If humans became extinct over the next few years, what land animal would be in the best position to become the next dominant life form on the planet?

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Pasiton5 · Accepted Answer

None, animals would good a festive Tucker tape parade now that humans are gone, the nerve of people having bears lions out to fast because they are someone's poodle, if humans didn't go encroaching by building homes up in the animals hood that won't happen, but people don't care about who gets displaced long as they get what they want, damn bears and cougars are hungry, being pushed out of their hood, their food supply ran off by those who feel they are too good to live amidst us common folks, and run their assess up in mountains and what happens next, the let fifi out to stretch her legs and get eaten by a waiting puma who been watching the daily routine, fifi yells the puma gets a high five from his boys and next thing you hear, hunt is in for mountain lion that ate a poodle, at least the lion didn't die hungry if it was the right one that's sad

Still-alive · Accepted Answer

I saw a documentary suggesting squids or octopus might evolve if we die out

Apulu_3 · Accepted Answer

The spicies of Monks. They will be the dominant ones according to me as we are monkeys ourselves and they are most similar to us.

Tiffany27 · Accepted Answer

I would say rats. They have a very good survival instincts and do whatever they can to stay alive.

VinnyMac · Answer

In my mind I was envisioning like a planet of the apes situation, but those are just movies. I know that water covers the highest percentage of the world, over 70 %. I found myself wondering if it would be some kind of seallife, things like coral and alge are not animals. I saw how most people in the comments mentioned insects so I googled the dominant species on earth and it proved them to be correct.

Insects are the most dominant species on the earth as they originated on earth 480 million years ago. Among 1.7 million living species, 0.95 million species are insects.
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Insect dominance.
Insect OrderNumber of speciesHymenoptera (Bees, wasps and ants)1,20,000Diptera (Flies and mosquitoes)1,20,000Hemiptera (Bugs)98,000

NamerOfStars · Answer

That depends enormously on what you mean by "dominant". As it stands, with humans spread over all six continents, we're STILL outweighed by ants. If you mean "as apex predator", then probably wolves. They're widespread, adaptable, VERY intelligent, and almost completely interfertile with dogs; depending on exactly how all the humans died out, you see some serious specialization among local branches of the family.

ObscuredBeyond · Answer

We'll be omninova'd by God before that happens. But every candidate to replace us has key limitations that hold them back. Dolphins, with their inability to conquer land. Chimps, with their... chimpness. Every animal has limitations that would hold it back. I enjoy watching centipedes do their thing; but even some bugs can still get the jump on centipedes. No animal is a suitable replacement.

Kaamraj · Answer

Before humans there has never been a single (one) dominant species on Earth because no one species can dominate across the varied biomes (different physical climatic regions). Humans are unique as they can change the environment around them; clothing, fire, shelter, etc. to adapt to various climates.

Moose304 · Answer

If humans left and it was not nuclear I am not so sure there would be one. This is a bit of a tough one. Think rock-paper-scissors here. A croc can take a lion in the water! But can they out of water? Most of the Elapidae family of snakes can kill a large animal in a matter of a few minutes.

DWornock · Answer

Perhaps squirrels. Something with hands that can examine small objects and is adaptable to live up North in an Ice Age where higher intelligent is an advantage to survival. Higher intelligence is of little value in the jungle where, unlike a frozen north, plenty of food is available.

The_Shadow_Dweller · Answer

Octopus are the next dominant species. They cn learn from their adults just like we can do. But they are on an advanced level as compared to us. So they are the next dominant species.

captain_voidwalker · Answer

Wolves, they're adaptable, are capable of working in a group. , and are extremely intelligent as far as animals go. They're 3ven know to on rare occasions incorporate other animals into thier packs if they prove useful enough. Thats more or less how the domestic dog came into bieng, humans found wolves useful for tracking so we kept them as pets, and wolves found humans were realy adept and killing large game so they didn't eat us.

Daniela1982 · Answer

The ants will take over the Earth. Their rivals? The Termites.

Astarlessnightsky · Answer

None, its would all go back to perfectly balanced ecosystems.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Either the aliens that are here or our ancestors, the apes. Probably the aliens would start us all over again the way they did before, crossing their genes with the apes.

