Why snakes dont have legs......(Technical but interesting)

Just playing devil's advocate....what relevence does yours and others' belief or non-belief in evolution have to do with the original topic of the thread?

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Originally Posted by TheAudOne

I dont like Stangs either but give the kid a break....:carrot:
And you said you dont want to turn this into a heated debate.....BUT who threw the negative reputation point first???

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Your probably right about that one.....I thought about just saying something in thread....perhaps that might have been better.

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Originally Posted by lillyorchid

Interesting. I saw some show on TV a while back about legless animals & how they got that way.

Also had something on the same show I believe about us in few hundred years no longer having a pinkie toe.

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This is an example of an on-topic response.

I'm sure most would agree that replying to a topic on evolution and taking a stand on the other side of the fence, in this case being creation, does nothing to add to the thread and instigates a heated debate.

It would be the same as someone asking a question about venomoids and receiving a reply like "venomoids are BAD!"... it doesn't add anything and just turns the thread into poo poo.

I agree with Mendel on this one. He started a scientific thread and Stangs jumped in and turned it into a debate on the second post. He didn't add anything to the thread and Mendel wasn't asking for opposing opinions. I'm not saying it's bad to state your opinion in any thread, but he certainly didn't add anything positive to the main topic.

FWIW, I found the links very interesting. The fossil record of snakes is pretty sparse, and I understand one theory is that snakes may have undergone several stages of evolution with regards to limbs in which they lost them and then gained them again perhaps more than once or twice during their evolutionary process.

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Originally Posted by xdeus

FWIW, I found the links very interesting. The fossil record of snakes is pretty sparse, and I understand one theory is that snakes may have undergone several stages of evolution with regards to limbs in which they lost them and then gained them again perhaps more than once or twice during their evolutionary process.

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I read this somewhere too....I cant remember where.....I wondered about this and how it relates to the changes in Hox expression as I read the above links.

Very intersting read!

Although it is a much more general read on snakes as a whole the book "Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery In Nature" was a very good read that examined many of the different traits from locomotion to vestigal lungs, venom vs constriction and many other facets. If you can froogle up a copy or find one on alibris - highly reccomended!

Good read Mendel!......now why don't snakes have eyelids? :D :devilish:

Hmmm I went a-googlin on that one Daniel LOL. From what little I could find there is a theory that the lack of external ear canals and the fused permanent scale over their eyes is an evolutionary reaction to either subterranean or aquatic conditions. In either environment it would make sense to keep dirt or water out as much as possible so not having ear holes and unprotected eyes (or blinking eyelids...think dirt under an eyelid...OWWW) would be quite a handy thing.

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Originally Posted by TheAudOne

I dont like Stangs either but give the kid a break....:carrot:

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Aww Why dont you like me?