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Originally posted by: Agnostos Insania
There's a fish species in which the mother gives "birth" in a most unusual manner. As the fish grow inside of her they eat the organs and flesh and eventually the mother is no more and the little babies are free to move around the world. The males are free to mate with as many females as they want, it's only the female that is eaten alive by the offspring.
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And people say there is no paradise on earth. 😉
 
Originally posted by: Throwmeabone
Oh yeah, the wasp "evolved" to do that. What a joke.
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I know. What are these people thinking? It's so obvious that His noodly appendage is making the wasp do that each time.
 
Originally posted by: astrocase
Originally posted by: kinev
Originally posted by: kranky
Another species of mind-controlling wasps - this time it gets spiders
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I just thought about this today!!

I was in my driveway when I saw a wasp carrying a spider across the ground. I have seen stuff like this on the Discovery channel, so I assumed it was carrying it away to lay an egg on it. It was really neat to watch.
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Where do you live?
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It does not matter, spider wasps live everywhere:
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Originally posted by: mwtgg
Originally posted by: Throwmeabone
Oh yeah, the wasp "evolved" to do that. What a joke.
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Either that or God made it like that. Take your pick.
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There may be some other scientific explanations besides evolution, even though evolution is the best theory we have right now. Still, there could be other scientific explanations, that's what science is all about.
 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
Originally posted by: RCN
I'm a firm believer in evolution but how the fvck does something like this come about?
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I was going to say the same thing - how the hell did evolution and natural selection do this? 😕
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What makes this more improbable then say...an elephant? Insects reproduce in massive numbers, outnumber all other species and have very short generations. More numbers equals more chances for mutation. Short generations means rapid change. Its an amazing adaptation for sure, but there's tons of bizarre insects.
 
Originally posted by: rdubbz420
Originally posted by: SampSon
That's pretty damned cool.
Now only if I could do that.
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yeah no sh!t, I would like to poke my stinger around in some hot broad. Lay egg....no. poke around....yes.:beer:
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LoLers...
That's freakin awesome...
 
I'm not gonna get into a Creationism vs. Darwinism debate. I just think those wasps are amazing. Good thing they are not larger. We could be on their menu.
 
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