tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post2048473769516743570..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: A major evolutionary transition explainedAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-18778170915028942742011-12-16T08:49:35.474-05:002011-12-16T08:49:35.474-05:00Yes, they stick their heads in the ground (hmmmm, ...Yes, they stick their heads in the ground (hmmmm, putting them below their genitals--if that's relevant to fluid flow), avoiding the use of their brains. So their world is topsy turvy unless it shows that using one's brain is evolutionary a bad thing; in humans' case, at least, that causes all sorts of horrors.Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-67778684758859074172011-12-16T08:47:57.126-05:002011-12-16T08:47:57.126-05:00Indeed, it's astonishing that ostriches don...Indeed, it's astonishing that ostriches don't rule the world, with all that blood freed up to run their brains!Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-48737846230173247102011-12-16T08:46:17.066-05:002011-12-16T08:46:17.066-05:00Well, about males at least, it's long been arg...Well, about males at least, it's long been argued that the blood supply is adequate to service only one of their two vital organs (the brain being the other). But now it appears that we might serve both, one with blood, the other with lymph....if only we were ostriches!<br /><br />Now, let's not let females off the hook, since there must be something analogous going on with them (one hopes).Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-8274301558310055332011-12-16T07:33:02.569-05:002011-12-16T07:33:02.569-05:00This obviously refutes arguments for Intelligent D...This obviously refutes arguments for Intelligent Design.<br /><br />The largest lymphatic organ in people is the thoracic duck, er duct!occamserasernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-1059724807150657462011-12-15T09:16:11.192-05:002011-12-15T09:16:11.192-05:00Oh, well, if the ostrich paper had had videos! Or...Oh, well, if the ostrich paper had had videos! Or anything at all kinky, like ducks!Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-61044165303787936452011-12-15T09:10:22.903-05:002011-12-15T09:10:22.903-05:00I'm interested and I'm one of millions and...I'm interested and I'm one of millions and even billions like me! :) <br /><br />Also, the duck penis business was a HUGE internet sensation two years ago: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/12/22/kinkiness-beyond-kinky/Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.com