Natures Wonders- (Introduction)
A bettle can vary its egg laying to thwart parasitic wasps. The upper eggs in the stack are not really viable, and fool the wasp! But the bettle also seems to know if there are wasps or not, and varies its egg laying accordingly. Only epigenetic mechanisms could do this, not Darwin's hunt and peck of chance mutation and natural selection:-http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-beetle-eggs-shields-wasps.html
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2011-08-14, 02:12
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2011-08-15, 14:50
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David Turell,
2011-09-13, 18:02
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David Turell,
2011-08-20, 14:24
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David Turell,
2011-08-15, 14:50
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David Turell,
2011-08-24, 03:04
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George Jelliss,
2011-10-30, 10:21
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dhw,
2011-10-30, 18:02
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David Turell,
2011-10-30, 18:35
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dhw,
2011-10-31, 14:27
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David Turell,
2011-10-31, 14:42
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David Turell,
2011-10-31, 17:18
- Natures Wonders- living fossils -
David Turell,
2011-11-03, 14:35
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2017-11-14, 15:15
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2017-11-15, 14:27
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dhw,
2017-11-16, 13:34
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2017-11-16, 15:33
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dhw,
2017-11-17, 14:45
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2017-11-17, 17:46
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dhw,
2017-11-18, 12:48
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2017-11-18, 18:24
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2017-11-19, 14:17
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2017-11-19, 15:08
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dhw,
2017-11-20, 13:42
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2017-11-20, 15:22
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dhw,
2017-11-21, 14:15
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David Turell,
2017-11-21, 15:03
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dhw,
2017-11-22, 13:26
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David Turell,
2017-11-22, 15:02
- Natures Wonders: travelling ants can't be fooled -
David Turell,
2017-11-24, 00:46
- Natures Wonders: turtle hibernation -
David Turell,
2017-11-26, 01:55
- Natures Wonders: torpor -
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- Natures Wonders: torpor in lemur monkeys -
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2021-03-12, 23:17
- Natures Wonders: bats protect forests from insects -
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2022-11-01, 22:01
- Natures Wonders: Sea bird migration - David Turell, 2023-12-22, 15:32
- Natures Wonders: bats protect forests from insects -
David Turell,
2022-11-01, 22:01
- Natures Wonders: torpor in lemur monkeys -
David Turell,
2021-03-12, 23:17
- Natures Wonders: torpor -
David Turell,
2020-12-30, 19:39
- Natures Wonders: turtle hibernation -
David Turell,
2017-11-26, 01:55
- Natures Wonders: travelling ants can't be fooled -
David Turell,
2017-11-24, 00:46
- Natures Wonders- living fossils -
David Turell,
2017-11-22, 15:02
- Natures Wonders- living fossils -
dhw,
2017-11-22, 13:26
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David Turell,
2017-11-21, 15:03
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dhw,
2017-11-21, 14:15
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David Turell,
2017-11-20, 15:22
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dhw,
2017-11-20, 13:42
- Natures Wonders- living fossils -
David Turell,
2017-11-19, 15:08
- Natures Wonders- living fossils -
dhw,
2017-11-18, 12:48
- Natures Wonders- living fossils -
David Turell,
2017-11-17, 17:46
- Natures Wonders- living fossils -
dhw,
2017-11-17, 14:45
- Natures Wonders- living fossils -
David Turell,
2017-11-16, 15:33
- Natures Wonders- living fossils -
dhw,
2017-11-16, 13:34
- Natures Wonders- living fossils -
David Turell,
2017-11-15, 14:27
- Natures Wonders- living fossils -
dhw,
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- Natures Wonders- living fossils -
David Turell,
2017-11-14, 15:15
- Natures Wonders- living fossils -
David Turell,
2011-11-03, 14:35
- Natures Wonders for Halloween -
David Turell,
2011-10-31, 17:18
- Natures Wonders; ant repellent -
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2011-11-23, 15:31
- Natures Wonders;under water web -
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2011-11-23, 15:47
- Natures Wonders;fibers at low energy cost - David Turell, 2011-11-24, 16:41
- Natures Wonders;under water web -
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2011-11-23, 15:47
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David Turell,
2011-10-31, 14:42
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dhw,
2011-10-31, 14:27
- Natures Wonders -
David Turell,
2011-10-30, 18:35
- Natures Wonders -
dhw,
2011-10-30, 18:02
- Natures Wonders -
George Jelliss,
2011-10-30, 10:21
- Natures Wonders; bivalve strength -
David Turell,
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- Natures Wonders; bird migration -
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2011-11-16, 15:33
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- Natures Wonders; monarch migration -
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2011-11-25, 20:16
- Natures Wonders; brilliant corvids -
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2011-11-30, 15:02
- Natures Wonders; toads? -
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2011-12-02, 17:33
- Natures Wonders;cells fight infections - David Turell, 2011-12-06, 21:07
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2011-12-02, 17:33
- Natures Wonders; brilliant corvids -
David Turell,
2011-11-30, 15:02
- Natures Wonders; bird migration -
David Turell,
2011-11-16, 15:33
- Natures Wonders -
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2011-08-15, 13:19