by Anthony | Jun 15, 2020 | Countering Mumblebard
White-bearded wildebeest photo © Muhammad Mahdi Karim Prof. Mumblebard claims: “Various subspecies of wildebeests, such as these in East Africa, vary in minor details of colouration that show little more than genetic drift.” Figure 1. Western white-bearded...
by Anthony | Jun 15, 2020 | Countering Mumblebard
A reproduction of the mouse goat (Myotragus balearicus) © Xavier Vázquez An improbable insular monopoly Prof. Mumblebard claims: “Majorca is the only island worldwide on which a wild relative of goats and sheep, known as the mouse-goat (pictured above), has survived...
by Anthony | Jun 15, 2020 | Countering Mumblebard
Canus lupus photo © Santiago Atienza, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A counterargument to countershading Canis lupus familiaris photo © Sofia Olsson Prof. Mumblebard claims: “Although various wild members of the dog family could theoretically have been selectively...
by Anthony | Jun 15, 2020 | Countering Mumblebard
The apparent failure of bats to fill empty niches in New Zealand is owing to the ecological unsuitability of these islands for mammals. Prof. Mumblebard claims: “Bats didn’t evolve to fill flying or flightless niches in New Zealand because birds pre-empted them.”...
by Anthony | Jun 15, 2020 | Countering Mumblebard
The ostrich uses the same advantages as used by flying birds, namely greater mobility and heat-tolerance than those of mammals, to compete as a herbivore with the many African antelopes. Prof. Mumblebard claims: “The ostrich fits in among African mammal communities by...
by Anthony | Jun 15, 2020 | Countering Mumblebard
The giant panda is the blackest and whitest of bears, because it is the bear under greatest risk of futile attack by the tiger. Prof. Mumblebard claims: “The black-and-white pattern of the giant panda is probably an accident of evolution. If this colouration is...
