[PatrickHenry]

"But it's still a toad."
</creationism mode>

[HiTech RedNeck]

ayup, they're toads

[PatrickHenry]

Evolution Ping The List-O-Links

A conservative, pro-evolution science list, now with over 350 names. See the list's explanation, then FReepmail to be added or dropped. To assist beginners: But it's "just a theory", Evo-Troll's Toolkit, and How to argue against a scientific theory.

[PzLdr]

"Hiya, Kids! Hiya!Hiya!"

[zeeba neighba]

Well goollleee! When it becomes a kangaroo, let us know.

[blueminnesota]

Grrrraaaarrr!

[Bigg Red]

Saw the title and thought this was about the Democratic Party.

[Slings and Arrows]

Lament for Toad

[fortunecookie]

"It doesn't mean that we have no problem (with climate change) or that all species will be viable," said Skelly. But there is evidence that many species might be more able to adapt than previously believed.

Wait - does he mean that any supposed 'global warming' isn't really a factor at all, that species can survive and adapt and even improve? Hmmm... I think the real alarm is that the toads are spreading at a faster rate, not so much their preoccupation with global warming, but rather how to quell these toxic toads.

[isthisnickcool]

(inset pic of Susan Estridge here)

[Vaquero]

I'd call 'em chuzzwuzzers I would.

[Shalom Israel]

Actually, the more interesting question is whether there's been a genetic change at all. Recall the amazon tree frogs being born legless due to environmental factors; it seems worth exploring whether some environmental factor is contributing to increased leg length in this case.

[TheCrusader]

"Fat, toxic toads---evolved longer legs than those behind the front lines, report biologists. The alarming discovery---raises the possibility that under the right conditions, animal evolution can happen in just decades, not eons."

The Darwinists just never stop with the nonsense do they? We've already been taken down this primrose path by Darwin himself. He observed that the beaks of the Galapagos Island finches grew in the area of tenths of a milimeter as a result of draught. This, he claimed, was proof of 'natural selection' and 'evolution'. It was ballyhood around Darwinist circles as great evidence of 'evolution' for a century. Trouble for Darwinists is, that it has been discovered that the beaks return to normal size as soon as the drought is over, meaning it is merely a built-in adaption process, not 'evolution'.

Then there was the peppered moth 'evolution' evidence. The 'scientists' showed photos of moths that had seemingly changed colors to adapt to the environmental pollution caused by the industrial revolution, (soot, etc). The Darwinists declared the moths rapidly changed colors to avoid being seen and eaten, (hence 'natural selection'). Problem this time for the Darwinists was that the moths were faked, and they were glued to the trees by 'scientists'.

Then of course there was the earlier nonsense about the human fetus having "fish gills" and a "tailbone", which turned out to be the ear canal and the spine, (which developed before the legs did).

Need I mention the facts about Piltdown Man,

or "Archaeoraptor", (named "Piltdown Bird' because a donosaur's tail was glued to the bird)?

[stylecouncilor]

[editor-surveyor]

Hey Patrick, are any of your children different than you? Any of them more athletic by any chance?

It's this kind of deception that has rendered this country feckless, and contributed to the general moral decay. Schools now teach the value of dishonesty. (perhaps allah really does reward their trechery)

[VadeRetro]

If I were a venomous toad I'd want to be something else too.

[GrandEagle]

"But it's still a toad."
(good natured) LOL!
Pretty good prediction of our response.
This is observable. I've never disagreed that there are changes within the species - some may refer to this as evolution.
Interesting article though!

Have a great evening!
GE

[manwiththehands]

Another mindless "natural selection" = "evolution" BS Religion of Evolution post.

I don't have as much fun when I make fun of Mooselimbs.

[AndrewC]

Not only were the legs of pioneer toads significantly longer, but the same athletic build dies out among toads as areas become more settled.

[Xenalyte]

Toxic Toads would be an excellent name for a band.

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping.