http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070919/sc_afp/scienceinsectssexoffbeat_070919190317;_ylt=AqzEakOpGuZF4g72aIDugmEZ.3QA
2007-09-20 00:01:58 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sounds like... Evolution.
2007-09-20 00:07:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Did bat bugs never do this before...it just now started occurring? Is this complex mating mechanism something that occured through random mutations over billions of years and if so...what were the transitional appendages like and what was the first female bug to ever have one? At what point did this defense mechanism actually become fully functional so that the bat bug DNA recorded it as useful enough to pass on genetically to all bat bugs? Did the males only just now begin as well to to fend off mistaken identity by growing an appendage? This is simply a new discovery of a system design. Just like ladybugs - Immature ladybugs (the larvae) are spiny, wrinkled looking creatures. Few people realize these will mature into adult lady bugs. Some people call these larvae "aphid wolves." Guess what they eat? The aphid wolf spends its life gulping down aphids. And it doesn't know when to stop. Even when it is crammed full of food, it keeps on eating. Now, however, it just takes a bit out of each victim. Each aphid wolf can kill about 500 aphids every day. If the season is dry, and aphids are scarce, the lady bug larva switches to flowers, feeding on the pollen of dandelions and other tasty treats. Within five weeks the aphid wolf sheds its coat three times. Then it glues its back end to a leaf or twig and quietly waits for about ten days. And voila! An adult lady bug emerges. The adult too has a wide mouth and jagged teeth. Aphids taste just fine to these adults too. Female lady bugs lay masses of oval eggs on leaves. Usually the clever mama lays them near a thriving colony of aphids. The lady bug eggs hatch in a few days and the young begin to feast. This world and all its contents are too complex. Stop attempting to assign random chance mutation to such oderly, functional, purposeful chaos. Love in Christ, ~J~
2007-09-20 07:46:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Propagandistic tripe and very biased reporting.
This never ceases to amaze me.
The data is that bat bugs, similar to bed bugs, appear to be mutating. It is theorized that this mutation is a reaction to an extreme form of sexual conflict.
My reaction:
Incredulity that anyone, including the reporter and the scientist quoted, can accept theories, nay-hypothesis, as facts.
I just cannot believe that there are so many people in the world who do not know the difference between a theory and a fact, between propaganda and reporting.
2007-09-20 07:31:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
That is just freaky,and sort of funny. They must indeed be the most sexually confused species on Earth.
Jack
2007-09-20 07:32:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes that does fall heavily into evolution . and for all the religious believers think about this. your not one living thing. you are hundreds of trillions of living things per square inch. every one equiped with a brain an immune system a pouch for storing energy or a stomach. so maybe all our cells go somewhere when we die
2007-09-20 07:12:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Another attempt at trying to prove evolution.
I'll bet they were already that way.
I don't think I can possibly believe an insect (or ANY living thing) can change itself physically.
2007-09-20 08:34:59 · answer #6 · answered by Jed 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
jana - there is absolutely no way that you could be right. you're implying that they very well could have been "designed" that way? there is no reason god would do that (if he existed). it doesn't make any logical sense!!!!
but at least you tried to answer the question
anyway, it's a neat discovery!
2007-09-20 07:52:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For me it definitively is evolution, I am certain that you will get at least one creationist who will say gods will or gods plan.
2007-09-20 07:27:03 · answer #8 · answered by Imagine No Religion 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds to me like natural selection or 'quality control'.
No evidence for evolution,the practice only leads to more bat bugs being produced.I seriously doubt it will lead to a different species being produced.
2007-09-20 07:14:10 · answer #9 · answered by Wonderwall 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I don't know what this has to do with creationism? Just because the bats evolved? I believe in creationism but I also know that it's obvious that we have evolved since god created us too.
2007-09-20 07:12:51 · answer #10 · answered by misty_dawn1100 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