[Mr Ramsbotham]

Nature can get pretty ugly when you come right down to it.

[HangnJudge]

Define “Beauty”
What does a beautiful Sunset, Symphony, Painting, and Person have in common when they are described as “Beautiful”?

[PapaBear3625]

The peacock's beautiful tail is a drain on his bodily resources, and makes him more vulnerable to predators. So, why?

Because male peacocks are expendable. Peacocks do not help raise the chicks. They are purely sperm donors. Therefore, as long as one survives, the rest are expendable.

But the ones who DO survive, have to have been exceptionally fit in order to make it while dragging that silly tail around, and exceptionally disease-free in order for that tail to be pretty -- survival qualities which will get passed on to their modestly-tailed daughters as well as their sons. And having fit DAUGHTERS will ensure the survival of that species.

[IronJack]

I think maybe he's confusing cause and effect. Things emerged, and then we began to see some of them as beautiful. We didn't feel a need for beauty and it magically appeared. We just learned to find it in what we saw around us.

There was no evolutionary pressure to become beautiful.

[dfwgator]

[Montana_Sam]

Evolution is the 'flat-earth' theory of modern times.
Oh, yeah, that and the ridiculous notion that the atmospheric concentration of CO2 is a contributing factor in climate.
Science is sane; it's the scientists who are lunatics.

[Heartlander]

During this period of uncertainty and massive change in the normal cycle of our daily routines, the Illustra Media staff, board of directors, and our distributor (RPI) want to offer encouragement and hope through the films we have produced during the past 20 years.

For the next 60 days, we will make streaming of our full length documentaries available free of charge . Click on any of the titles below to access the English versions. To stream international translations click here. You may bookmark this page for future reference. Please feel free to share it with your friends, family, and social media contacts throughout the world.

ORIGIN: Design, Chance, and the First Life on Earth

METAMORPHOSIS: The Beauty and Design of Butterflies

FLIGHT: The Genius of Birds

LIVING WATERS: Intelligent Design in the Oceans of the Earth

UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY OF LIFE: The Scientific Case for Intelligent Design

THE PRIVILEGED PLANET: The Search for Purpose in the Universe

DARWIN’S DILEMMA: The Mystery of the Cambrian Fossil Record

[jimmygrace]

Until humans made anorexia beautiful, beauty was a sign of health in choosing a mate. You don’t want a mate with poor fur or feather color, or lesions all over their body. it had a very essential biological role.

[ALASKA]

I can’t wait until tomorrow because I get better looking every day.

[Hot Tabasco]

There’s a reason Mr. Blobfish lives 2,000 ft. below the surface of the ocean, he just doesn’t realize it....

[discostu]

Who says anything is beautiful? We do. It presents no problem to evolution because it’s not a real thing. Beauty is a subjective emotional interpretation of real things.

[VanShuyten]

Courtship displays are not “beauty “. Those animals can “afford” those displays because they have survived the basics of existence and competitors, and their displays make them more attractive to mates, and thus more likely to pass on their genes. If those “beautiful” displays interfered with reproductive success, they would eventually fade away.

Arctic foxes, zebras and snow leopards are also “beautiful”, but the coats on those animals have little to do with courtship displays.