Site original : WTF, Evolution?
Honestly, sometimes evolution just gets a guy to do the noises. It’s reasonably sure no one can tell.
Source: “Newborn Mongolian saiga antelope with mother,” © BBC Natural History Unit and NHNZ Sounds, via Wildscreen Arkive
"Hey, evolution, you seem like you’re feeling better. That’s a pretty red bug you’re making there.”
"Oh, thanks. It’s a flatid leaf bug."
"I like the shape. And that’s a lovely shade of red."
"I picked it myself."
"That’s a weird fuzzy branch it’s crawling on, though, huh?"
"What? No. Those are the babies."
"I’m sorry?"
"Babies. Dozens of creepy, squirmy, waxy, fringy babies.”
"… you are so weird.”
Source: Flickr / christophandre / licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (exposure adjusted from original)
"I miss dinosaurs."
"Evolution, we’ve talked about this."
"But I miss them.”
"You turned them into birds, remember? It was the best you could do, given the circumstances.”
"It’s not the same."
"I know. I’m sorry."
"Can I at least make these cassowaries 50 feet tall?"
"Come on, you know that size didn’t work out so well before."
"Six feet, then? And over 100 pounds?"
"Yeah, that sounds better."
"And can I put weird prehistoric crests on their heads?"
"I don’t see why not."
"And can they slash people’s throats with their dagger claws?”
"Sure, pal, if that would make you feel better."
"I think it would. Thanks for understanding."
"You got it, evolution. Anytime."
Hippos, evolution? Hippos?!
Hey, look what just showed up! One of the first actually printed copies of the WTF, Evolution book! The rest aren’t coming until October, but you can preorder one now from Amazon, Powell’s Books, Barnes and Noble, IndieBound, or possibly some other places I’m not cool enough to know about.
I’m really happy with how this came out. Many thanks to all of you for following, enjoying, and sharing—it wouldn’t have happened otherwise.