ისევე, როგორც თქვენ შეიძლება არ მიხვდა სათაური არ არის შოკისმომგვრელი, როგორც ჩემი სათაური ვარაუდობს, მაგრამ მე ვერ დაეხმარება, მაგრამ დაიძაბება საწყისი Guardian სტატია. მე ნამდვილად ის იუმორისტული როცა გვხვდება არაფერი, რომელიც ამბობს, მეცნიერები “განცვიფრებული”, “baffled”, “შოკირებულია”, “გვაწუხებს”, – ვფიქრობ, რომ ეს თემა სხვა დროს… მიუხედავად ამისა, ნამდვილად cool butterfly has emerged at the “Sensational Butterflies” exhibit at the British Museum in London – a bilateral gynandromorph! The Guardian reports today that this specimen of Papilio memnon just emerged and is beginning to draw small crowds of visitors. I know I’d love to see one of these alive again – although the zoo situation would take away quite a bit of the excitement. I think the only thing more exciting than seeing one of these live in the field would be to net one myself!
One little thing tripped my skeptical sensors and that is the quote at the end of the article taken from the curator of butterflies, Blanca Huertas. “The gynandromorph butterfly is a fascinating scientific phenomenon, and is the product of complex evolutionary processes. It is fantastic to have discovered one hatching on museum grounds, particularly as they are so rare.”
კარგად, I don’t specifically see how these are a “product of … evolutionary processes” inasmuch as ყველა life in ყველა forms is a product of evolution. These are sterile “glitches” that are cool, but not anything that has been specifically evolved for or against. Perhaps it would be more adept to call this a fascinating process of genetics (which the article actually describes with accuracy). ასევე – butterflies emerge as adults and hatch as caterpillars – but that’s just me being picky.
Exclusive interview of this story here: http://www.themortonreport.com/discoveries/cool-science/hermaphrodite-butterfly-hatches-in-london-museum-plans-to-take-up-acting/
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