Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Lizards Show Evolution in Action



We just talked about evolution as a change in population dynamics a few articles ago with nematodes and pesticides. Here is a GREAT video illustrating this point once again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoeIIZFApF4

Those lizards that have retained a juvenile behavioral trait of shaking off their ant attackers and skidatilling out of there will survive and reproduce, unlike their buddies that remain statuesque, hoping to camouflage themselves and hide from the ants, (which obviously turns out to be a bad strategy!)

Anyone know how to spell skidatilling?

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