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r/interestingasfuck • u/Significant_Snow_718 • 29d ago
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Why does this look functionally better than a normal chick?
4.0k u/Away-Wave-2044 29d ago This one has….evolved 1.9k u/_who-the-fuck-knows_ 29d ago This is kinda how evolution works. Random mutations in genes. The good mutations carry on through breeding. 1.2k u/Aridross 29d ago Bearing in mind that when you’re talking about evolution, “survives long enough to breed” is the only criterion for “good” that matters. 355 u/Kellei2983 29d ago you still need to be able to attract/get mate, survival on its own is not enough I'm looking at you, pandas 110 u/Bud_Roller 29d ago And not every mutation gets passed on to offspring. Evolutionary mutation is far more subtle than suddenly sprouting a new set of limbs.
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This one has….evolved
1.9k u/_who-the-fuck-knows_ 29d ago This is kinda how evolution works. Random mutations in genes. The good mutations carry on through breeding. 1.2k u/Aridross 29d ago Bearing in mind that when you’re talking about evolution, “survives long enough to breed” is the only criterion for “good” that matters. 355 u/Kellei2983 29d ago you still need to be able to attract/get mate, survival on its own is not enough I'm looking at you, pandas 110 u/Bud_Roller 29d ago And not every mutation gets passed on to offspring. Evolutionary mutation is far more subtle than suddenly sprouting a new set of limbs.
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This is kinda how evolution works. Random mutations in genes. The good mutations carry on through breeding.
1.2k u/Aridross 29d ago Bearing in mind that when you’re talking about evolution, “survives long enough to breed” is the only criterion for “good” that matters. 355 u/Kellei2983 29d ago you still need to be able to attract/get mate, survival on its own is not enough I'm looking at you, pandas 110 u/Bud_Roller 29d ago And not every mutation gets passed on to offspring. Evolutionary mutation is far more subtle than suddenly sprouting a new set of limbs.
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Bearing in mind that when you’re talking about evolution, “survives long enough to breed” is the only criterion for “good” that matters.
355 u/Kellei2983 29d ago you still need to be able to attract/get mate, survival on its own is not enough I'm looking at you, pandas 110 u/Bud_Roller 29d ago And not every mutation gets passed on to offspring. Evolutionary mutation is far more subtle than suddenly sprouting a new set of limbs.
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you still need to be able to attract/get mate, survival on its own is not enough
I'm looking at you, pandas
110 u/Bud_Roller 29d ago And not every mutation gets passed on to offspring. Evolutionary mutation is far more subtle than suddenly sprouting a new set of limbs.
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And not every mutation gets passed on to offspring. Evolutionary mutation is far more subtle than suddenly sprouting a new set of limbs.
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u/Dramatic-Avocado4687 29d ago
Why does this look functionally better than a normal chick?