@zella: @video_game_king: Thanks for the replies, but neither of you told me what causes these mutations and, more importantly, how it's plausible to you that these extremely specific mutations that serve a specific purpose to allow the animal to survive in its specific environment, are merely mutations of nature and not the work of a conscious observer who is deliberately designing the necessary mutations into these animals.
Who is behind this and how did it come to be?
All right, m8. Here we go.
Think of it this way. Let's say, hypothetically, you and your spouse have ten kids. Your environment consists of predators and prey with advanced camouflage capabilities. Nine of those kids have the same traits as you. One has eyes that can see heat. Freak of nature, right?
Well in nature, most of your kids would die, especially the one without arms. None of them pass their traits on. One of the survivors is the kid with super vision. Survivors get to breed. There's a chance your super-vision kid will pass down this mutation, and give birth to more super-vision children. These new children will survive while other normal humans die, and get to breed. And get to breed. And get to breed. And get to breed.
Evolution is a chance. A roll of the dice. Humanity's probably stagnating because we're capable of supporting the individuals who are more dependent on civilization than others.
This is why the Darwin Awards exist. Because an individual has taken his or her genetic code out of the gene pool, and thus can not pass down such stupidity.
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