children, with the lattes creating breeds of humans capable to take the forms of a given animal (like the Smilodon they killed entirely but keep the blood/DNA of it, and ending which the Smilodon lineage which was mentionend to exist on Kaimere. If this last aspect if still canon of course).

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@dudotolivier6363 As I said: I don't want to spoil some reveals planned for the books, so new videos would still leave some elements blurred. I have kept some lore to myself intentionally.

[@dudotolivier6363]

@@TalesofKaimere Ok. We will all see how thing turn up in the future. No problem.

[@Mr_G.B.]

Thylacoleo Victim

[@liambrandley2716]

What is the most common predatory mammal in all of Kaimere, including kairul?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Probably the leopard or a species of komatu, assuming we are talking large predatory mammal.

[@LukeWachter]

Could you control the kaimere magic to get eqrth specias does the magic contain the dna or dispose of the dna

[@MarshalMarrs-eu9yh]

Are you participating for this spectember?

[@TalesofKaimere]

I am not

[@MarshalMarrs-eu9yh]

@@TalesofKaimere okay, why did you decide to not participate?

[@MarshalMarrs-eu9yh]

I’m just wondering

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@MarshalMarrs-eu9yh Too busy. Smaugust helped me expand the dragons which is relevant to the story I'm writing. Spectember does not help my current project so I don't have time

[@MarshalMarrs-eu9yh]

@@TalesofKaimere okay 👍, that’s fair enough!

[@luizgustavoalvessantos8728]

I can't access Twitter anymore...(Twitter no longer exists in Brazil)

[@TalesofKaimere]

I hope they resolve the issues and Musk cleans up his platform. Twitter has become quite important for so many people. Would be a shame if it continues to degrade.

[@seanessdracosaurus2793]

:0 KITTYYYYYYY!!!!

[@VicmundLim]

make one on kaimerian lion

[@TalesofKaimere]

Is something I’d like to do!

[@VicmundLim]

@@TalesofKaimere looking forward to it

[@rylanbrewer3320]

Are there any giant tortoises on any of the islands

[@TalesofKaimere]

No. The Khalin Islands are too cold for giant tortoises

[@LukeWachter]

There should there be a seed world where aliens found earth with their telascope and try to recreate earths fauna and flore with the planets native plants and animals

[@TalesofKaimere]

Could be really interesting. A sort of uncanny mirror world.

[@rylanbrewer3320]

What about when pumas during the interrupted harvest what happened to them

[@Andrey.Ivanov]

The first children happened to them I imagine

[@TalesofKaimere]

If they were harvested (iirc cougars were endangered or extinct in North America by that time) they are dead dead dead. Target practice for the First Children magic rifle brigade

[@1998topornik]

Do you plan on doing Spectember sketches or Smaugust burned out you a little bit?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Not so much burnout as time management. Smaugust was all focused on dragons, the subject of the story I'm working on. Most of the sketches helped me fully bring the dragons to life and influenced their portrayal in the book. Spectember would be kind of frivolous. Great for early stages of worldbuilding when you're brainstorming, but I'm not at that stage with anything I'm working on, so I'd be allocating mental and physical energy that isn't helping my current work like the dragon sketches did.

[@Reyma777]

I’m surprised you new bear is a panda. For someone reason I think a lineage of bears on Kaimere could grow to enormous sizes surpassing the largest short faced bears and evolving social living to protect themselves from large theropods .

[@dudotolivier6363]

The main problem with bears on Kaimere come to the diet and, de facto, niche they fit. As Keenan pointed out numerous times, Sloths are equally as omnivorous that Bears are, and also, as addition, have several others traits (thick fur and skin to avoid better injuries, better claws to find food and deter ennemies and low metabolism to survive longer without food and with less caloric demands), which made them "Better Bears" than Bears themselves are. And there just sooooooo many species of Sloths of about just any sizes that bears find themselves in a setting where they have just zero available open slots left to take. As Sloths aren't very carnivorous and active predators, there mostly the sole option bears have to exist whenever the size they can have. But sadly, theropods of any sizes dominates this niches, and the typical felids, canids and hyenas just too the medium and small levels within the food chains. So there also zero places there too for Bears. A bear will never be able to grow much larger than what was Arctodus and Arctotherium, which obviousely represent the maximum that bears or any predatory mammals can get, and even at such sizes it still very small compared to what average medium sized theropods can be. Without mentionning of course the huge calorics demands such size would required to remain alive. Bears aren't social animals by nature and while this could be a trait which could evolved, it is unlikely to spawn in such small time frame Bears had on Kaimere (especially after their reintroduction during the Pleistocenes Harvests period after a complete absence/eradication there 6 mya after the so-called Sloths Harvest) and never be medium or large pack, with a realistic number just going to 3-4 specimens at best. The panda being even a thing on Kaimere may be at first somethign very odd, but it just this species having the luck to be very specialist over bamboos which few sloths and others animals on Kaimere have as diet and in such extremes (given its a poor nutritive plant).

