Thursday, July 24, 2008

Evolution caught in the act!

See for yourself. Is it not clear, my friends, that this is an evolutionary step for deer becoming humans? Surely you see how the genes are putting forth a noble attempt to make this fawn superior to others of its kind.

Perhaps they (genes) were thinking that if the deer had 6 legs -- specifically 2 more in back -- that it could run faster thus giving it a better chance of crossing the road without getting hit by a car, thus increasing its chances of survival. 

Or maybe they (the genes again) were trying to work out a system whereby sometimes the deer navigated on 2 front and 2 rear legs (like "normal"), but sometimes he would be able to rear back on all 4 hind legs. The 2x2 transportation mode is optimal for regular grazing, frolicking, and other Bambi-like behavior common to most deer. The all-rear-leg-drive system might be advantageous, however, say, should all of the ground-based and eye-level food sources start to disappear and "Fawny" need to reach higher food sources. And no one will argue--not even a good Bible-thumping creationist--that eating is necessary for one's survival. And almost everyone also agrees that walking up-right is way better than walking on all 4's all the time.

So, I think it is a coup for modern secular science to have this animal on film, since it is such an obvious intermediate stage of deer on its natural Darwinian step up to humanity.

Go evolution!

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