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Taz Member (Idle past 3312 days) Posts: 5069 From: Zerus Joined: |
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...-skink-live-birth-eggs
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Larni Member (Idle past 185 days) Posts: 4000 From: Liverpool Joined: |
As there is nothing about this in the bible I fail to see how it could possibly be true; thus this evidence is refuted. Edited by Larni, : clarity Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Hide and Off-topic banner.
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Panda Member (Idle past 3734 days) Posts: 2688 From: UK Joined: |
It did not turn into a crocoduck. Therefore macro-evolution has not occurred. Therefore evolution has not occurred. Therefore evolutionists are wrong. Therefore god exists and created the world 6000 years ago. QED. Nothing to see here: please move along. p.s.Please don't mention irreducible complexity. Edited by Panda, : No reason given. Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Hide and off-topic banner.
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subbie Member (Idle past 1276 days) Posts: 3509 Joined: |
Skinks are producing skinks. Nothing evolutionary there. Other reptiles reproduce by live birth, so nothing evolutionary there. All remains as it was 5,000 years ago when he reached out with his noodly appendage and created us all. R'amen. Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Hide and off-topic banner.
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Panda Member (Idle past 3734 days) Posts: 2688 From: UK Joined: |
subbie writes:
Correct - it is not evolution; it is imitation. Other reptiles reproduce by live birth, so nothing evolutionary there.Those skinks saw live birth on TV and decided to 'give it a go'. When asked, the skinks said: "It looked a lot less bloody on TV and a lot less painful." Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Hide and off-topic banner.
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4411 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.4 |
Lizsrds are still lizards, so Big Deal. Now if mammals start laying eggs or birds start giving birth to live lizards, that would be something, but why are there still monkeys? Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Hide and off-topic banner. Tactimatically speaking, the molecubes are all mixed up. -- S.Valley What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python You can't build a Time Machine without Weird Optics -- S. Valley
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Blue Jay Member (Idle past 2719 days) Posts: 2843 From: You couldn't pronounce it with your mouthparts Joined: |
I beat Moose to it!
Edited by Bluejay, : No reason given. -Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus) Darwin loves you.
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Adminnemooseus Administrator Posts: 3974 Joined: |
I beat Moose to it! Damn, I was shooting for 6 straight hide with off-topic banners. There's going to be some heavy slaps done if the above trend continues. NO REPLIES TO THIS MESSAGE - JUST DO REAL ON-TOPIC MESSAGES. Adminnemooseus
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bluegenes Member (Idle past 2498 days) Posts: 3119 From: U.K. Joined: |
This is interesting, and I found it interesting 3 months ago when the article first came out, and a week later, when I bumped the thread.
Evolution in action: Transition from egg-laying to live birth in lizards. Message 1 What would be interesting to know is if future research can identify the mutations that make the difference between the slightly "egg retaining" mothers and their viviparous cousins. Also, it would be interesting to know if egg- eating predators have been identified in the "viviparous" area, as that would provide an obvious strong selection reason behind the transition. Here's the abstract. They were mainly researching the nutrition problem.
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cavediver Member (Idle past 3664 days) Posts: 4129 From: UK Joined: |
They were mainly researching the nutrition problem. I read that as "the neutrino problem" and was suitably confused Bloody physicists...
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Taz Member (Idle past 3312 days) Posts: 5069 From: Zerus Joined: |
(1) You had ONE reply after you bumped it.
(2) My thread is way way way cooler. (3) My thread has 900% more replies than yours. (4) My thread even attracted the attention of adminmoose. This feat in itself should receive some kind of award.
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bluegenes Member (Idle past 2498 days) Posts: 3119 From: U.K. Joined: |
Taz writes: My thread is way way way cooler.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1426 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Also, it would be interesting to know if egg- eating predators have been identified in the "viviparous" area, as that would provide an obvious strong selection reason behind the transition. msg1 writes: Along the warm coastal lowlands of New South Wales (map), the yellow-bellied three-toed skink lays eggs to reproduce. But individuals of the same species living in the state's higher, colder mountains are almost all giving birth to live young. Or if the difference in the ecology\temperature\climate makes a difference. Enjoy by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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xongsmith Member Posts: 2587 From: massachusetts US Joined: Member Rating: 6.5
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I, old man that I am, object most strenuously to the godless passing clouds above, with sweaty, heated brow and veins standing out on my neck, that they would have the unmitigated nerve to use the phrase "CAUGHT IN THE ACT"!!!! Evolution has, is, and will be always will be "CAUGHT IN THE ACT". Evolution isn't trying to hide. Never has. Evolution has, as always, been screaming at the top of it's lungs out in the middle of so many Harvard Square/Times Square/Paris/Piccadilly Circus and so ons.
- xongsmith, 5.7d
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nwr Member Posts: 6409 From: Geneva, Illinois Joined: Member Rating: 5.3 |
xongsmith writes:
I'm calling this the "Hide and Peek" thread.Wow this thread is fun. Please PEEK the whole thing. Almost 6 hides in a row. Jesus was a liberal hippie
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