For the sake of people who had to experience it, hopefully a lot of them.

Smh, obviously common sense & logic wasn't into play in this thread

For sure less that the few neurons you had😂

Oh yea you did hear about the snakes flying, right?

Paid lizard actors

The narrirator is that guy from the zoo thats why

The science merely shows that (like humans) lizards have varying foot lengths and generally different body sizes. That doesn't prove evolution at all.

That’s so cool ! He must have really known a lot!

Fascinating comment, makes me want to research evolution. Thanks Alex!

Errr... I've almost never seen nature be the starting inspiration for mechanical design (although this apparently happens frequently in biochemistry). When a design looks organic, it's usually because there were similar requirements to something in nature, the engineer felt the need to put in the time to optimize it, and the optimal shape was already in use by some animal somewhere. ...and the manufacturing engineer's laments were overridden because of some constraint like weight.

What are you talking about nothing evolved. Evolution is scientifically, mathematically and logically impossible. The science nor the natural record does not support it. Why is pseudo science like evolution being pushed on a educational channel? You can't mutate DNA early in a species development because all the genes are needed for frame work function it would cause death aka extinction, you can't do it later because all you get is minor change like a change of fur color not speciation, the whole notion is not possible on a fundamental basis of the theory itself. Secondly there is zero evolutionary pressure to create building blocks of cellular mechanics that don't exist thus there is no evolutionary explanation for their existence. Third information the basis of life found in DNA doesn't magically progress to a higher state over and over, it decays like information theory states. Evolution is nonsense. Product of a mind requires a mind. The list goes on and on the universe and earth isn't trillions of years old like naturalists stated was needed. There is zero time. It's all time of the gaps anyways and time is the enemy of evolution the fundamental structures of biology sugars amino acids and so on are time sensitive they don't stick around. It's all nonsense pseudo science stop pushing the absurd notion of evolution with our tax dollars PBS.

Sounds more like a gene that has an epigenetic trigger to alter it's outcome to some degree

Epigenetics

@@hmu958 No. That term doesn't seem to apply to evolutionary changes to a population. An individual's beak doesn't change because of the weather, but rather those that prosper pass on offspring changing the average characteristics of a population.

@@sandal_thong8631 you lazily described year to year changes in adults. That's epigenetics on one level. There's more if you will, Lamarckian discoveries regarding phenotype plasticity as well as laterally influenced phenotypes in gene regulations independent of darwinism.

@@hmu958 No. Average beak size of a population is done by either measuring all the beaks (or more likely a representative sample) and averaging them. Then comparing that average to a previous year. I've added two terms to my initial post to clarify. As the population changed the average beak size changed, not individuals' beak size.

N E C K

"A" and "lot" are separate words.

So and what are also separate words.😄😄

Yeah I am glad I saw the leafblower scene because that had me wondering if these scientists and videographers are flat-out crazy.

Them lizards enjoy that and keep coming back for more I bet like birds in a high pressure hose in summer.

I knew the looking at the tv had to be staged but the other parts had me fooled.

@@kat8838 Now I'm missing summer just because of that one sentence 😭

In biological organisms, the frequency of genetic mutation is pretty constant. But most of these mutations rarely become propagated because they're not advantageous for reproduction under preexisting environmental condition. But when conditions change, some of these mutations, coupled with epigenetic conditions, will be better adapted to survival under these conditions, leading to seemingly rapid changes in evolution.

I'm convinced there are also other factors at work. Something allows them to pass on certain traits quicker than random chance alone would allow. I've also often wondered if the opposite is true in certain species that don't seem to evolve at all and have remained the same for millions or even hundreds of millions years. Apparently there is now some evidence for lack of evolution to be related to certain gene functions (or lack thereof). But sadly I've so far never seen anything to confirm or even point to a possible mechanism for the rapid evolution we see in certain species (e.g. threespine stickleback fish, the dusky seaside sparrow (IIRC), etc)

Fairly straightforward concept really. The hurricane blowing away those that don't have the limb and grip changes so those that do survive and become more dominant in number across the population average. Survival, and passing of of those genes, of the fittest.

@@4saken404 "Something allows them to pass on certain traits quicker than random chance alone would allow." Well...the ones that get blown away into the ocean probably don't survive and the ones that "stick around" are more numerous so...more chances to mate. The environmental pressure of those single events just filters out those with less ability to grip and thus survive, and thus propagate those genes in a smaller pool. It's a genetic advantage for that particular scenario and it will naturally get passed on easier as those without it get culled by the increased extreme weather events.

yes time of the gaps the magic of evolutionary theory.

