r/interestingasfuck 29d ago

/r/all Chick with genetic defect

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u/Ill-Agent7195 29d ago

Defect? You mean 4x4 upgrade?

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u/Grueaux 29d ago edited 28d ago

Honestly I use the word "defect" less and less these days because I think it's more accurate to refer to these as natural variations. "Defect" assumes things are supposed to be a certain way, but biology doesn't have any direction, it just keeps exploring what is possible in every which way it can, and natural selection filters out some variations. Some variations really are upgrades.

Edit: I'm not saying all variations are helpful! Most aren't.

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u/GetEquipped 29d ago

Lets take a page from the MCU and call them Variants