scott99
Arachnoknight
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Why are tarantulas so Beautiful looking? I mean their no reason for it, they are nocturnal and they can't really see.
There's a reason for everything in nature. Everything is an experiment in life, and those that survive...live on in their offspring. In an environment where it's advantageous to survival to be drab and brown, many of the creatures found in that area will be so. In an environment where one has to be a bit more crafty to live, you might find a rainbow colored who knows what. Color can be for sex, for camouflage, hunting, defense, and more things than you could likely ever imagine. Given enough time, and just enough resources to survive, life figures out most any situation and endures. Living things are NOT going to waste their energy on something if it does not serve a purpose or has at one point served one. If one spider has a particular pattern or color that allows it to live longer and have more sex and produce more offspring, then the next generation will also posses his or her traits---> evolution. survival. purdy colors. arachnoboards.Why are tarantulas so Beautiful looking? I mean their no reason for it, they are nocturnal and they can't really see.
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See Jeff Goldblum's Jurassic Park rant. Or most any biology textbook. It will make sense.reason for it
That's just cause your from Chicago lol all that fresh breeze coming off the lake. LolWhy am I so beautiful looking? No one will ever know. Some are just blessed.
If the "breeze" had anything to do with my superior looks, everyone would strive to look like an icicle. It's like the day after tomorrow up in here.That's just cause your from Chicago lol all that fresh breeze coming off the lake. Lol
Fresh?? :?That's just cause your from Chicago lol all that fresh breeze coming off the lake. Lol
Bahahahaha so true. You're better off swimming in a prison toilet than any of the bodies of water in Chicago.Fresh?? :?
This isn't exactly true. Vestigial organs/limbs are one of the best proofs of evolution because they show that adaptation of preexisting structures has taken place, at times making certain body parts unused (a great example is the human appendix, or another favorite of mine are whale pelvic bones).There's a reason for everything in nature.
I'm sure those parts will be gone somewhere down the line. Evolution takes some time. Things from skin color to genetic diseases, like sickle cell and even type 1 diabetes were in fact adaptations and still partially useful and may still be in the future. But nothing we know of is perfect or fool proof, so I do agree that sometimes there may be 0 point for certain things in nature.This isn't exactly true. Vestigial organs/limbs are one of the best proofs of evolution because they show that adaptation of preexisting structures has taken place, at times making certain body parts unused (a great example is the human appendix, or another favorite of mine are whale pelvic bones).
I see in your post you mentioned things which are/have been useful, so I think ya know this. But I don't like when people say that nature has "reasons" because it anthropomorphizes a process which does not think or reason.
Shhhhh your not supposed to let the secrets out. Just say you hang out around navy pierBahahahaha so true. You're better off swimming in a prison toilet than any of the bodies of water in Chicago.
Navy pier? Lol. I'm not 15.Shhhhh your not supposed to let the secrets out. Just say you hang out around navy pier
They are beautiful so they can attract a mate. Ultimate males especially tend to be extra colorful as to hopefully get a chance to reproduce. Other sp. in nature have them same traits, male birds are often more colorful too.
That seems weird. Overcoming a handicap instead of just eliminating the handicap.Not that females can see those colors or select mates by them at any distance with their eyesight. What's a female going to do, refuse to mate when a male gets close because his carapace color isn't quite as bright as she'd like. Not like there's a line of brightly colored males waiting for their turn to impress her (as with some animals). A potentially more likely reason would why some males in the animal kingdom are more colorful and/or have large display features: that in the survival of the fittest, the males with the most attention-attracting features would have the better genes, as they had to elude predators in spite of them to make it to the female alive.
Pretty spiders stand out to us because we're collectors looking at them. It's different out in the wild with everything else going on. Many tarantulas have different colors/markings on the carapace, abdomen, and legs. That breaks up their form to a casual observer, who doesn't necessarily 'connect the dots' and realize that those dissimilar parts all belong to the same animal. That works to a spider's advantage, with both prey and predator.That seems weird. Overcoming a handicap instead of just eliminating the handicap.
I think that coming up with an evolutionary benefit for things like colour in tarantulas is made really hard without being able to perceive the colour through the eyes of their predators. Things get to where they are today after millions of years of small adjustments that are made at random. Pretty spiders stand out to our eyes, but the colours and shapes may do a much better job of camouflaging them in the eyes of the birds (or whatever) that eat them.