Tag: mimicry
Steve Meyer and Comic Brad Stine on Insect Mimicry, and More
Apart from being a funny guy, Stine brings a gift for some shrewd common-sense, including about evolution.
Did Darwin Banish Teleology from Nature or Not?
James G. Lennox quotes from an 1862 essay, where Darwin wrote that “the final cause of all this mimicry” among butterflies is evading predation.
The Plant That Can Mimic Other Plants
If it can’t see, how does it copy the leaves of any one of a number of plants growing nearby?
Fossil Friday: Three Dubious New Fossil Insect Orders from Cretaceous Burmese Amber
Apart from this more general critique, are there any implications from these amber insects for intelligent design theory? You bet!
Appreciating Bird Mimicry and the Other Exceptional, Designed Talents
Let the reader enjoy the 350+ word vocabulary of Clover, alleged to be the best talking parrot in the world.