Lizard Mother Assign Genes from Largest Mates to Sons

[china_kitty]

Just found this blog while visiting the National Geographic site.

Source: National Geographic

Comments

[mistressindi]

I love these little guys. They're all over the place where I live, and it gives me a happy to see them running about, doing their lizardly things.

eta: a. sagrei also can evolve damn quickly when it needs to.

[blasphemusfish]

I love studies like this, my favourite kind of "in yo face" to creationists.

I need to google for that one study where the lizards evolved to have completely different kinds of diets. Like insect eating to plant eating in a short amount of time, their digestive systems had a major overhaul, almost like creating a new species altoghether.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080421-lizard-evolution.html

YAY this one <3

[owlsie]

This also happened with Falcarius, a raptor dinosaur that evolved to eat leaves in a short time.

[blasphemusfish]

Google fu time.

oh god for some reason I found an anti evolution site and this line regarding transitional horse fossils made me cringe: " As for the fossils’ progressive increase in size, this is a mute point. Modern horses vary greatly in size, from small dog-sized miniatures to massive Belgians, Clydesdales, and Percherons."
Gee human selection had nothing to do with that >:C

ROARRR

[china_kitty]

Icon Love! <3 I used to have a budgie that did the same.

[smokeandreason]

Well, I don't expect much from someone who doesn't know the difference between "mute" and "MOOT."

[blasphemusfish]

I totally didn't even notice, nice one xD Hahaha

[blasphemusfish]

(reading the NG falcarius article now, thank you <3)

[kashanclaws]

AGREED!

[saciel]

am I the only one who doesn't like bringing new predators to foreign islands? Hasn't humanity fucked enough with innocent island species?

[blasphemusfish]

Did you even read it? They adapted to eat veggies because there wasn't really anything for them to predate.

But urrr bit late to be complaining now, when we don't/can't pull shit like this. This would probably be one of the least damaging examples too lol

[saciel]

sorry I've got the wrong comment, I meant to answer to the one with the short legged/long legged lizards, where they introduced new predators to the islands

[blasphemusfish]

Ooooh woops :U
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of any non native intros and it has wreaked havoc. But it's so regulated today, we've realised the mistakes and work is being done to try and help correct it.

[pheslaki]

Same here! They're more talented than I knew.