One way species evolve is out of necessity and a genetic flaw, which turns out to be an advantage. We have all heard of frogs with extra legs, cats with extra paws and two-headed lizards. We have heard of people who are double jointed. Certainly there must have been Double-jointed jawed Alligators sometime in the evolutionary process of their 400 million years of progression.
Why didnt the Double-jointed alligator survive? It seems that it should of. We have all seen the brave or crazy people attempt catch Alligators. Once the alligator bites down with all that force and power, it seems it is relatively easy to keep the jaw closed. With so little pressure needed to close the jaw it would seem this to be a terrific problem for the alligator, as even another alligator could hold it down in this way.
It would seem with such an incredible design that has allowed this pre-historic relic to stay at the top of the food chain to this present period would have encounter worse predator or threats than that Australian Outback Dont try this at home media hyping, death wish seeking, adrenaline junkie?
Even if the alligator did not take advantage of such a genetic flaw along the way and turn this into an asset, one has to wonder why this design has not risen to the point of dominating the Planet. It is a better design for life on the surface of the Planet, yet it may be Extinct. To see such a species so well adapted to go out of businesses seems incorrect as the laws of evolution and the concept of Survival of the Fittest!
One might ask what is the point in bringing this to the discussion. Well, here is my point; as mankind attempts to copy mother natures creatures to build artificially intelligent machines for various reasons, we should look at how our climate, terrain, global temperatures, eco-systems had evolved as well. In fact if we copy Mother Natures designs they may not be the best design for today or for the future. That wo uld include Humans too. What did you just say? I said the soft shell design of Humans with the mega food intake needs may in fact not be such a hot design for the resultant of a climate change, global warming or the ice age which follows; do you follow? Would design changes be a worthy discussion now? It is probably too late for the alligator which we know to have existed in that form or a similar form for 400 million years. Is the Alligators environment changing faster than the species?
Is our environment changing faster than evolution can keep up? Things such as the population increases, electronic tools, viruses we face? Maybe re- designing Humans is not such a crazy idea after all; maybe we ought to at least know our options, in case we need to implement them in the next few hundred years. Is this too heavy a subject for you; conflicts with your religious belief system? Okay fine, then do not think about it, but do not prevent others from thinking there, we may need their research in the future. To save people like you and your offspring.
Lance Winslow
Author:: Lance Winslow
Keywords:: Endangered, Extinct, Alligators, Double-jointed, Jaws, Humans
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