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How long would it take for natural selection to play its course though? Moths live for maybe a year, while a bird might live for a few decades. And the soot fr
by quicklime 6y ago
How long would it take for natural selection to play its course though? Moths live for maybe a year, while a bird might live for a few decades.
And the soot from the industrial revolution would've covered the entire environment for a peppered moth, whereas many birds fly over incredibly large distances, which wind turbines will only cover a small fraction of.
- rwmj 6y agoThere were articles a while back about birds evolving shorter wings and larger brains to avoid cars: Wings: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/are-birds-evolving-to-avoid-cars-3530859/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/are-birds-evolving... Brains: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2017/03/30/small-brained-birds-get-killed-by-cars https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2017/03/30/...