Posted on 12/04/2007 10:09:39 PM PST by Kurt Evans
I didn’t realize that hen peacocks had “whims and fancy.”
They most certainly do.
Those fancy tails aren’t for photosynthesis.
The most notable characteristic of bowerbirds is the extraordinarily complex behaviour of males, which is to build a bower to attract mates. Depending on the species, the bower ranges from a circle of cleared earth with a small pile of twigs in the center to a complex and highly decorated structure of sticks and leaves usually shaped like a walkway, a small hut or a maypole into and around which the male places a variety of objects he has collected. These objects usually strikingly colored may include hundreds of shells, leaves, flowers, feathers, stones, berries, and even discarded plastic items or pieces of glass. The bird spends hours carefully sorting and arranging his collection, with each object in a specific place; if an object is moved while the bowerbird is away he will put it back in its place.
LOL. Too bad. They might be tastier.
They're not beneficial...
Say it to my face, Bub.
Fascinating.
I don’t have problems with the scientific method, I have problems with people making bad assumptions and jumping to conclusions.
If it weren’t for Christianity, you would not have colleges and universities. They were the ones that funded education and most of the great scientific minds believed in God and actually said because the universe was so orderly it confirmed for them there was a God.
I agree with all you said.
Have any of these steps been replicated in a lab? [I don't have a dog in this fight, just curious]
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