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Posted: 4/26/2015 1:09:11 PM EDT

You've got to be kidding me....

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:11:33 PM EDT

[#1]

Nope Nope Nope Nope

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:12:56 PM EDT

[#2]

Sneaky bastard.

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Posted: 4/26/2015 1:15:17 PM EDT

[#3]

Effective camo and it's not multicam

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:18:26 PM EDT

[#4]

That snake is fucking cool!

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:18:56 PM EDT

[#5]

I want it made into a belt.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:19:00 PM EDT

[#6]

No way!

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:20:18 PM EDT

[#7]

Creepy looking snake, though its also pretty awesome.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:22:24 PM EDT

[#8]

What I got from that is that there is a bird species that is genetically programmed to kill camel spiders and some dick head snake is eating them. We need to breed those birds by the fuck ton and kill every last one of those snakes.

TLDR, fuck camel spiders and anything that eats shit that kills them.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:22:58 PM EDT

[#9]

An animal that combines two things the tough guys of arfcom piss their pants over, snakes and spiders.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:26:51 PM EDT

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How the fuck did it just "evolve" that tail by pure, random mutation? And then learn how to use that tail and pass on the knowledge for how to use it by pure, random chance?

I am no creationist, but seeing specialized adaptations like this makes me also question the pure randomness on which Darwinian evolution is based.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:30:30 PM EDT

[#11]

Damn nature you scary.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:36:08 PM EDT

[#12]

The best of both worlds. There are some people here who are going to shit and pass out in front of their keyboards when they see this.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:37:06 PM EDT

[#13]

That is one sick snake.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:40:08 PM EDT

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What I got from that is that there is a bird species that is genetically programmed to kill camel spiders and some dick head snake is eating them. We need to breed those birds by the fuck ton and kill every last one of those snakes.

TLDR, fuck camel spiders and anything that eats shit that kills them.

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damn dude. I knew you had an interesting time in Iraq but thats alot of camel spider hate.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:43:08 PM EDT

[#15]

That thing can go fuck itself on planet bullishit.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:45:32 PM EDT

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How the fuck did it just "evolve" that tail by pure, random mutation? And then learn how to use that tail and pass on the knowledge for how to use it by pure, random chance?

I am no creationist, but seeing specialized adaptations like this makes me also question the pure randomness on which Darwinian evolution is based.

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Billions of "random mutations" that did nothing to increase survival over millions of years and 3 that did.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:46:00 PM EDT

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How the fuck did it just "evolve" that tail by pure, random mutation? And then learn how to use that tail and pass on the knowledge for how to use it by pure, random chance?

I am no creationist, but seeing specialized adaptations like this makes me also question the pure randomness on which Darwinian evolution is based.

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ETA: In the Beginning-God Created.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:46:40 PM EDT

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How soon till someone imports and loses one (mated pair) in the Everglades?

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:51:10 PM EDT

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ETA: In the Beginning-God Created.

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How the fuck did it just "evolve" that tail by pure, random mutation? And then learn how to use that tail and pass on the knowledge for how to use it by pure, random chance?

I am no creationist, but seeing specialized adaptations like this makes me also question the pure randomness on which Darwinian evolution is based.

ETA: In the Beginning-God Created.

Ive given up trying to figure out what is trolling and what is genuine ignorance, when it comes to this topic.

Also: Damn Nature, you scary.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:52:38 PM EDT

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That thing can go fuck itself on planet bullishit.

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Hooray! I have a new sig line.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:53:39 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/26/2015 1:55:54 PM EDT

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Ive given up trying to figure out what is trolling and what is genuine ignorance, when it comes to this topic.

Also: Damn Nature, you scary.

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How the fuck did it just "evolve" that tail by pure, random mutation? And then learn how to use that tail and pass on the knowledge for how to use it by pure, random chance?

I am no creationist, but seeing specialized adaptations like this makes me also question the pure randomness on which Darwinian evolution is based.

ETA: In the Beginning-God Created.

Ive given up trying to figure out what is trolling and what is genuine ignorance, when it comes to this topic.

Also: Damn Nature, you scary.

Yeah, I can't do it anymore either. Takes too much energy.

Posted: 4/26/2015 1:58:44 PM EDT

[#23]

Oh great... something else haunt my dreams tonight.

Posted: 4/26/2015 2:00:56 PM EDT

[#24]

Another reason to not like Iran, snakes, and spiders. What round for snake-spider??

Posted: 4/26/2015 2:04:23 PM EDT

[#25]

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How the fuck did it just "evolve" that tail by pure, random mutation? And then learn how to use that tail and pass on the knowledge for how to use it by pure, random chance?

I am no creationist, but seeing specialized adaptations like this makes me also question the pure randomness on which Darwinian evolution is based.

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Imagine that at some point in the past, the ancestor of that snake had a tail with some part that very vaguely resembled an insect. This tail distracted its prey, allowing it to capture more prey than other individuals within the population.This translated into a reproductive advantage, which lead to the set of genes that produced its unique tail becoming more common within the population. Further down the line, all the snakes in this population have the trait. But no two snakes have exactly the same tail. Some of the tails are more effective at distracting prey than others. The snakes with the most effective tails are able to reproduce at a higher rate, leading to a gradual change in the population over time.

How did it come to resemble a spider? Because the spider tail was the most effective form possible in this context. Any change towards looking like a spider would be preserved, while changes that didn't lead towards it discarded.

Posted: 4/26/2015 2:08:21 PM EDT

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How the fuck did it just "evolve" that tail by pure, random mutation? And then learn how to use that tail and pass on the knowledge for how to use it by pure, random chance?

I am no creationist, but seeing specialized adaptations like this makes me also question the pure randomness on which Darwinian evolution is based.

