WHY ISN'T TEH EVOLUTION HAPPENING TODAY!! (Badass - cats with wings)

ib1yysguy

ib1yysguy

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2631016/Chinese-cats-grow-wings.html

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Game over. :D
 
Yurt said:
i'm sure if you experienced a sudden bone like protuberance....that would prove evolution is happening today....
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The interesting part is that it's not just happening to one cat. It's an established population of cats in that province.

Know what I think? The Chinese are engineering an army of winged cats to defeat America.
 
Dixie said:
In fact, the hairy growths probably developed because of unusual grooming habits, a genetic defect or a hereditary skin condition."
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Aka mutation.

You found the courage to own up to the RNA spontaneously developing in the lab story yet?
 
ib1yysguy said:
Aka mutation.

You found the courage to own up to the RNA spontaneously developing in the lab story yet?
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I don't think a "defect" is a "mutation" is it?

Sounds like something entirely different.

For the record, what do you think happened here, fruitcake? The cat "evolved" some wings, or what? :dunno:
 
Dixie said:
I don't think a "defect" is a "mutation" is it?

Sounds like something entirely different.

For the record, what do you think happened here, fruitcake? The cat "evolved" some wings, or what? :dunno:
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My guess is it was a genetic mutation (perhaps caused by pollution, radiation, or an error in the reproduction of DNA) that began in one cat as a mistake that happened not to be lethal, which then spread through a small population of ferrel animals and was passed along becoming a common trait among this population of cats.

Genetic drift/mutation/defects is part of the evolutionary process. Not all defects can be genetically inherited, like downs syndrome which cannot be passed from mother to child because it's a mistake in the chromosome count and not genetic. These cats are passing along the trait, so the defect has to be genetic in origin which indicates mutation.

The cat's not going to fly ever, nor will its great grand children. My guess is they'll die out because the wings slow them down or make them more vulnerable to predators somehow. I don't see them as being beneficial at all, but they're a fun novelty. I'm definitely going to try to get one next time I'm in China. That's got to be one of the coolest pets ever.

*disclaimer: I'm not a qualified scientist and make no claim to be. The foregoing is based upon my limited understanding of the process of genetic mutation and I hereby defer authority to the resident biologist in the event of controversy.
 
Dixie said:
I don't think a "defect" is a "mutation" is it?
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"yes".
Sounds like something entirely different.
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It's not.
For the record, what do you think happened here, fruitcake? The cat "evolved" some wings, or what? :dunno:
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It's a mutation. If it confers an advantage to this cat over other cats in the same breeding population, the wing would eventually find it's way into the entire cat population.

You don't even understand basic science.
 
AssHatZombie said:
It's a mutation. If it confers an advantage to this cat over other cats in the same breeding population, the wing would eventually find it's way into the entire cat population.

You don't even understand basic science.
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What clear advantage does it give this cat over other cats?
 
AssHatZombie said:
Im not sure it does.

I was just discussing how evolution works with the fucking retard you seek to emulate.
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Because I question you I am emulating a fucking retard?

I understand the theory of evolution. I understand that there are advantages to some mutations. But this mutation shows no clear advantage (as you in your infinite wisdom claimed it did). So I asked what the clear advantage was.

YOu stated there was a clear advantage. Then when asked what the advantage was you changed it to "I'm not sure it does".

And I am the one emulating a fucking retard?
 
WinterBorn said:
Because I question you I am emulating a fucking retard?
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Yes. That appears to be the case.
I understand the theory of evolution. I understand that there are advantages to some mutations. But this mutation shows no clear advantage (as you in your infinite wisdom claimed it did). So I asked what the clear advantage was.

YOu stated there was a clear advantage. Then when asked what the advantage was you changed it to "I'm not sure it does".

And I am the one emulating a fucking retard?
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I said, IF there is a clear advantage, it would pass into the entire cat population. Do you know what IF means, you retarded shiteater?
 
AssHatZombie said:
Yes. That appears to be the case.



I said, IF there is a clear advantage, it would pass into the entire cat population. Do you know what IF means, you retarded shiteater?
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My mistake I missed read and missed the "if".
 
ib1yysguy said:
The interesting part is that it's not just happening to one cat. It's an established population of cats in that province.

Know what I think? The Chinese are engineering an army of winged cats to defeat America.
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If that were to expand rapidly out from that geological location it would be a good example of punctuated equilibrium. Though, I wouldn't classify these appendeges as wings. They appear to me to be more like a second set of vestigial limbs. A bizard mutation to say the least.
 
WinterBorn said:
What clear advantage does it give this cat over other cats?
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Evolution doesn't have to provide a "clear" advantage but just some advantage. If other cats percieve these extra sets of vestigial appendeges as sexually attractive, then that's all the advantage that is required.

Certainly this is an animal with a bizare mutation but time hasn't shown that natural selection will chose this creature.
 
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