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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 09/03/2010 : 05:48:38
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Looking rather like an attractive Jabba the Hut, this little Ozzy skink is a perfect example of how evolution works.
Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
Published September 1, 2010
Evolution has been caught in the act, according to scientists who are decoding how a species of Australian lizard is abandoning egg-laying in favor of live birth.
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.
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Once again, it's all about populations separated from one another and living in in different environments. Wonderful, is it not?
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
1370 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2010 : 06:08:48 [Permalink]
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| Just Satan trying to confuse us again. |
Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2010 : 14:20:59 [Permalink]
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| Didn't I see a large version of that critter on "Buffy, Vampire Slayer"? |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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Evolution rocks!
