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To: VadeRetro
Ah, yes, another "debunking" by evolutionists that doesn't really debunk anything. One reason the woodpecker is used is not because the tongue is so cool, but because it exhibits a number of structures that needed to appear fully formed and/or at the same time to confer genetic advantage. The tongue, the brain "shock-absorber," the musculature that drives the drill...each can have a separate "debunking," but the whole is more trouble. How would the ability to drive the head forward repeatedly under great force confer advantage if the brian turns to mush? Why would the shock absober confer advantag with no shocks to bsorb? Why would a long and/or sticky tongue confer advantage if there were no holes to reach into? and most importantly, how would a "proto-woodpecker) with a slightly longer tongue, slightly more cushioned brain and slightly bulked up neck muscles get any advantage from these useless mutations? Of course, this all assumes that there is such a thing as a beneficial mutation...seen any yet?

Threatened worldview my tuchis.

100 posted on 12/05/2003 1:13:07 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Pre-empt the third murder attempt-- Pray for Terry Schiavo!)
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To: js1138
See post 100.
102 posted on 12/05/2003 1:15:20 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Pre-empt the third murder attempt-- Pray for Terry Schiavo!)
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To: Mr. Silverback
Benefit is anything that confers a reproductive advantage. Take a look at this and tell me whether this individual, or its "normal" littermates is more likely to reproduce.


103 posted on 12/05/2003 1:21:25 PM PST by js1138
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