Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 64 (9163 total)
4 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,409 Year: 3,666/9,624 Month: 537/974 Week: 150/276 Day: 24/23 Hour: 0/4


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   Camouflage
tubi417
Inactive Member


Message 1 of 4 (121675)
07-03-2004 10:23 PM


One of the things that I do not understand about evolution is how animals have evolved so that they can blend into their surroundings with camouflage. It doesn't make sense that certain bugs would have random mutations that would make them look like a leaf or other bugs that resemble twigs. These insects resemble leaves or twigs with such great detail. How could mutations create this detail? There would have to be many many mutations and they would have to happen A LOT...but mutations are very rare- so I find this hard to believe.
Furthermore, if some bug just randomly mutated to the color green, then how come we still don't observe bugs randomly mutating and having different colored bodies?

Replies to this message:
 Message 3 by NosyNed, posted 07-04-2004 4:00 AM tubi417 has not replied

  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024