Darwin's Mockingbirds!

by spudinski01

Feb 9, 2009

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When Darwin landed at the Galapagos islands ~150 years ago, he discovered the mockingbirds, which in fact got him starting to form ideas on evolution. Today, those same mockingbirds are highly endangered, but by using DNA from Darwin"s original specimens, scientists can select the best birds to re-introduce to the island.

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Karen

Posted 12 months ago

Wow. I did not know that. Thanks!

spudinski01

Posted 12 months ago

Sorry for the creative spelling, I meant : present, Galapagos, starting, in fact, evolution, original, scientists, endangered,
~wow, that's quite a list, maybe i should work on my spelling...

Melinda

Posted 10 months ago

I thought we should note on this clip, that this is used in an amazing blog, Miss Bakers Biology Class: http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/page/2/. A totally awesome blog, we love when we can learn here on DoInk!