Birkenspanner by EonaPaints
First: Excuse me for my english.
Second: As I read the topic Industrial Revolution for the first time, I had to think about one of my biology lessons in school.
The "Birkenspanner" (Peppered moth?) lives on birch trees and is usually white. But in the time of the Industrial Revolution the birchs became dark because of the pollution in the air.
Therefore the black moths could survive and the white had an disadvantage. Through evolution the population became more black. #wc280 #moth #birch
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15 Jul, 2016, 7:18 pm
ooooooo!!
15 Jul, 2016, 7:36 pm
read about this in school
16 Jul, 2016, 5:01 am
Yes your quite correct. But your slightly confused. Theres a line that defines the difference between Evolution and Adaptation. The moth "Adapted" to its surroundings and prevented itself from being wiped out. Also, Think about it. We are actually like this moth. Plague and famine had swept through the world wiping people out. But we adapted and created machines to survive. Nice work on the moths though. Quite breath taking.
16 Jul, 2016, 3:10 pm
@Haiiro
I am not shure that I understand all what you have written.
But one moth under the white moths had a mutation to the colour black, could survive better and could reproduce itself more often and so on. Then you have many black moths.
But we humans created machines to survive, knowing what we do. And we try to save the lifes of all other peoples. Not only the creators of machines survive.
But perhaps you mean it in another way I don´t understand?
19 Jul, 2016, 12:40 pm
You had a great idea to represent the industrial revolution!, but you didn't need to explain it.
19 Jul, 2016, 9:11 pm
this is awesome
20 Jul, 2016, 7:03 am
very cool its like a change of time from night to day one will live longer im sad im not the black moth my time has come computers have taken top spot for jobs you have to have a phone and e-mail just to be seen its sad but true i hope there is still a place in the world for us white moths.
20 Jul, 2016, 10:41 am
Thank you! I am really happy because you all like my idea and my drawing! ^^
08 Dec, 2016, 12:16 am
I like it.It is so so cool and cute...
24 Jun, 2018, 1:08 am
so cute!
09 Apr, 2022, 8:47 am
WOW AMAZING!
13 Apr, 2022, 10:30 am
Thank you @RachelDraws