RedBullRacingLemia · Answer

I would say pets, it will only take a few months before their wild senses return, a program called Life after people covered this.

dustybiker · Answer

Mosquitoes are supposed to be the deadliest living thing on the planet because of the disease they spread.

Chlo3_2001 · Answer

Imma say insects too. I feel like if a bottle of raid ain't gonna kill roaches, they can take anything. 😂

Mellifluous_ · Answer

Now these are the types of questions I wanna see! 🤌

Киттйлинк · Answer

maybe the chimpanzee but I doubt they could ever dominate the world as humans did.

MCheetah · Answer

Either chimps, or dolphins if we're counting non-land animals. Or both.

England4eva · Answer

If we all kill each other with those god awful bombs then probably just seaweed.

NathanDavis · Answer

roaches and tardigrades might survive all that nuclear waste we're going to leave behind...

LZPanzer · Answer

Raccoons Omnivores, fast breeders, intelligent, already on most continents

jahaims · Answer

No one species would take our place. We are global because we evolved to be able to do so. You would have to wait for another primate to evolve and adapt.

AviatorTom · Answer

It is said that cockroaches would survive nuclear war, so I'll put my money on the insects.

Wade12345 · Answer

Bears or pigs. Both are pretty smart, and both will eat anything that doesn't eat them first.

Crucis84 · Answer

The rabbit, because they breed like rabbits, and they'll evolve the ability to speak, like on 'Watership Down'.

Guardian45 · Answer

It depends on why we became extinct, but my money is on chimpanzees. They're our closest relative, with all our best characteristics, and none of our stupidest traits.

Wester1967 · Answer

Because of heat from global warming, wet bulb temps will only allow chipmunks and squirrels.

Surely · Answer

Cockroaches. They are supposed to be the only things that can survive a nuclear war

Anonymous · Answer

Tierzoo already spoke on this. Birds, house cats, and other invasive species would replace humans if they hunted in packs and could adapt to human enclosures. Insects and plants would thrive.

OnKoing · Answer

Probably not any animal. The statistics say it will possibly be insects 🐞🦗🐝🐜

Kenzy009 · Answer

Dogs maybe. Would be cool if they developed into tribes and sarting adopting primitive techonolgy, over many years of evolution of course

Likes2drive · Answer

Mountain lions or wolves I guess, depends where you are

Deathraider · Answer

I mean dolphins would be likely candidate, but they aren’t a land animal. Maybe rats.

Better_off_here · Answer

I think that Lions should take over they are strong they are able to be independent and it is my fave animal too :)

tponderingundead · Answer

insects, spiders, snakes and other creatures like that.

Anonymous · Answer

Apes or monkeys. They're already smarter than the majority of humans. Just gotta get a little push to fully overtake.

TsAubreyKate · Answer

Bears duh you’d be amazed how few animals could beat or would fight a bear

DonkeyDan · Answer

It would most likely be an insect, probably ants.

RawIronhide · Answer

The uhh nuclear roaches.

exitseven · Answer

I heard it will be the cockroach.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

Everything in the Ape family

loveslongnails · Answer

Probably the cockroach. LOL

Anonymous · Answer

Alligators, Crocodiles

Agape93 · Answer

Chimps

Waldoe · Answer

Horse Flies, feeding off all of the Dead bodies

driven159 · Answer

elephants with no boundaries to stop them

Sabretooth · Answer

they couldn't survive.

JesseJayNeak · Answer

Invertebrates since they’re more numerous

robocop666 · Answer

cats as they can hunt

Adam1978 · Answer

Rats?

Realbanger87 · Answer

Jinn

spartan55 · Answer

Hippos

beebella · Answer

Cockroaches

Molly1992 · Answer

The roaches.

lottiebannotie · Answer

Apes

Anonymous · Answer

Anything with human extinction im all for 😈

ragooo8 · Answer

Apes

Grond21 · Answer

Octopi.

anylolone · Answer

By far, chimps.

Iron_Man · Answer

The lion and a tiger

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