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Just a little something interesting :D

blasphemusfish wrote in wtf_nature Apr 14, 2011 00:22

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evolution

bdelloid rotifers

owlsie wrote in wtf_nature Feb 16, 2010 16:18

Got some parasites? Try dessicating and drifting away on the wind. It's foolproof ( Read more... )

invertebrates, parasites, evolution

Evolution, beetles, horns and penises

mona_noke wrote in wtf_nature Sep 09, 2008 23:37

RAPID metamorphosis may explain why beetle species are numerous enough to overwhelm almost any other creature on Earth. The superfast evolution of the male dung beetle's penis to wildly differing sizes in the same species could mean that new species appear within a few years rather than over millennia.
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beetles, evolution, penis

Lentibulariaceae

droserary wrote in wtf_nature May 09, 2008 23:59

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evolution, carnivorous plants

Evolution in Overdrive!

zhukora1 wrote in wtf_nature Apr 23, 2008 17:57

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lizard, evolution

"I'm not a fishhh, not yet an amphiiiiiibian..."

petitfour wrote in wtf_nature Apr 14, 2008 08:53

In today's edition of evolutionary WTF, we're going to meet the first ancient creature that really could enjoy long walks on the beach, the Tiktaalik:

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fossils, evolution

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nosyparker wrote in wtf_nature Mar 31, 2008 09:38

According to a March 30th article from New Scientist, the tuatara, a New Zealand lizard sort of lizard-snake cross LET'S JUST SAY REPTILE, is the fastest-evolving animal known.

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reptile, evolution, new zealand