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What is the BIOLOGICAL reason Asian Elephants are so large? ~confuse~ !!!! I don't get it.
Growing large is often advantageous for arid regions in which animals must traverse long distances between watering holes and maintain a constant body temperature, etc. etc. So I can see why African Elephants are so large. But Asian Elephants in general roam through jungles. Albeit are quite a bit smaller than their African counterparts--an adaptive trait through requirement I'm sure, they are still much larger and bulkier than say... a hippo or a rhino. I guess through natural selection, perhaps in thousands or a million years, they'll be smaller still. Or extinct. What is the biological reason that necessitates this size? 
It makes no sense.  [Edited 4/24/08 8:16am] | |
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please god stop starting threads. | |
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I think it makes up for their miniscule brain size. | |
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JerseyKRS said: I think it makes up for their miniscule brain size.
If that were the case, everybody in the red states would stand 8 foot tall. | |
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Imago said: JerseyKRS said: I think it makes up for their miniscule brain size.
If that were the case, everybody in the red states would stand 8 foot tall. dur, those are humans. | |
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JerseyKRS said: Imago said: If that were the case, everybody in the red states would stand 8 foot tall. dur, those are humans. That's a philosophical debate and I don't want my thread moved. | |
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Imago said: JerseyKRS said: dur, those are humans. That's a philosophical debate and I don't want my thread moved. yes you do, it may get some views. | |
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Imago said: I don't get it.
Growing large is often advantageous for arid regions in which animals must traverse long distances between watering holes and maintain a constant body temperature, etc. etc. So I can see why African Elephants are so large. But Asian Elephants in general roam through jungles. Albeit are quite a bit smaller than their African counterparts--an adaptive trait through requirement I'm sure, they are still much larger and bulkier than say... a hippo or a rhino. I guess through natural selection, perhaps in thousands or a million years, they'll be smaller still. Or extinct. What is the biological reason that necessitates this size?
It makes no sense.
[Edited 4/24/08 8:16am] I guess they didn't get the evolution memo. | |
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JerseyKRS said: Imago said: That's a philosophical debate and I don't want my thread moved. yes you do, it may get some views. no! Folks in P&R are never sure what to make of my comments. | |
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Imago said: JerseyKRS said: yes you do, it may get some views. no! Folks in P&R are never sure what to make of my comments. are you implying that WE do?!?!?  | |
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RodeoSchro said: Imago said: I don't get it.
Growing large is often advantageous for arid regions in which animals must traverse long distances between watering holes and maintain a constant body temperature, etc. etc. So I can see why African Elephants are so large. But Asian Elephants in general roam through jungles. Albeit are quite a bit smaller than their African counterparts--an adaptive trait through requirement I'm sure, they are still much larger and bulkier than say... a hippo or a rhino. I guess through natural selection, perhaps in thousands or a million years, they'll be smaller still. Or extinct. What is the biological reason that necessitates this size?
It makes no sense.
[Edited 4/24/08 8:16am] I guess they didn't get the evolution memo. Oh I'm NOT saying evolution doesn't exist. We've adapted dogs through natural selection from 7 main families into over 200 breeds in just a couple thousand years. In the last hundred, there dozens and dozens of new breeds have been created. But we controlled the traits there. We chose the traits we liked and bred them accordingly. In the wild, natural selection favors adaptation to the environment. So the large size is there for a reason. But in the jungle I can't figure out what that would even be.
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Imago said: RodeoSchro said: I guess they didn't get the evolution memo. Oh I'm NOT saying evolution doesn't exist. We've adapted dogs through natural selection from 7 main families into over 200 breeds in just a couple thousand years. In the last hundred, there dozens and dozens of new breeds have been created. But we controlled the traits there. We chose the traits we liked and bred them accordingly. In the wild, natural selection favors adaptation to the environment. So the large size is there for a reason. But in the jungle I can't figure out what that would even be.
. [Edited 4/24/08 8:28am] What? Sorry, I can't take my eyes off your avatar. | |
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jami0mckay said: please god stop starting threads.
Ditto. 
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Imago, don't you subscribe to National Geographic? They covered this already. | |
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Imago said: JerseyKRS said: yes you do, it may get some views. no! Folks in P&R are never sure what to make of my comments. Like it's any different in GD! Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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Imago said: JerseyKRS said: yes you do, it may get some views. no! Folks in P&R are never sure what to make of my comments. they're afraid you're going to photoshop them  | |
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jami0mckay said:
please god stop starting threads. What the hell happened to Fred Savage?? | |
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JustErin said: jami0mckay said:
please god stop starting threads. What the hell happened to Fred Savage?? the wonder years are definitely over.... [Edited 4/24/08 10:24am] | |
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roodboi said: JustErin said: What the hell happened to Fred Savage?? the wonder years are definitely over.... [Edited 4/24/08 10:24am] Looking at that pic I would say that the Wonder Years have just begun. | |
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JustErin said: roodboi said: the wonder years are definitely over.... [Edited 4/24/08 10:24am] Looking at that pic I would say that the Wonder Years have just begun. wonder bread years... | |
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