r/interestingasfuck • u/Significant_Snow_718 • 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/mac_attack_zach 29d ago

Its a defect. The back legs are facing backwards, which would make it hard to actually run

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u/SirLeaf 28d ago

But now it can jump like a frog, which might be faster