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Old 12-04-2006, 01:24 AM
roy_miami roy_miami is offline
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Default Unique patterns within species of animals

Tigers, Gorillas, Whales, Cheetahs, Leopards, Humans, Sharks to name a few, all have unique identifying patterns. I suspect every animal on Earth has some type of unique identifying pattern, its just some are tougher to spot than others (like ours). What is the purpose of this? Perhaps we are being studied by a greater being and they have genetically programmed in these patterns. Any thoughts?
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Old 12-04-2006, 01:28 AM
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Default Re: Unique patterns within species of animals

WTF? Could you give an example of what you're talking about, I don't really understand this post.
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Old 12-04-2006, 01:39 AM
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Old 12-04-2006, 01:42 AM
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Default Re: Unique patterns within species of animals

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Humans- finger prints
Tigers- Stripes
Gorillas- nose features
Cheetahs- spot patterns
Whales- fins

etc, etc, etc...
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Old 12-04-2006, 02:32 AM
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Default Re: Unique patterns within species of animals

Why would there be a purpose in this?
Do you think they have a purpose?
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Old 12-04-2006, 09:33 AM
The once and future king The once and future king is offline
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Default Re: Unique patterns within species of animals

Yes we are being studied by the great criminologist in the sky.
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Old 12-04-2006, 09:37 AM
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Default Re: Unique patterns within species of animals

Ummm...humans and all these other animals probably have far more unique patterns. EVERYTHING on you is unique, basically. Your face is unique. The exact shape of your foot is unique. We just use fingerprints because they are OBVIOUSLY unique and easy to measure. The same holds true for gorillas, sharks, and probably every organism. Its possible that some extremely simple organisms might be EXACT copies of each other, but I doubt it. They might be indiscernible but they are unique (and I'm not talking about 'they have different molecules').
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