Prey

... are not. No predator is going to create any variations in the genome. The only thing they can do is to select for variations that would make the prey less likely to be eaten by the carp (better avoidance, bad taste,...). Those varaiations would have existed even without the carp, but they have ...

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... happens. Because they don't have a word for a creature that varies genetically does not negate the science of biology. I insist you are falling prey to lexical semantics. Please reconsider your argument. "Species Problem" is not "species negation."

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... not refer to these snakes as poisonous. A good rule of thumb is that venoms are injected and poinsons are ingested so anything which kills its prey by injected venom is venomous. It is difficult to pin down exactly which is THE most venomous species of snake to humans in the world as it will ...

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... reason the chihuahua managed to survive there), they'd already be half way in their progress to new species: the danes would no doubt hunt bigger prey and mate with others of their kind and the chihuahua would eat, what, mice? And have offspring with other chihuahuas. Maybe a better analogy would've ...

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... portions of the development of their offspring inside or outside of their body, it depends on many factors including whether it is a predator or prey, its environmental conditions etc. (sorry cant think of an example at the moment)

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