You know, I had honestly never considered this. Aside even from the sheer number of creatures you’d have to get on a single boat (under the assumption that species don’t evolve and branch off), there’s also a lot of awkwardness to the logistics:
Many creatures eat or kill other creatures.
Many creatures have significant climate requirements.
Parasites, viruses, bacteria, etc.. are all, in a sense, “creatures”.
Bees die when they sting you.
Anyway, this entire video is pretty hilarious. There’s a part 2, as well.
I’m going to start traipsing through my Pocket favorites list, now that I finally have this site up and running. First up is a great (old) article at smithsonian.com that details some of the more.. awkward consequences of our evolution.
I think my personal favorite is that hiccups are a throwback to our water-dwelling ancestors. I could probably turn more than a few heads by yelling “I don’t have gills anymore!” at myself between hiccups.
These little evolutionary mishaps are a great argument against creationism. Why would a god create us with these flaws that have such obvious evolutionary explanations?
There’s also a great video with Richard Dawkins that helps explain the concept that evolution not only produces beauty and elegance, but it is also a remarkably imperfect mechanism:
If you’re hungry for more, check out this great NOVA episode that covers a lot about evolution: What Darwin Never Knew
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