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[u]The Descent of Clan by Cham's Darwin[/u]
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font image comes from the actual signature of Charles Darwin
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font image comes from the actual signature of Charles Darwin
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When the gathering cats start to go home, your clan is a little later than many of the others, and, slowly, the numbers die further and further down, until, eventually, you have to go home. And it's fine; you knew that would be what happened eventually.
xxxxYet, still, you trail a little behind the rest of your party. It's just sad to have to leave already.
xxxxThe other warriors aren't very far ahead, when, suddenly, a white molly comes out of the bushes beside you.
xxxx"Hello, and what a mighty fine evening, and a beautiful moon."
xxxxShe nods at whatever you say, engaging in small talk, and walking beside you. She's not in any way a hindrance to your travels; if anything, she walks a little faster than you. Quickly, you're at ease enough to not worry about where she came from.
xxxxShe was just curious about where you're going; "You see, I've travelled around much of the world, by now, and I've found some wonderful creatures, and a very bizarre pattern to them. You know if you're really good at digging, you can find the remains of creatures buried in rocks very deep down? It's truly remarkable. You can find some marvellous things even without having to dig. For instance, if you look very carefully, you'll see that different finches have different types of beak, and some types of beak are better at eating certain types of food. I think the finches that are better at eating particular foods are able to find more to eat, and have more energy to have more children, and therefore will have more, and so when the children are born, more of them will have that type of beak, increasing the proportion of the population with that trait, until, eventually, the whole population - who are eating that resource - gain the trait! It's a quite elegant idea, I think."
xxxxShe seems very proud of her explanation, but, even more so than that, extremely excited to talk about it. It's a little hard to follow as a first time it's all explained, but she's so happy talking about it that you're happy just to hear the explanation (and accept you'll need to ask for a few things to be clarified later).
xxxx"In fact, I think, that if you go back far enough everything would end up being related! You see, cats are a lot more similar to things like foxes or dogs than we are to frogs or, say, finches, so I think you need to go back less far in time to get to something that is similar to both foxes and dogs and cats. I'm not entirely sure how things get passed on to offspring but I've nicknamed the process "genetics" for now. Sometimes, I think the genes get passed down a little wrong; they get confused, you know? Mutated. And then the child comes out a bit different from what their parents should be able to produce. So normally children have random traits between their parents, but sometimes they'll have something new and different. Sometimes there won't be an observable difference, sometimes it will be something bad, and sometimes it will be marvellous. I really think that worms are a product of negative mutations; why else would they be little snakes with no eyes and no scales?"
xxxxShe's... making a little more sense. You're not entirely sure how this is all relevant to your encounter, but the enthusiasm for this theory really is infectious.
xxxx"I think if you go back far enough everything has to be descended from one thing, and it's just descent with modification that produced everything else. I think if you had one cat who had a lot of mutations, then you could very quickly end up with descendants who were as varied as the finches I've been watching!"
xxxxShe looks down and away, suddenly aware of the extreme level of her excitement.
xxxx"I'd quite like some help recording information on this. My previous assistant, Syms, retired recently, so I need to find some new assistants who can help me acquire data on the topic, so I can help to prove my theory correct. Would you mind that terribly?"
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All of Darwin's kits will be white, but there's no way to predict what her grandkits will look like! Well... There is; half of them will be white. There's no other way to predict it, though!
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Name: Darwin
Gender: Molly
Phenotype: Mediumhair white molly with blue eyes, polydactyly and a bobbed tail
Genotype: Ll / ? / WdWd / Bt? / Pd?
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Please fill out this form once you have four or more posts on the gathering thread. You need eight more posts to breed her with your second slot.
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Slots:
1) Clovermouse from Duckclan by recognize (x)
2) Cat from Clan by Person (proof)
3) Cat from Clan by Person (proof)
All of Darwin's kits will be white, but there's no way to predict what her grandkits will look like! Well... There is; half of them will be white. There's no other way to predict it, though!
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Name: Darwin
Gender: Molly
Phenotype: Mediumhair white molly with blue eyes, polydactyly and a bobbed tail
Genotype: Ll / ? / WdWd / Bt? / Pd?
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Please fill out this form once you have four or more posts on the gathering thread. You need eight more posts to breed her with your second slot.
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Slots:
1) Clovermouse from Duckclan by recognize (x)
2) Cat from Clan by Person (proof)
3) Cat from Clan by Person (proof)
