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Mutations (Honest science defends Hunter and Huckabee)
Institute for Creation Research ^ | September 2007 | Barney Maddox, M.D.

Posted on 12/04/2007 10:09:39 PM PST by Kurt Evans

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To: CarrotAndStick

I didn’t realize that hen peacocks had “whims and fancy.”


81 posted on 12/07/2007 6:27:23 AM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: Scotsman will be Free

They most certainly do.

Those fancy tails aren’t for photosynthesis.


82 posted on 12/07/2007 6:30:33 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: Scotsman will be Free

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.

83 posted on 12/07/2007 6:44:56 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

LOL. Too bad. They might be tastier.


84 posted on 12/07/2007 5:47:08 PM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: Caipirabob

They're not beneficial...

Say it to my face, Bub.

85 posted on 12/07/2007 5:52:31 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (The Hunt for FRed November. 11/04/08)
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To: CarrotAndStick
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.

Fascinating.

86 posted on 12/09/2007 11:00:34 AM PST by ARridgerunner
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Isn’t is though. What a remarkable adaptation.
87 posted on 12/09/2007 11:28:05 AM PST by stormer
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To: Rudder

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.


88 posted on 12/12/2007 6:59:58 PM PST by Secret Agent Man
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To: Secret Agent Man

I agree with all you said.


89 posted on 12/12/2007 7:11:12 PM PST by Rudder
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To: Ichneumon
Simply Chemicals --> Polymers --> Replicating Polymers --> Hypercycle --> Protobiont --> bacteria

Have any of these steps been replicated in a lab? [I don't have a dog in this fight, just curious]

90 posted on 12/12/2007 7:32:13 PM PST by 11th_VA
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