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01-04-2012, 09:20 PM | #26 |
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Aside from the fact that Jason Abbadon is absolutely right, I'd just like to point out there is a monumental difference between these two sharks mating, and two breeds of dogs.
All dogs (Note, not all Canids, all dogs), are the exact same species. From a weinerdog, to a Great Dane, they are genetically the same. (Housecats, too) The Austrailian Blacktip, and the Common Blacktip, while closely related, are genetically distinct species. Discovering a significant wild population of hybrids of these two sharks (And 57 known individuals is a significant population), is akin to discovering a population of elephants that are hybrids of African and Asian. Two totally different, but related species, that have very little interaction with one another, due to habitat. (They used to have mildly overlapping habitats, until man severed it. At least, I believe they did) While why the "new" sharks are significant has been stated very well, I just felt the need to point out the "dogs" analogy really does not work at all. Completely different thing.
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01-04-2012, 09:24 PM | #27 |
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Aside from the fact that Jason Abbadon is absolutely right, I'd just like to point out there is a monumental difference between these two sharks mating, and two breeds of dogs.
All dogs (Note, not all Canids, all dogs), are the exact same species. From a weinerdog, to a Great Dane, they are genetically the same. (Housecats, too) The Austrailian Blacktip, and the Common Blacktip, while closely related, are genetically distinct species. Discovering a significant wild population of hybrids of these two sharks (And 57 known individuals is a significant population), is akin to discovering a population of elephants that are hybrids of African and Asian. Two totally different, but related species, that have very little interaction with one another, due to habitat. (They used to have mildly overlapping habitats, until man severed it. At least, I believe they did) While why the "new" sharks are significant has been stated very well, I just felt the need to point out the "dogs" analogy really does not work at all. Completely different thing. So it'd be closer to polar and black bears mating? Supposedly that's happened, and it gave birth to some sort of prehistoric bear. Am I missing something here? Also no sharks with lasers jokes? |
01-04-2012, 10:11 PM | #28 |
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Simular, yes. It's more like your grizzly/polar bear example than the dog example.
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01-04-2012, 10:29 PM | #29 |
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Well this kind of sounds like the general conception, that last part included; which sort of contradicts itself.
Continued existance is the only real goal, all others are just slight varriations. On the surface, this artcle reports; "Look everyone: evolution!" But really, not "a lot of throwing paint against the wall and seeing what sticks". No this evolution we are seeing in action with our own eyes, the final proof of the theory if you will isn't unthinking at all. Its, oh shit, climate change, do something or die. Go against what you generally do (as you pointed out). Evolve and mate with that other shark in order to create a new type of shark more fit for survival so that our genes can continue to exist. Not much random about that, though spinning it as such certainly fits the narrative I suppose. There's no guiding intelligence causing this- nothing supernatural saying "I need to hook these sharks up!" Nor are the sharks making a decision to do something new, and while as an adaptation, these sharks may have an advantage, it's no guarentee of success. It's true that we may be seeing the first select few hybrids that have this trait, but there's no telling how long these sharks have been interbreeding- this might not be as new as people think and may have just gone unnoticed before now. I dont know the extent they test such things there- shark research is woefully under-funded in the States. As to climate change causing all this, it could be a case of correlation not equaling causation- it may have nothing to do with climate change (despite the story) and everything to do with pollution. Or fishing. Or diminishing habitat. Or female cold water sharks put out on the first date. There's a lot left to be worked out. And for the record, I abstained from the "sharks with lasers" joke, as well as the "jimp the shark" joke I was going to make about the scientists possibly overreaching. Last edited by Jason Abbadon; 01-04-2012 at 10:34 PM.. |
01-04-2012, 10:37 PM | #30 |
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Creatures are always evolving. That is why you can go to "insert tropical, secluded island" that has foliage hanging from tall branches and correlate that to the fact that the turtles there only have long necks. The reason for this is because the turtles with short, stubby necks died out and the long necked ones continued to breed. Of course, the opposite is true for humans. Our dumbest seem to breed the most. Lucky us.
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01-04-2012, 10:52 PM | #31 |
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Intelligence sems to be a use it or lose it thing- science has recently been revising how it views such things- my favorite example is the New Caledonia Crow- little bastards are smarter at problem solving than chimps or human two year olds.
Check out an amazing Nature doumentary at pbs.org on crows- they have facial recognition for not just other crows, but animals and humans- and they teach their children what to look out for....meanwhile we cant tell one crow from another, and often cant recall people we've met and interacted with. By contrast, chimps and other primates seem to have hit a plateau for intel- they dont need more for their niche, so they never developed it...but now us humans are wiping them out and they cant possibly adapt to all we're throwing at them. Humans are a giant asteroid hitting the world.... Last edited by Jason Abbadon; 01-04-2012 at 10:57 PM.. |
01-05-2012, 06:50 AM | #32 |
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Maybe I'm not being clear with "unthinking" terminology-
There's no guiding intelligence causing this- nothing supernatural saying "I need to hook these sharks up!" Nor are the sharks making a decision to do something new, and while as an adaptation, these sharks may have an advantage, it's no guarentee of success. I'm just looking at the evidence the world has presented us and processing it a little different. Here we have a change in the enviroment and organisms within that enviroment evolving in order to adapt in a short period of time. That is very different than random mutation along with natural selection over an extended period of time leading to the evolution of a new species, and a huge scientific breakthrough that should fundamentally change the way we look at the theory of evolution. Wouldn't you agree?
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01-05-2012, 10:50 AM | #33 |
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Outside of Photoshop, that's not possible.
Interspecies breeding is rarely viable within the same family of animals- some primates with other primates and birds to other birds, -but not birds and primates- sorry no flyng monkeys to defend your castle. No cat/dog mixes either. You cant mix genes that way. Not even in a lab. Perhaps I should have been more clear in my use of the term "interbreeding". I meant that different breeds of dog can mate with each other, usually without issue (there's a whole industry based on it) and that the same thing applied to different breeds of cats. In fact, although it's not part of the official classification, I would place "Breed" under "Species" in the taxonomical hierarchy. I was not implying that dogs and cats can mate with each other (male dog/female cat or vice versa) and produce hybrid offspring. And I certainly wasn't suggesting flying monkeys or any of the other fantastical hybrids you mentioned. Quote:
All breeds of dogs- including wolves, cyotes and housepets are still dogs and all breeds of cats still cats.
In your statement you're using the term "dogs" to represent the entire genus and "breed" to represent the different species within that genus. Those terms should only refer to a specific subspecies (Canis lupus familiaris) and the slight variations (breeds) within it. I suppose "dog" could also refer to Canis lupus dingo (i.e. dingos), depending on where you're from. Some cultures use dog and dingo interchangeably, even though they don't really mean the same thing. Quote:
There are slight exceptions like breeding donkeys and horses (both part of the Equine family) to get mules, but mules are sterile and cant reproduce on their own.
It was too obvious.
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01-05-2012, 11:56 AM | #34 |
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01-05-2012, 05:52 PM | #35 |
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I'd buy a figure of a shark with lasers actually- ou could stick one of those laster used to torment cats into the shark that Showdown namor came with or a rubber squeaky shark...maybe add a GI Joe jetpack in there...
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01-13-2012, 02:10 PM | #36 |
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I wanted to see a hammerhead mix.
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