Subverted in that they are not at all filthy. Everythings Messier With Pigs: The Scrofa are descended from European wild boars.Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Sharkopaths?.And they are fluroscent and have a quite advanced communication system.Everything's Even Worse with Sharks: 200 MY in the future and they are still there!.Crippling Overspecialization: This causes some species to go extinct.Comically Missing the Point: In the TV series, from Sign Of The Time Flyer:.Averted twice: a carakiller was portrayed as sympathetic in 'Monkey Brains' and Gill and Butch, the lurkfish, are just hilarious.

Averted in documentary, however, where many carnivores are portrayed sympathetically.Carnivore Confusion: In the children's series, every single animal is sentient as a result, carnivores are portrayed as villains, ranging from genuine Affably Evil examples into at least one full fledged evil Complete Monster without a mind of its own.It actually plays out like a Saturday Morning Cartoon. Big Damn Heroes: The squibbons rescue one of their young from a megasquid.hell, the future seems to be especially wild for invertebrates Big Creepy-Crawlies: Silver spiders, falconflies, slickribbons.Bat Out of Hell: The Deathgleaner for some reason afterwards, bats disappear alongside other mammals, despite how adaptable they and other species like rodents are.Animal Talk: In the children's series all animals (even absent brained invertebrates like jellyfish and sea spiders) are capable of sentience and speak a language of their own (which can be understood by all species apparently).After the End: The premise of the documentary is how life will evolve millions of years after humans are gone.Tropes used in The Future Is Wild include:

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