Final-Fan said:
o_O.Q said:
penguins don't have wings? really? so what are those objects attached to their shoulders?
so am i to assume that like him you believe that animals cannot be sorted into groups?
"This cannot be a serious question ... can it? "
you find him claiming that animals cannot be sorted into groups to be a valid proposition?
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Compare the things penguins have to the things dolphins have. Then sea turtles. Now compare the things penguins have to the things ducks have. Which is more different? Or if you don't like the clear answer eyeballs can give then you can turn to expert opinion ... Do Penguins have Wings? (Hint: flippers)
I don't think you'll find that he made the blanket assertion that there exist no groups into which animals can be sorted. He's saying that there are a lot of everyday groupings that on close scientific examination actually have fuzzy gray areas for borders. Additionally, he's saying that through "common descent", there is no sudden breakpoint where whales popped into existence where no such creature existed before; it was all gradual differences and thus Ancestor Species A and Descendant Species B is just a human distinction when the millions of generations are collectively just a relatively smooth transition. There was never a female clearly of species A (not B) that gave birth to a baby clearly of species B (not A).
None of the above has any resemblance to "elephants swimming with fish" which, if true, is meaningless to the discussion; and, if false, is also meaningless to the discussion.
I ask you again: what was the point of your question, "why don't elephants swim with fish in schools?"
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penguins have adapted wings, they do not have the same type of fins or flippers that dolphins or other aquatic animals have
"I don't think you'll find that he made the blanket assertion that there exist no groups into which animals can be sorted."
that is exactly what he said, go back and read his posts before you get involved and that is exactly why i responded in the way i did
