Amazing Transitional Animals
Darwin said that we should find
millions
of transitional fossils to
support the theory of evolution.
And though we haven't come across
any yet, we know it is just a matter of time before we do. Because
given enough time, anything can happen (i.e., something from
nothing, order from chaos via random chance, evolution, etc.
and etc.).
So we have taken the liberty
of "reconstructing" what these transitional animals
were probably like.
We snookered a bunch of students
from the local art school to help us out pro-bono. Now it should
be cautioned that these aspiring artists may have pushed their
creative license in order to beef up their portfolio and make
a name for themselves.
Then we hood-winked a bunch of
natural science students from the local junior college to give
us a brief synopsis of how these animals probably lived. And
they probably took some creative licenses too.
Enjoy the tour . . .
Liewen
Lion-to-Sheep Transitionary
Species
Makes since, since today's sheep
have no defense mechanisms and are slower than dirt.
This is the only way they could
have survived millions of years of struggle with other predators.
They were all independent and
would only follow themselves. All attempts at domestication failed
miserably.
They were also known to be cannibalistic
in lean times when food was scarce.
Girralephant
Giraffe-to-Elephant
Transitionary Species
As giraffes they were the pride
of the plains, but eventually got lazy and fat.
Sometimes were mistakenly identified
as pentapeds which eventually formed into mythical legends, just
like unicorns.
These legends have since died
out and we have no evidence of them, but we believe in them anyway
because they are neat.
A close cousin to the Birdaffe
as seen in issue two, but these were much much taller.
Buffoucan
Toucan-to-Buffalo
Transitionary Species
Migrated in herds from the tropical
rainforests of South America to the plains of North America every
year.
Unfortunately one year they were
caught by a strange group of primates (who would eventually evolve
into the North American Indians) and domesticated against their
will.
Having their wings clipped so
as not to fly away, they eventually became flightless buffoucan.
And in time their wings and other fowl features disappeared all
together.
And strangely enough, their South
American cousins lost all of their buffalo characteristics.
Isn't it incredible and unbelievable
how this stuff works?!
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