The Epic of Serina | Part II

What strange creatures might emerge after a mass extinction on an alien moon? Part II a series on of Dylan Bajda’s speculative evolutionary epic ‘Serina.’
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This video is the second part of a series exploring the incredible speculative evolution project of Serina, the world of birds. Serina was created by Dylan Bajda — an exceptional artist and worldbuilder.

When we left off, Serina was just beginning to warm at the end of the Cryocene Era. Now, it is the Thermocene, a hothouse world of rising sea levels and increasing volcanic activity that has led to some extinctions — especially in the warming oceans, where large animals like the bloons have sadly died out. In much of the world, however, newly evolved species are enjoying this new climate.

100 million years into this grand experiment, birds have evolved to fill virtually every niche this moon has to offer…

Return to Serina 0:00
The Thermocene: 75 – 175 mil yrs 0:44
The Thermocene-Pangeacene Extinction 6:20
The Pangeacene: 178 - 250 mil yrs 6:57
Outro 12:44

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[sirpomegranate]

I love how he randomly sprinkles emotion into his monotone yet melodic voice.

[ethancole]

Dang, this series gets better and better as it goes on. I find the fauna of Serina very interesting; three-legged frogs filling the niches of modern-day mammals, and Cthlulu-looking birds wielding weapons!? I wonder what "Part 3" will bring?

[mlgodzilla]

There’s something fascinating about the fish lineage, they look like mammals but something is off about them to make you think twice

[crazyscientistfarmer]

My favorite speculative evolution projects are
1. All Tomarrows
2. Serina
3. After Man
4. Alien Biospheres
5. Man After Man

[joshuafernandes]

The Pangeocene and Ultimocene are the peak of this project! I love Bumblets and Changelings, their concepts is just really cool!

[ultraapple]

"it Will take a big mass exinsion to became the dominant species"
Me: Maybe it...
There's a big mass exinsion.

[thebrze]

The tale of the Babbling Jay's extinction from the last individual's point of view was really sad...

[entity--b]

It's a bit of a shame you're skipping over changelings, arguably some of the most interesting birds on the moon, and the ant tree symbiosis. Otherwise a stellar job.

[Cottonmouth]

So disappointed that the Changelings weren’t discussed (although their ancestors were). They were the organisms that first blew my mind when reading through Serina and marked the point where I first truly fell in love with the project.

[ooraculo]

I'm really loving the Sirena world, the way the birds and fishes evolved over eons is fascinated.

[fealubryne]

Maybe this is a really weird thought, but I'd absolutely love to play some sort of homebrew D&D or other TTRPG set in one of those cool speculative worlds. It would be so unique, and a blast to explore a foreign world like this.

[jeeyoengada]

just read the Thermocene-onwards yesterday and had a blast, didn't expect this video to come this early

[ethanpolley]

“No species, however clever, is safe from extinction”. The foreshadowing I can’t

[manmoy]

the finches on Serina turned into penguins and dinosaurs while the guppies became deer

[buffaloking]

One of my favourite speculative evolution projects because it’s original. My 3rd favourite probably.
1.After Man
2.Alien Biospheres
3. Serina

[matsveritas]

Yesterday I was introduced to part one... and sighed by the end when I realized part two hadn’t been done yet! Well! One day was worth the wait!

Thanks for the lovely and intricate journey into this beautiful phantasmagoria. 🙏🏼

[essteex]

I SO want to see a live documentary on these speculative topics

[guadalupemoyano-pacheco]

I have never been this early on any video and this shows how obsessed I got with speculative biology thanks to your channel, you make a great job

[neilc.]

Never thought a little finch bird would go on to be a smart, armless, Cthulhu homunculus millions of years later lmao

[Alteori]

OMG what a cliffhanger that was! 😱 This is my favorite series on YouTube