AzurePhoenix

Yeah, *old school* is only possible at all through mutation, but what I'm saying is generally the mutations start small and progress, and are not as disruptive as a spontaneous and disfiguring third arm sticking outa the middle of my chest. And I watched that Dragon thing. It was cool, but it didn't take the time to address the issue of how they got six limbs, or how the fire ability evolved. Talked about how the animal operated, but not how it became what it was, and it spent very little talking about the natural history of each species. Rather dissapointing, but when these types of docs come out on DVD, they usually have tons of extra footage. Here's to hoping.

Hi, I'm Kaylie (Call me Kay) and I have a fear of commitment. Wait, what's this thread?

and frogs have metamorphosized with over a dozen limbs. But I've never heard of such a mutation having benefits to the organim. Seems to me that spontaneously devloped limbs aren't the way to go. If a six-limbed vertabrate's gonna evolve, it'll have to do so te hard way, old-school yo.

Gracias mi amigo (dragon stuff).

Dude, we've got nothin' but time.

On the cellular level, which is generally thought to be more efficient, the respiratory capillaries of birds, or mammalian alveoli? And if it's possible, in regards to volume, which is lighter, the avian or the mammalian lung (on average)?

Couldn't extra limbs start out from non-limb structures? Like say some lizard develops a double-row of sail membranes like a sinosaurus or amargosaurus. The spines develope muscles of a type to let the rep spread them out to catch sun. If small and arboreal, say these become useful in gliding. Stronger and stronger musculature developes aong the scapula or the projections of the spine, along with bony projections. Couldn't these eventually evolve into wings of some sort? Disn't longisguama or something evolve in a vaguely similar fassion as this? Of course, such whings would't be bat or pterosaur-like, due to a lack of fingers.

With all the controversy over designer-babies, I think that combining cloning with this process might help alleviate the genetic-diversity issue (mix in some genes from this close cousin, then a little from this, etc, etc) Sure, the species would be diluted a little, but as long as the genes used were carefully monitored, its a necessary risk. BUt yeah, the main problem is habitat. Conserve, then clone. Well, to do so, we first must raise a bloody coup against modern society, build a better, healthier humanity, and kill off the excess. Coupe, construct, kill, conserve, and clone. The Five Kuhs

I'm fairly certain reptile and bird rb cells are nucleated, so it probably goes without saying that the dinos who were in-between had them too.

Ahh, Gwass-Hawpa hath foiled the foolish blue-bird-assassin with riddles. I say that'd be a Ghandi trait

Just goes to show that you can only hide your true colors to acertain extent

Hey, what happens in the pub, stays in the pub

Yeah, he coulda been Hillary

Aha!! Eat relativity, Foolish Commoners!! ------------ damn, missed it again. Oh well, My Results were for Einstein, as is Albert, as in the Person of the Century (20th), and genius extrordinaire!

Ahh, forget it, i can't figure how to load the results...

how about "obnoxious debauchery and excessive libation" and yes, he earned it

Wait a sec! Today is my Gram's birthday too! BenSon; they still watch you through a microwave? The IACE (International Agency of Conspiracy and Evil) has been using crickets with micro-implants to spy on me since I was twelve and first hit puberty. Know how I dealt with it? Got a bunch of geckoes and let um loose in the house. The geckoes now spark when I touch them, but their ain't any more crickets hangin' out in my shower! Here's the relevant part... where did I catch the geckoes? Gram's backyard. What color are they? GREEN!!

Jdurg, you are just too cute

That thousand acres doesn't include the roads that will have to be built, which must cut through hundreds of miles of wilds. And 1/10 of 1% of the human population is still a pretty big number. So's that much space in a reserve, in the long run.

Really, the problem is that we just don't know what sparks life in the first place. For all we know, it's easy, just not somethng we've yet learned to understand, and probably won't until we discover more life on other worlds. Let's say we find fossil or hibernating life on mars, and then more living in the Europan seas. Suddenly, a whole new equation is necessary.

tit for tat, and you can interpret that anyway you want

"Give this" "give that" Sheesh, the kid sounds like my last boyfriend!

Jobaria, a primitive cretaceous / jurassic sauropod, i forget where from

i feel dirty for some reason.... Don't tell me ----- 2u is some freako villain who will use the info I passed along to destroy the world.