مہتمم مسحور!

آپ اندازہ کر سکتے ساتھ ساتھ مشروط میری عنوان سے پتہ چلتا ہے کے طور پر چونکانے والی نہیں ہے, لیکن میں مدد نہیں کر سکتا لیکن گارڈین کے مضمون سے گھماؤ کرنے. میں نے کچھ اس پار آیا جب میں نے سچ میں سائنسدانوں کا کہنا ہے کہ یہ مزاحیہ جائے “مسحور”, “ہکا بکا رہ گیا”, “حیران”, “حیران”, – میں سمجھتا ہوں کہ کسی اور وقت کے لئے ایک موضوع ہے لگتا ہے… بہر حال ایک واقعی cool butterfly has emerged at the “Sensational Butterflies” exhibit at the British Museum in London – ایک دو طرفہ 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.”

ٹھیک ہے, I don’t specifically see how these are a “product of … evolutionary processes” inasmuch as تمام life in تمام 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). اس کے علاوہ – butterflies emerge as adults and hatch as caterpillars – but that’s just me being picky.