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 (which scientists are probably above doing,
right?).
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 (which scientists
are also probably above doing, right?).
Enjoy the tour . . .
In the last two additions we
concentrated on the transitional animals which appeared late
in history. In this issue we look at the earliest ones that appeared
across the fruited plains.
Carpemelon
Water Melon-to-Carp
Transitionary Species
These guys actually had a season
in which they were hunted down and eaten by other animals - summer.
They were safe in the colder months.
They were usually eaten as a
dessert after the main coarse. Southern animals preferred them
with salt.
Strangely enough some of the
males were born sterile. Those individuals were known as seedless
Carpemelon.
Toucanafly
Banana-to-Butterfly-to-Toucan
Transitionary Species
A rather unique one, the Toucanafly
was a transitional of three different animals. Was also an earlier
distant ancestor of the Buffoucan.
Average size was about six to
eight inches in length not counting the beak. Speaking of the
beak, these creatures were highly cannibalistic.
In fact, they were their own
main diet for millions of years. It's a wonder they survived
and evolved.
Discarded Toucanafly hides on
the jungle floor reeked havoc with other animals running through
the area causing massive herd pile ups.
Pinehedgeapplehog
Pineapple-to-Hedge
Hog Transitionary Species
A tough critter, the Pinehedgeapplehog
thrived until early man evolved and wiped them out because they
were oh so tasty.
In fact, cavemen would make a
putrid party drink and place slices of the critter in it for
added flavor and decoration.
One thing that made them so tough
was that the young grew on trees, and when ripe they fell crashing
onto the ground below.
At this stage, they couldn't
roll up into a ball because their back was so stiff. Their only
defense was to lay flat so as not to be turned over exposing
the weak underbelly.
Greco Roman wrestlers still use
the move to this very day.
Faith
is the substance of fossils hoped for,
the evidence of links unseen.
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