Amusing list of 10 worst evolutionary designs.

Jul 23, 2009 03:39

1 Sea mammal blowhole. Any animal that spends appreciable time in the ocean should be able to extract oxygen from water via gills. Enlarging the lungs and moving a nostril to the back of the head is a poor work-around ( Read more... )

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skitabug July 23 2009, 04:59:03 UTC
Those are hysterical!

...and they didn't even bring up rabbits eating their poop either.

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exodite July 29 2009, 09:25:14 UTC
This year, one of my project students wrote her dissertation on "homosexuality in animals". Quite an eye opener; it contained a particularly enlightening discussion of alternative uses for sea mammal blowholes. Nasal sex?!

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