'Anolis carolinensis', the Green Anole, is native to Florida and can be green and brown. There are also some non-native species of Anolis (and many other fauna & flora) in Florida.

Me too! I feel lucky when I see the green ones. They’re so rare, spending most of the time high on trees, and are so slow and beautiful!

They were all green (though could change colors like a proper chameleon) back when I was a kid. But even then I could see the non-native brown ones starting to take over. The newer lizards were just way more energetic. Kind of like the ones here in the video. But these are even crazier! I was really shocked to see that one lizard make that huge jump - even after being captured!

@@andream6533 I too am very thrilled when I get to catch a glimpse of a green one.

@@4saken404 I had read that the invasive species had forced the green native species to head to higher ground.

More a fact of the hurricane blowing away those that don't have the limb and grip changes so those that do survive and become more dominant in number across the population average. Fairly basic concept really. Survival, and passing of of those genes, of the fittest.

What evolution? The fossil record doesn't even support such a thing the very body plan and eyeballs the lizard has showed up in a geological instant during the cambrian explosion it never evolved. Nothing did. Math and evolution are two things that will never compute. Evolution is mathematically impossible. You need quadrillions of years for such probability naturalists were saying before we found out about how young our universe is only 13 billion years. Also Darwin didn't know how complex cellular biology was he thought cells were just gelatinous globs. Not filled with intricate mechanics and machines. There is zero evolutionary pressure to create building blocks of cellular mechanics and machines that don't yet exist thus evolution can't create them. The list goes on and on with the absurdity of evolutionary theory.

That's a lot of how it happens, plus swimming. Emerald Tree skinks are known in the Pet Trade for an almost Dodo like curiosity/lack of instinctive fear and they are known to end up on small remote islands, the record having only four trees. And many lizards can reproduce asexually so sometimes you only need one. They can also be blown by tropical storms onto other islands. That's how they discovered Crested Geckos weren't extinct in the 90s.

These freaking lizards are all over Florida. Even in petshops around the country. I had two for over a year. I felt so bad, they don’t like to be held, it is hard to feed them… it was just sad.

@@User_yhvz Were they captive-bred or wild-caught?

You thinks that is shocking? Natural selection is what is call and there's other animals worse then a lizard who can't survive a strom.

Lizards killed by hurricanes cease to reproduce. That's a major factor, whether or not it's the main one will be challenging to demonstrate without ethically questionable controlled experiments.

Does this seem more than a hypnosis to you?

@sumsara9255 Surviving takes presidents.

@@charleshash4919lizards that fight and fall out the trees don’t mate

They probably evolved that for other reasons that gave a particular advantage but it just happens to be an extra advantage that allows survival in the extreme conditions of hurricanes so they survive, and pass on those genes, above and beyond those without the changes. Staying in the tree during a territorial fight is probably one of them.

Maybe but the benefit outweighs them. Likely injury would be the biggest drawback

Increased metabolic load is almost always a drawback for larger/stronger anything

The longer forelimbs help them to be seen hitchhiking as they look to expand their territory.

The Turks and Caicos are groups of Islands . Every Island has it's own evolution .

@@BigDsGaming2022 Are you responding to someone or just randomly giving facts for no reason?

No u

Considering there are still people who don't believe evolution is real, having a real time example is a big deal.

​@@CortexNewsServicenot evolution they just adapted... they are still lizards

How do you “know” something without doing actual research and testing, layperson?

Yeah it definitely seems pretty obvious. This is a basic example of evolution.

It makes sense, but it’s a fairly new concept. Like the video said, Darwin thought finches evolved over millions of years, and Darwin himself was pretty recent in terms of human history.

Adapting and evolving are the exact same thing

@@person4579 No, evolution proposes that new genetic material arises spontaneously to generate new forms of life. "Species evolve, individuals adapt" is the term used in the art. But that is not what happens. Individuals adapt, without the emergence of new genes, but only with the rearrangement of existing genes.

@@person4579they’re not the same thing lol.

Species adapting through advantageous traits being passed down to future generations while one’s with disadvantageous traits don’t live to reproduce. I wonder if there’s a name for that 🤔

Species adapting through advantageous traits being passed down to future generations while one’s with disadvantageous traits don’t live to reproduce. I wonder if there’s a name for that 🤔

Big socks

At least a more intense one.