Traits of Time.
Fascinated and intrigued have many been about the evolutionary missing links involving all creatures. A surviving exhibit is the example of the platypus which lives in Australasia. Prepare to be perplexed because although classed as a mammal it actually lays eggs. It has webbed feet and a duck like bill. Four short legs keep the platypus from directly being on the ground and on the hind leg is a poisonous spur that although not deadly to a person, would be very painful if contacted with a human body. Covered in thick short brown fur that protects it when immersed in water, on land it moves awkwardly but is a very able swimmer. Did you know a platypus can be submerged for about half a minute before returning to the surface? A surprising feature about the platypus is over the evolution it has had, as it has over time lost the need for a stomach. A carnivorous eater, you may be questioning the efficiency of how it can break down any food but it scoops up small stones and gravel to help digest and absorb any nutritional intake. This quirk of evolution can involve for some species losing and then regaining wings.
The bat is another surprising creature although resembling a mouse in body its cloaking wings give it the ability to fly. When resting it has an upside down view in the preferable, for a bat, gloom of its home. At night it goes on the search for food using a very accurate biological sonar sense system. One of the species of bat has as a liking for blood giving it an image of a blood sucking animal and a lower the lights and pull the curtains Dracula persona.
My favourite creature that displays characteristics of different species is the Archaeopteryx as it looks like a small bird but has scales. In its beak there were teeth and claws would have been seen on its wings. If you think about it the Archaeopteryx would have been a somewhat superb example of evolutionary artistry, as its wings were covered with feathers and claws. I think of it as a living creature although it has only been discovered as a dinosaur fossil and that was comparatively recently.
The ability to fly greatly affects survival so it is not surprising that although not possessing feathers an early creature that took to the sky was called a Pterodactyl. It relied on a large expanse of stretched skin that enabled it to soar to safety when attacked. Another interesting feature it possessed was a long, narrow beak with needle sharp teeth. The male was generally larger than the female and they possessed an enormous wing span.
Evolution is not a straight line and will provide the most successful of solutions in different ways at different times for a variety of creatures. Think of the eyes of a fly that has multi receptors and almost three hundred and sixty degree scope of vision, this gives them a quick response to danger, snakes that have residue traces of legs and creatures that have left the water to live on land such as whales and dolphins but have then after time returned to the water.
Some dinosaurs are believed to have spent much of their time off dry land as their great mass would be relieved because of the buoyancy of the water. A modern day creature is the hippopotamus who revels in a water environment.
I wonder how many species could there have been that displayed characteristics of completely diverse creatures. The chances of surviving as a fossil must be extremely small. The exact conditions for a perfect preservation are precise plus surviving intact is another consideration. The survival of fossils is not a means as for knowing the vast array in species that may have existed.
The bat is another surprising creature although resembling a mouse in body its cloaking wings give it the ability to fly. When resting it has an upside down view in the preferable, for a bat, gloom of its home. At night it goes on the search for food using a very accurate biological sonar sense system. One of the species of bat has as a liking for blood giving it an image of a blood sucking animal and a lower the lights and pull the curtains Dracula persona.
My favourite creature that displays characteristics of different species is the Archaeopteryx as it looks like a small bird but has scales. In its beak there were teeth and claws would have been seen on its wings. If you think about it the Archaeopteryx would have been a somewhat superb example of evolutionary artistry, as its wings were covered with feathers and claws. I think of it as a living creature although it has only been discovered as a dinosaur fossil and that was comparatively recently.
The ability to fly greatly affects survival so it is not surprising that although not possessing feathers an early creature that took to the sky was called a Pterodactyl. It relied on a large expanse of stretched skin that enabled it to soar to safety when attacked. Another interesting feature it possessed was a long, narrow beak with needle sharp teeth. The male was generally larger than the female and they possessed an enormous wing span.
Evolution is not a straight line and will provide the most successful of solutions in different ways at different times for a variety of creatures. Think of the eyes of a fly that has multi receptors and almost three hundred and sixty degree scope of vision, this gives them a quick response to danger, snakes that have residue traces of legs and creatures that have left the water to live on land such as whales and dolphins but have then after time returned to the water.
Some dinosaurs are believed to have spent much of their time off dry land as their great mass would be relieved because of the buoyancy of the water. A modern day creature is the hippopotamus who revels in a water environment.
I wonder how many species could there have been that displayed characteristics of completely diverse creatures. The chances of surviving as a fossil must be extremely small. The exact conditions for a perfect preservation are precise plus surviving intact is another consideration. The survival of fossils is not a means as for knowing the vast array in species that may have existed.
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