(All photos are mine unless otherwise noted. Click on any photo to enlarge full screen.)
It's quite possible that this week's post could be considered to be a form of mindless abuse to all who view it. My apologies in advance as I woke up this morning feeling somewhat idiodic, but smiling to myself at my thoughts. You are most gracious in your kind understanding of this diversion from my usual posts of more serious content.
I have been ruminating on cows this morning and have come to the conclusion that they are part of the wildlife here in Maine, along with all our moose and squirrels, both red and gray. What has impressed me is the 100 year study of the evolution of a small group of cows that have occupied a field some five miles from where we live. The photographic record below clearly shows forward movement on the evolutionary track that cows as a local species have been following, as change, both physicial and social have occurred.
I offer the following first:
From the
Merriam Webster Unabridged Dictionary
evo·lu·tion
noun \ˌevəˈlüshən also ˌēv- or -vəlˈyü-\
plural -s
1 a :
a series of related changes in a certain direction : process of change : organic development : unfolding, movement, transformation
<it should be remembered that even in the biological world, evolution is
not always in the direction of progress — A.B.Novikoff>
>b (1) : a process of continuous change
from a lower, simpler, or worse condition to a higher, more complex, or better
state : progressive
development : growth, progress
5 ……..
a …. the process by which through
a series of changes or steps any living organism or group of organisms has
acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it : the theory that the various
types of animals and plants have their origin in other preexisting types, the
distinguishable differences being due to modifications in successive
generations — (AKA phylogeny)
:compare darwinism, heredity, mutation, natural selection, variation, weismannism
Related to EVOLUTION
Synonyms:
Antonyms: regress, regression, retrogression, reversion
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Photo from 1885:
Photo taken June 29, 2013
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Cows On Parade
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Here are two video clips - the first has cows telling their own take on evolution, the second has all barnyard animals in agreement with the cows:
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"That's enough Bill! Your killing us!"
"Okay, as soon as I take a left into A Little Humor,
our weekly diversion."
Cows Evolving (These photos are from the Web)
Humans evolve also
Peace,
Bill Lagerstrom
Those local cows sure are creatures of habit, no doubt.
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