SpaceGazelle wrote:Dawkins talks about something similar happening somewhere. Can't remember which book. Basically a fish looks a bit like a human and so the natives throw it back it because bad luck and after many gens all the fish look a bit human. They still need to fish because starving is worse than bad luck so they eat the fish that look the least human and eventually they all look really really human. I can't remember where it happened (and it might not even be a fish) but it was some evolutionary peculiarity somewhere. Could've been a deer that had an arse like a face.
davyK wrote:I find that Seaman/Meaning Of Life fish more disturbing to be honest.
davyK wrote:Heh. Turns out it's Japanese, not Chinese. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikegani
The Daddy wrote:Did anyone see the snake on Seven Worlds... that somehow evolved a tail that looks like a spider?
https://youtu.be/7DErwvIjaAE
Mental.
The moths were probably just covered in soot...SpaceGazelle wrote:I've gone and half-remembered something else about how fast evolution can happen when the environment suddenly changes. During the industrial revolution certain species of moths turned darker when the trees got covered in soot. It could happen locally if a particular wooded area was near a factory and could occur within years.
The Daddy wrote:Did anyone see the snake on Seven Worlds... that somehow evolved a tail that looks like a spider?
https://youtu.be/7DErwvIjaAE
Mental.
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