July 12, 2007

THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE STRENGTH TO PRETEND ANYMORE:

Samoan Butterflies Evolving Fast (Associated Press, July 12, 2007)

The dramatic comeback of a tropical male butterfly, which was almost wiped out of existence by an invasive parasite, shows just how fast natural selection can work in practice, researchers said Thursday.

When researchers sampled the numbers of the Blue Moon butterfly species on the South Pacific island of Savaii at the beginning of 2006, the males accounted for just one percent of the population.

By the end of the year, a period that is equivalent to 10 generations of Blue Moon butterflies, that figure had jumped to almost 40 percent.


At least when the Darwinists were faking the peppered moth evidence they were pretending the things had actually evolved.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 12, 2007 4:08 PM
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