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helenavm
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Message 107 of 144 (463758)
04-19-2008 6:49 PM


I am an on the fence creationist. I have believed in ID as a non-scientist and a Christian. I am not a fundamentalist, nor do I believe in the young earth or the biblical creation story.
One of my main questions deals with an issue that makes no rational sense to me outside of some kind of ID. If there is anyone who can direct me to a post or a website or a book that can explain how animal camouflage is actually explained by random natural selection I might start to change my opinion on intelligent design.
How does a particular species develop a camouflage strategy that involves mimicking a completely different creature or changing it's appearance to resemble it's surroundings without an "intelligence" of some kind behind it? How does random chance let a species know what other species it needs to look like if there is no communication with the environment?
Is it really just a long process of trial and error until a successful type of camo takes hold? What directs the mutations in the first place toward certain camouflage ? I am having trouble understanding how this can be completely random.

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