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TOUR Will FOCUs ON THE CoNC€PT Of .' SP€CIATION.
IN OTH6R WORDS, A SP€CIES IS A GROUP OF ORGANISMS THAT SHARE COMMON CAARACTERISTICS AND WHO MATE WITH EACH OTHER IN NATURE, aUT DO NOT MAT€ WITH OTHER SIMILAR GROUPS OF ORGANISMS.
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noNS, SlIT wru G6T TO THAT LAT6R.
:3~ 1 SOM6WA6S IT'S 6A~ TO DISTlNGUISH S6TW66N SP6C16s.
XL TO 1116 e{6, MAYS6. SUT NOT TH6 £;AR.
OR NOT TO TH61R 6ARS, AT l6AST. F6tv\AL6S OF A GIValLACeNlNG SP6CIES
ONLY RESPOND TO TH6 SONG SUNG SY TH6 MAl6 OF TH6 SAM6 sP6C16S.
soM6TlMES, 1116 DIFF6RalC€S S6i'ARATlNG TWO SP6C1ES AR6 lESS OSVIOUS. FOR ruMPL6, CONslD6R 111656 111R66 SP6CIES oF LACeNINGS.
IN THiS PART OF TH6 tv\UsaJM I HflV6 PROGRfltv\M6D A D6MoNmflTlON TO ILWSTRfIT6 1116 IMJOR POINTS OF SP6CIATION, USlNG A FlcnONfIL SP6CIES CALL6D AN ·OR61."
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TAAT IS romy 1116 ORSI'S PH~NOTYP~ -ITS PHYSICAL fiND 66HAVIORAl Q\ARflCT6R\STlCS.
AS IN ANY POPtA..ATloN, W6 s66 VARIIiJlON IN oR61 PHSNOTYP6S. SO/.-l6 AR6 Sl!GHnY TALlER
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NOW, i>ACH TlM6 TWO oRmes R6PRODUC€, TH6 PflRalTS MIX 11161R G6N6S TO G6N6RAT6 A UNIQl.I6 N~ COM61NATION OF OR61 GalES IN 11161R OFFSPRING.
Which means if you go fishirg in the orbi gene pool, qou might catch genes for leg length, bUt qou won't be reelirg in anq wirg 8'e~
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PUT IT, YOUR HIGHN6SS. IT TRULY is AN €XHlLAR
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oF SUCH lU/AINOUS INT6Ll6CTS.
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(0 -, TIle; ONLY WAY TO KNOWw~re;RN ORBI~ DINe; ON FLYING INSe;CTS
AND use; TIle;IR LONG Le;GS TO LE;AP INTO TIle; AIR AND CATC!! PRe;y ON TIle; WING.
EVIWTUALLY, TIle; ORBIE;s IN e;AcH OF TIIE;se; POPULATIONS MIGflT START USING TIle; SURVIVAL VALUe; Of' TIle;se; TRAITS TO De;CIDe; WHO IS B~T TO MATe; WITH. FOLLOW e;AcHISOLATe;D GRoUP LONG e;NOUGH, AND yOu MIGHT 5e;e; SOMGTllING LIKe; TIle; FOLLOWING ., .
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OR61E;s IN TIle; WE;sT e;voLve; aABORf\Te; LE;G DANCe:s TO SHOW-Off TIIe;IR aONGATE;D APP€NDAGES. Pe;RflAPS S8.ecnON FAVORS TIle; e;vOLunON OF COLORFUL LE;G BANDS n1AT ACCe;NTUATe; TIle; DISPLAY. LeT'S CALL TIl~e; SAND~D OR~I~S.
€ASTe;RN ORBIE;s, 01'1 TIle; OTlIGR flAND, e;vOLve; AN GNe;RG€1lC SfIAKING I>ISPLAY TflAT SHOWCASe:s TIle;IR TIIICK COAT AND BIG Te;Sll{ TO POTGNTlAL w,m. waL CALL TIIE;se; WOOLLY OR~I~.
TflAT IS TO PUT TIlaA TOGGTllGR AND se;e; IF TII€V SUCCe;SSRLLY BRe;E;D.
That is aU weU and good for a made1ip population of holographic organisms,; Bloort But does this actuall~ happen on €arth? As aPAAOICAL SOVereign, I prefer to deal in FAOUAL information.
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Good grief, Bloort, didn't you discuss the. topic of
Garth reproduction e:NOUEiK in your last report? You seem a bit obsessed with the
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