Re: Insects mouths prepared in advance for flowers?

Russell T. Cannon (rcannon@usa.net)
Wed, 18 Jun 1997 10:58:46 -0500

Stephen Jones said:

> Rather than insect having generalised
> mouths which natural selection
> gradually adapted to specialise with
> various flowers, it looks like the
> mouthparts were prepared in advance
> for the flowers!

Glenn Morton replied:

> Have you considered two other
> possibilities?

> 1. The mouths of insects were well
> adapted to feeding upon whatever they
> ate in the 100 million years prior to
> flowers? (If they weren't then the
> insects would have starved)

> 2. Flowers evolved to match what was
> available at the time, namely, insect
> mouth parts which were adapted to
> eating other thing.?

Glenn,

Have you considered the possibility that G-d developed them (mouths of
insects) in advance of their need. The same argument is obviously true
about the human brain.

May the L-rd bless and keep you.
Russ
Russell T. Cannon
rcannon@usa.net