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It wasn't "pure random mutation", but rather, natural selection.

Posted: 4/26/2015 2:09:16 PM EDT

[#27]

<Honey Badger narrator guy> This is the spider tailed horned viper... just look at this sneaky little fuck.

Be careful little bird... you're about to get eaten. Oh my god, that's disgusting! </Honey Badger narrator guy>

Posted: 4/26/2015 2:10:01 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/26/2015 2:22:33 PM EDT

[#29]

I'll wait for the Zefrank1 narration.

Posted: 4/26/2015 2:30:31 PM EDT

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ETA: In the Beginning-God Created.

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How the fuck did it just "evolve" that tail by pure, random mutation? And then learn how to use that tail and pass on the knowledge for how to use it by pure, random chance?

I am no creationist, but seeing specialized adaptations like this makes me also question the pure randomness on which Darwinian evolution is based.

ETA: In the Beginning-God Created.

So the alternative is to believe in a God that created a spider-tailed viper snake, just because he felt like it?

Is this the idea that gives some people comfort?

Posted: 4/26/2015 2:40:52 PM EDT

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How the fuck did it just "evolve" that tail by pure, random mutation? And then learn how to use that tail and pass on the knowledge for how to use it by pure, random chance?

I am no creationist, but seeing specialized adaptations like this makes me also question the pure randomness on which Darwinian evolution is based.

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Time. Lots and lots of time.

But I know exactly what you mean. There are highly specialized adaptions that make me say WTF?

I think what saves my empirical leanings is the knowledge that there is NO WAY Noah would have bought one of these snakes on the Ark.

How about Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, the ant zombiefication fungus? It's a FUNGUS (a fungus, for God's sake) that evolved to be capable of infesting an ant's brain and forcing it climb a tree, die, and spread the spores.

How did it figure out how control a brain? And how, in the name of all that is holy, figure out how to instruct the ant brain to clamp its mandibles on a leaf, and hang there until it dies and completes the fungi's bidding.

Posted: 4/26/2015 2:42:54 PM EDT

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It wasn't "pure random mutation", but rather, natural selection.

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How the fuck did it just "evolve" that tail by pure, random mutation? And then learn how to use that tail and pass on the knowledge for how to use it by pure, random chance?

I am no creationist, but seeing specialized adaptations like this makes me also question the pure randomness on which Darwinian evolution is based.

It wasn't "pure random mutation", but rather, natural selection.

But isn't natural selection the process by which random mutations become part of the genetic code because they allowed the species to overcome environmental pressures?

Posted: 4/26/2015 2:44:28 PM EDT

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That thing can go fuck itself on planet bullishit.

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HAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA this

Posted: 4/26/2015 2:51:27 PM EDT

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How the fuck did it just "evolve" that tail by pure, random mutation? And then learn how to use that tail and pass on the knowledge for how to use it by pure, random chance?

I am no creationist, but seeing specialized adaptations like this makes me also question the pure randomness on which Darwinian evolution is based.

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This

Posted: 4/26/2015 2:55:18 PM EDT

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How the fuck did it just "evolve" that tail by pure, random mutation? And then learn how to use that tail and pass on the knowledge for how to use it by pure, random chance?

I am no creationist, but seeing specialized adaptations like this makes me also question the pure randomness on which Darwinian evolution is based.

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How about that.

Posted: 4/26/2015 2:59:03 PM EDT

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Goofy narrator aside (unnatural inflections in his voice, and a poem that had absolutely nothing to do with the snake), that was one pretty cool video.

Posted: 4/26/2015 3:04:42 PM EDT

[#37]

that thing is quite literally, made of nightmares

Posted: 4/26/2015 3:05:18 PM EDT

[#38]

Note to self: When in Western Iran, don't try to catch spiders.

Posted: 4/26/2015 3:14:50 PM EDT

[#39]

Clever girl

Posted: 4/26/2015 3:28:01 PM EDT

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Goofy narrator aside (unnatural inflections in his voice, and a poem that had absolutely nothing to do with the snake), that was one pretty cool video.

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Quite possibly one of the worst I've ever heard, video is pretty cool on mute.

Posted: 4/26/2015 3:37:06 PM EDT

[#41]

Viper with spider upgrade is best snake.

For you nancies in here, this is real. You can't even dream this shit up to frighten a fatboy sitting in front of his proud new homer bucket in moms basement.

Boo!

Posted: 4/26/2015 3:47:31 PM EDT

[#42]

Fuck that shit.

Posted: 4/26/2015 3:59:34 PM EDT

[#43]

NOPE.

Damn devil viper don't play around. Send him back to hell where he spawned.

Posted: 4/26/2015 4:31:15 PM EDT

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But isn't natural selection the process by which random mutations become part of the genetic code because they allowed the species to overcome environmental pressures?

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How the fuck did it just "evolve" that tail by pure, random mutation? And then learn how to use that tail and pass on the knowledge for how to use it by pure, random chance?
I am no creationist, but seeing specialized adaptations like this makes me also question the pure randomness on which Darwinian evolution is based.

It wasn't "pure random mutation", but rather, natural selection.

But isn't natural selection the process by which random mutations become part of the genetic code because they allowed the species to overcome environmental pressures?

Yes, but its about as far away from "pure random mutation" as you can get.
Its like if you had a 5 gallon bucket full of dice, and you keep shaking it up, dumping it out, collecting 60% of the 6's, setting them aside on a table, putting the rest back in, shaking it up again, over and over for a couple of days until low an behold all of the dice are sitting on the table with 6 facing upward. Every dice arrived at the value randomly (they never would have got to that value if not for randomness), yet the non-random selection is the crucial part allowing the sorting.
Of course, biological systems don't work exactly that way, but you get the idea. Non-random selection on completely random parameter produces completely non-random results.