The Pinnacle of Evolution

Jan 29, 2011 12:55


   Once upon a time, the only fashion choices were whether to use flagella or cilia to move your one cell about. Then some enterprising microbe, probably a slime mould in primordial Paris, decided to up the ante by consisting of multiple cells. The next 610 million years would be haunted with difficult fashion choices and concern about getting ( Read more... )

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basric January 29 2011, 21:11:20 UTC
A well thought out, very cute entry. The pictures were a nice touch.

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emo_snal January 29 2011, 21:30:00 UTC
I'm a very strong believer that every good entry should have a picture of some kind in it.

This my not jive well with the "this is a writing contest" people in LJ Idol, but this is a perennial debate. No where does it say this is a writing contest, this is not a writing contest. This is an LJ entry contest, and LJ entries with pictures are better. (:

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beauty_forashes January 29 2011, 21:58:49 UTC
Once again fascinating - thank you! :)

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emo_snal January 29 2011, 21:59:26 UTC

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beauty_forashes January 29 2011, 22:00:33 UTC
LOL!

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The Numbat Plan emo_snal January 29 2011, 22:03:00 UTC
I have decided instead of responding to complimentary comments with "thanks!" I'm going to respond with a new numbat picture to each one. :D :D

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emo_snal January 30 2011, 01:11:42 UTC

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lilycobalt January 30 2011, 01:18:00 UTC
Those are extremely fashionable stripes! I also find myself wanting one of those Flying Spaghetti Monster bumper stickers. Of course, I also want a numbnat photo, please :)

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FSM emo_snal January 30 2011, 01:22:20 UTC

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beki January 30 2011, 03:16:22 UTC
I can't decide if I liked the numbat or the fish chart more. Tres awesome :)

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emo_snal January 30 2011, 04:23:06 UTC
I like how the fish chart branches off thematically like an actual evolutionary chart (:


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