Comments on: An Ostentatious Air Conditioner: The Toucan’s Big Beak

By: Matthew Egan

Matthew Egan — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:17:38 +0000

… Evolving thoughts from everyone. I really love this post. Agreed a natural air conditioner is mother nature at it’s finest.

By: SanAntonio_AC

SanAntonio_AC — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:24:18 +0000

Natural air conditioner…..!!!!!! now that is something different, nature has developed itself according to need from billions of years, even if one gives his whole life even then he can’t figure out there things.

By: zachary

zachary — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:41:26 +0000

So basically Ken, you’re looking for a 101 college course in biology? They go over this stuff in natural selection and genetics, take you hopefully about a day to get up to speed.

By: Art

Art — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:52:06 +0000

@Ken Haney

Tell me your thoughts on the mosquito. Disease transmitter, irritant, or food source for bats, etc?

Also, how do you feel about MRSA and H1N1? Has god created them recently or have they been lying dormant waiting to cause a ruckus?

By: Ken Haney

Ken Haney — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:23:01 +0000

I’m still looking for an explanation of how this animal decided a big beak would be just the thing and then instructed its body to develop it evolutionary style. How did this all wise bird convey to its offspring that this was now the plan and would they please comply and stay the course. Design requires a designer and this bird, though amazing, doesn’t have that capacity. Matthew 6:27

By: zachary

zachary — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:37:06 +0000

Agreed Ben, nature is pretty frugal. Such a feature likely doesn’t serve a sole purpose as this article appears to hint at.

By: YouRang

YouRang — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:30:18 +0000

Surely bird beak isn’t a very good conductor. So how does the bird manage to maintain his blood pressure when he’s dumping heat through these miles of blood vessels? In particular, how does he fly? (Flying is presumably when he would need to dump heat the most.)

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:46:23 +0000

Actually, the article is a little misleading. Both Dr. Tattersall and Dr. Weckstein, an evolutionary biologist at the Field Museum of Chicago, say that it probably evolved for some other reason, and that the cooling is just an added benefit. Check my website link for the NPR article and interviews.

By: Roberto Ruth

Roberto Ruth — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:39:20 +0000

I’m purely curious and will not vocalize my beliefs. but I wonder Manoj; do you belive we are equal, or above animals? I don’t blame you if you don’t answer this question. Thank you.

By: robot makes music

robot makes music — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:53:09 +0000

It’s called evolution, bro. Look it up sometime.

By: Zachary

Zachary — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:28:42 +0000

Troll? Poe? Who even knows anymore.

By: Manoj Bhardwaj

Manoj Bhardwaj — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:15:06 +0000

God is Infinite.. His creations are equally matching.. The Toucan is a visible medium to appreciate God’s Infinitely vast Systems created for His Creations’ well being.
We definitely need to learn to appreciate His World.. rather than bragging about our worlds limited to Wall Streets, White Houses and Capitol Hills…
The ingenuity created in the Toucan’s cooloing system is Beautiful !!

Manoj