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Comment Re:Wasn't there a book about this? (Score 1) 138

The example I use is Butterflies, which change from a crawling creature to one that flies, mid life. Incredible "random" feat if you ask me.

That's arguably less incredible than all of the animals that change from small, fragile, immobile white (or tan, brown, etc.) balls into fast, flying creatures.

Comment Re:Wasn't there a book about this? (Score 3, Insightful) 138

Apparently they were more successful than the ones with just teeth. That's all it takes.

It doesn't even necessarily take that much. Sometimes the mutated offspring only has to be not so much worse that it can't manage to reproduce. It could potentially be slightly worse, as long as there's enough room for both to survive.

Comment Re:Don't worry guys... (Score 1) 880

Of course, this story also claims the Red Sea was parted somehow so they could walk across, so it's highly questionable just how accurate this story is....

Nope, it doesn't make that claim. Somehow "Sea of Reeds" got turned into "Red Sea". If I remember correctly (I'd have to double-check the names on a map), the Israelites weren't even near the Red Sea at the time.

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