The delicate balance between God and Evolution
I was watching the CBC last night and apparently, the city of Darwin Australia is under siege.
By toads. The second plague of Egypt has missed by about 11,620 kilometres.
Of course, these toads aren't indigenous to Australia. They were introduced to eat beetles. Didn't these idiots learn anything from their introduction of rabbits into an ecosystem without natural predators?
Except, not only did they not learn from it - they introduced a POISONOUS species into an ecosystem that couldn't handle it. What is next? A shark that shoots laser beams?
The nutty part is that these poisonous frogs are being collected by "toad harvesters" and being turned into fertilizer by freezing them and liquefying them.
The wonder, however, is that predators in the bush are evolving so as to protect themselves from the toads. Snakes are growing smaller heads so they can't bite into these giants toads. Not exactly helpful at getting rid of the toads, but useful for the safety of other poisonous creatures.
I just love that we have seen rapid generational evolution just outside of a town named Darwin. There is no way that is natural selection, that is god proving she has a sense of humour.
My friends have all heard my rant about Australia - God is hiding something really valuable there - protecting it with poisonous snakes, toads, spiders, pestilence, deserts etc - and the entire island is surrounded by Great Hammerhead and Great White Sharks. You have to be completely insane to live there. This just proves it- the toads are advancing on civilization to drive out the humans before they discover God's magic box.
There are, however, no poisonous snakes, toads or spiders in New Zealand, which was at one time part of Australia.
By toads. The second plague of Egypt has missed by about 11,620 kilometres.
Of course, these toads aren't indigenous to Australia. They were introduced to eat beetles. Didn't these idiots learn anything from their introduction of rabbits into an ecosystem without natural predators?
Except, not only did they not learn from it - they introduced a POISONOUS species into an ecosystem that couldn't handle it. What is next? A shark that shoots laser beams?
The nutty part is that these poisonous frogs are being collected by "toad harvesters" and being turned into fertilizer by freezing them and liquefying them.
The wonder, however, is that predators in the bush are evolving so as to protect themselves from the toads. Snakes are growing smaller heads so they can't bite into these giants toads. Not exactly helpful at getting rid of the toads, but useful for the safety of other poisonous creatures.
I just love that we have seen rapid generational evolution just outside of a town named Darwin. There is no way that is natural selection, that is god proving she has a sense of humour.
My friends have all heard my rant about Australia - God is hiding something really valuable there - protecting it with poisonous snakes, toads, spiders, pestilence, deserts etc - and the entire island is surrounded by Great Hammerhead and Great White Sharks. You have to be completely insane to live there. This just proves it- the toads are advancing on civilization to drive out the humans before they discover God's magic box.
There are, however, no poisonous snakes, toads or spiders in New Zealand, which was at one time part of Australia.
posted by Atlas Hugged at
6:57 a.m.
1 Comments:
Don't worry. Have you heard of the Darwin Awards (not intentionally related to the town)?
While natural-selection based evolutionary adaptation takes a very long time, survival of the fittest has much more immediate effects. It seems as though some Australian wildlife management bureaucrats do not deserve to sire future generations. Perhaps the same could be said of our DFO? Health Canada? Agriculture Canada?...
10:53 a.m.
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