some amazing things pop up.
What would you say to an insect that had , on its
wings, a picture of an enemy of its predator?
Would you say that the insect willed itself
(its genes) to have an "antidote" to being
eaten?
Is it in the same vein as the poison that some
prey have somehow "developed" that makes
them inedible, and thus safe?
Anyway, it blows the mind.
It is also related to what they call in humans
"epigenetics", or how individuals differ from
the genetic norm. Is it willpower?
checkit: Gizmodo
This
amazing fruit fly evolved to have pictures of ants on its wings
This
is unbelievable, but the fruit fly G tridens has somehow evolved to have what
looks like pictures of ants on its wings. Seriously, its transparent wings have
an ant design on them complete with "six legs, two antennae, a head,
thorax and tapered abdomen." It's nature's evolutionary art painted on a
fly's wings.
Recently
spotted by the New York Times, the fruit fly is just incredible. Other flies in
its family of 5,000 species have other type of markings on its wings but it's
the G tridens that has something so intricate and so specific.
The
idea of the ant design, as explained to The National by Dr Brigitte Howarth of
Zayed University who first discovered G tridens in the UAE, is that these flies
use their wings to ward off predators. The fly flashes it wings back and forth
to make it seem as if the ants are moving around and that movement would
confuse the predator. Nature's version of a tattoo, I guess.
