7 animals evolving before our eyes

[caseagainstfaith]

#7.Elephants are Evolving to Lose Their Tusks (and Avoid Poachers)

#6.Russian Dogs are Evolving to Learn the Subways

#5 Hudson River Fish are Becoming Immune to Toxic Waste

#4.Lizards are Evolving to be Dancers

#3.Other Lizards are Rewiring Their Own Guts, Right Now

#2.Peppered Moths Are Changing Color Due to Pollution

#1.Grolar Bears are Coming to Get You

source - www.cracked.com/article_19213_7-animals-that-are-evolving-right-before-our-eyes.html

Kind of cool. Though I'm sure if you tried using this against creationists it would fall on deaf ears like normal.

[Vene]

Everything is evolving always, pick an organism at random and the species is currently evolving. It's not like it stops.

[MaybeNever]

When I saw the thread title, I was virtually certain that Vene would make that very comment.

[Shane for Wax]

I'm evolving right now!

Press B to stop evolution.

[Oriet]

Every time something reproduces, it's evolving, even if only a teeny, weeny, little bit. After thousands of generations those teeny, weeny, little changes add up to quite a bit of change. You get even larger changes after millions of generations, and even more from billions of generations. This is further compounded by mutation rates of different organisms as well as environmental pressures, as they increase the amount of change that happens and successfully reproduces.

[Damen]

Probably the best summary of evolution I've heard besides; "The non-random selection of random mutations" is:

That's right, evolution doesn't just plow relentlessly forward. It goes whatever damned direction it needs to.

[Haseen]

This is where they backpedal and call it "microevolution", because evolution is supposed to magically stop at some point.

This is where you blow their minds with Hela cells: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeLa

[Yla]

I've now read several linked articles about the Moscow strays. They're awesome.

[MaybeNever]

May 20, 2011 12:07:18 GMT -5 Shane for Wax said:

I'm evolving right now!

Press B to stop evolution.

Is this a quick-time event?

[Shane for Wax]

May 21, 2011 14:17:13 GMT -5 MaybeNever said:

May 20, 2011 12:07:18 GMT -5 Shane for Wax said:

I'm evolving right now!

Press B to stop evolution.

Is this a quick-time event?

Yes.

[Admiral Lithp]

I was just wondering what those cells were called the other day.

Thanks, FSTDT.

[Random Guy]

All of these are only examples of microevolution, or changes within a created kind. Macroevolution has never been observed, as nobody has seen bugs turning into dogs or fish becoming birds or apes giving birth to human babies. Only God can create new kinds. Thus, this proves nothing. (/creationist)

[Art Vandelay]

May 20, 2011 12:07:18 GMT -5 Shane for Wax said:

I'm evolving right now!

Press B to stop evolution.

Actually, only species evolve, not individuals. So no, you are not.

Also, fuck quick time events.

[Shane for Wax]

May 21, 2011 21:42:52 GMT -5 Art Vandelay said:

May 20, 2011 12:07:18 GMT -5 Shane for Wax said:

I'm evolving right now!

Press B to stop evolution.

Actually, only species evolve, not individuals. So no, you are not.

Also, fuck quick time events.

Explain that to Pokemon when the individual Pokemon would evolve... >.>

Have to fuck up the joke, don't you?

[Art Vandelay]

May 22, 2011 5:14:35 GMT -5 Shane for Wax said:

May 21, 2011 21:42:52 GMT -5 Art Vandelay said:

Actually, only species evolve, not individuals. So no, you are not.

Also, fuck quick time events.

Explain that to Pokemon when the individual Pokemon would evolve... >.>

Have to fuck up the joke, don't you?

But of course. It's what I do.