[@Reyma777]

@@dudotolivier6363A pack hunting has evolved in bears within the Hemicyoninae. Additionally, cooperative behaviour has been documented in subadult brown bear siblings. Also bears can display social tolerance, and they’re intelligent creatures. I don’t think it’s unrealistic for a bear to reach 3,000 pounds in some situations. I was just speculating that a very large short-faced bears that evolved group living might be better able to compete with sloths. Bears are better runs than sloths and can become proficient hunters. Bears can get huge with access to carbs, carrion and large game. Giant bears have existed in tropic climates too. Agriotherium was found in Africa and grew up to 1600 pounds ! Plus the largest known short faced bears are from South America, with weight estimates of up to 3000 for Arctotherium angustidens, which was a probably an active predator of giant sloths and glyptodonts.

[@Reyma777]

@@dudotolivier6363 A pack hunting has evolved in bears within the Hemicyoninae. Additionally, cooperative behaviour has been documented in subadult brown bear siblings. Also bears can display social tolerance, and they’re intelligent creatures. I don’t think it’s unrealistic for a bear to reach 3,000 pounds in some situations. I was just speculating that a very large short-faced bears that evolved group living might be better able to compete with sloths. Bears are better runs than sloths and can become proficient hunters. Bears can get huge with access to carbs, carrion and large game. Giant bears have existed in tropic climates too. Agriotherium was found in Africa and grew up to 1600 pounds ! Plus the largest known short faced bears are from South America, with weight estimates of up to 3000 for Arctotherium angustidens, which was a probably an active predator of giant sloths and glyptodonts.

[@transnewt]

hmmm.... i wonder why panthera dominated over puma in every region except the americas, where puma clearly overtakes the jaguar, at least in population. perhaps the jaguar is more robust than the leopard as an adaptation to coexist with cougar? and the lack of other panthera allowed the leopard to slip away from the pumas role? hm....

[@TalesofKaimere]

While I'm certainly no expert on the subject, as I understand it, Puma was quite rare in the Americas until the end-Pleistocene when most large predators went extinct. They are so successful in the Americas not because they dominate the jaguar or anything else, but because they lack much in the way of serious competition from other big cats. If I recall correctly they need less food than even a leopard of similar size, much less a jaguar, so they can get by in the impoverished ecology of the modern Americas. This context is certainly not present in most of Kaimere, but it is in Khalren. Not much competition, and a more efficient metabolism serves them better in an island than Panthera would. Cougars can have a bigger, healthier population because of this.

[@transnewt]

@@TalesofKaimere i see.... this is a shame.

[@dubuyajay9964]

Have the Khalren Panther encountered the Sapient Elephants?

[@TalesofKaimere]

They have not. While the location of the island of the manephaunt has not been disclosed, it is not Khalren

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@TalesofKaimere Will any Manephant start exploring the outside world again? Outside of the ones that joined the scientific committee?

[@dudotolivier6363]

The islands of the Chuga/Manephant is around the Horse latitudes, within the equatorial line, to get a picture, but that all the info we have on that aspect.

[@hydras-yh5xd]

Weird first you change the distant for Competitive in the intro then you make a normal animal looking I think you're planning something

[@TalesofKaimere]

That was just because I made an intro specific for this series of four videos and two intros felt excessive lol

[@hydras-yh5xd]

@@TalesofKaimere I understand

[@amm019]

A tad earlier than usual, but I'm not complaining 😀 And we get to see a type of Puma in Kaimere 😀 Also, first!

[@TalesofKaimere]

Yeah was just sitting at my computer bored waiting for go-live and decided to speed it along lol

[@paleo-zoo-keeper-association]

​@TalesofKaimere I don't blame you on that, I'd be like that too. It's one of the reasons why I would schedule my videos to be made public at midnight after I have finished them.