http://tinyfrog.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/whales-and-intelligent-design/ Atheism, Evolution, Skepticism Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:40:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://tinyfrog.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/whales-and-intelligent-design/#comment-678 Mike Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:33:59 +0000 http://tinyfrog.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/whales-and-intelligent-design/#comment-678 If a suckling whale got a little sea water in its gut instead of milk it would certainly not die. If it got a lot of sea water in it's gut, the milk would become diluted, and the young whale could die or just become smaller and weaker than those whose suckling mechanism was more efficient. If it didn't grow as large, it might not be able to compete with the more efficient sucklers. In turn, a weaker, smaller whale is not able to attract a mate as well as the stronger, larger ones. Uh Oh! Guess whose genes might be removed from the local whale gene pool. If a suckling whale got a little sea water in its gut instead of milk it would certainly not die. If it got a lot of sea water in it’s gut, the milk would become diluted, and the young whale could die or just become smaller and weaker than those whose suckling mechanism was more efficient. If it didn’t grow as large, it might not be able to compete with the more efficient sucklers. In turn, a weaker, smaller whale is not able to attract a mate as well as the stronger, larger ones. Uh Oh! Guess whose genes might be removed from the local whale gene pool.

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