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Snake with foot found in China
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| 13 Sep 2009
| Telegraph
Posted on 09/14/2009 9:11:38 AM PDT by BGHater
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To: BGHater
Well if it was a one foot snake it can’t be 16 inches.
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:32:01 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:32:20 AM PDT
by
Conservative_Jedi
(Give me Liberty or give me Death!!)
To: BGHater
Nature's response to all the Gadsden flags out there: A snake that can tread on itself.
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:33:02 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
("I can run wild for six months ...after that, I have no expectation of success" - Admiral Obama-moto)
To: BGHater
A more common mutation among snakes is the growth of a second head, which occurs in a similar way to the formation of Siamese twins in humans.Isn't the PC term conjoined twins now?
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:33:03 AM PDT
by
murphE
("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." - GK Chesterton)
To: BGHater
Makes sense. Snakes have an ancestor that
walked on land. The remains of the vestigial limbs can be seen on a snake.
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:35:20 AM PDT
by
mysterio
To: BGHater
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:37:22 AM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: alarm rider
Yup, the walking catfish are pretty freaky.
Florida has become a bit too exotic for my taste.
To: Joe 6-pack
Oh, no, that big lump right where the leg sticks out of its stomach couldn’t possibly be something the snake swallowed!/SAR
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:38:49 AM PDT
by
calex59
(FUBO, we want our constitution back and we intend to get it!)
To: BGHater
What a shame she killed it. Would have made a fascinating zoo exhibit.
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:44:01 AM PDT
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:47:23 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: mysterio
"The remains of the vestigial limbs can be seen on a snake." What evidence do you have to show that these are "vestigial" leftovers of limbs, and not budding antecedents that are evolving into limbs?
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:48:13 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Borax Queen
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:54:35 AM PDT
by
Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: BGHater
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:56:20 AM PDT
by
dangerdoc
(dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
To: Joe 6-pack
What evidence do you have to show that these are "vestigial" leftovers of limbs, and not budding antecedents that are evolving into limbs? Because that's not how evolution works. A species doesn't make some kind of collective decision to modify its morphology in some direction to fill some future ecological niche. Rather, natural selection gives preferential survival and reproduction odds for animals whose morphological characteristics give them some advantage over others without those characteristics.
Put simply, those little leg-buds would have to be useful for something in the here-and-now in order for them to be something that's evolving into legs (or leg-like structures). Does a snake with little leg-buds have any advantage over snakes without leg-buds - or do snakes with bigger leg-buds have advantages over snakes with smaller ones? If so, then they very well might be evolving into "legs". But it's pretty unlikely.
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posted on
09/14/2009 10:01:58 AM PDT
by
Omedalus
To: BGHater
She saved it in alcohol. Do they eat the worm in China?
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posted on
09/14/2009 10:03:58 AM PDT
by
Venturer
To: Omedalus
Help me out here. Way back in time, there were no land creatures and life began in the sea. Eventually, life evolved and came out of the water. Life which had not had legs began to develop legs. Now, that would be a gradual process, involving leg-buds -- and these leg-buds would have to be useful for something in the here-and-now in order for them to be something that's evolving into legs.
So, hundreds of millions of years ago, what was the advantage conferred on animals by leg-buds?
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posted on
09/14/2009 10:06:07 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
09/14/2009 10:06:51 AM PDT
by
mysterio
To: alarm rider
Your post is classic....
Joke rich environment....
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posted on
09/14/2009 10:08:55 AM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(A community organizer cannot bitch when communities organize..... - Rush Limbaugh)
To: Retired Greyhound
I found this wee beastie yesterday and its like nothing I've ever seen in Michigan before. About the size of a June bug but green and gold with a horn like some kind of rhinoceros beetle.
The picture doesn't do it justice. The Iridescent emerald green caught my eye in the grass.
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posted on
09/14/2009 10:09:33 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: mysterio
So eventually, the vestigial legs will completely evolve away completely?
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posted on
09/14/2009 10:10:02 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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