....and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:21
They can take any creature, no matter
how beautiful, skillful or talented, and turn it into an accident of nature. What does this do to one’s enjoyment of natural wonders? Let’s all sing like the hummingbirdies sing: Hmmmmm.
how beautiful, skillful or talented, and turn it into an accident of nature. What does this do to one’s enjoyment of natural wonders? Let’s all sing like the hummingbirdies sing: Hmmmmm.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly forward, backward and
sideways, and hover motionless in mid-air. As ....their tongues are designed to quickly harvest
nectar from flowers in 1/20th of a second, thousands of times a day.
Can anyone believe that a random mutation, without foresight or plan,
resulted in the beautiful, acrobatic hummingbirds so admired by almost
everyone? Some evolutionary biologists say so, and reporter by Stephanie
Mayer-Bömoser had no problem relaying their speculations without asking
any hard questions.
Hummingbirds, they say, are mistakes.
According to their Darwinian speculation, this first mutation started
them on a path of progress.
There it is again: futureware brings job security for storytellers."In addition to the loss of the FBP2 gene, other important genomic changes probably occurred in hummingbirds. Several other genes that play important roles in sugar metabolism exhibit amino acid changes in hummingbirds, likely because of directed selection. “The relevance of changes in these genes for evolutionary adaptations in hummingbird metabolism needs to be clarified by further studies and experiments,” Hiller said.
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