Peppered Moths FACTS
by JWing
The TRUTH: The moth picture is a FRAUD
The peppered moth is nocturnal(come out at night) and its chief predators are bats NOT BIRDS. This was discovered in 1970 by British biologist Cyril Clarke. Bats do not rely of vision at all but instead use echolocation to find the moths in midair. So the ability of birds to see them during the day is completely pointless as they are out at night when their visibility isn't even a factor.
For one thing, the moths in the famous photos were not alive. They were GLUED IN PLACE for the 1959 photo for good reason: the peppered moth almost never rests on tree trunks, its preferred hideaway probably being under twigs in the high canopy of trees. --NY Times, JUNE 18, 2002
Since 1980, however, evidence has accumulated showing that peppered moths do not normally rest on tree trunks. --Jonathan Wells PhD, 1990-2000 UC Berkeley
In decades of field work, only ONE peppered moth was found resting on a tree trunk in the wild. --Jonathan Wells PhD, 2000. Icons of Evolution. Washington DC: Regnery, pp. 148-151
The peppered moth is nocturnal(come out at night) and its chief predators are bats NOT BIRDS. This was discovered in 1970 by British biologist Cyril Clarke. Bats do not rely of vision at all but instead use echolocation to find the moths in midair. So the ability of birds to see them during the day is completely pointless as they are out at night when their visibility isn't even a factor.
For one thing, the moths in the famous photos were not alive. They were GLUED IN PLACE for the 1959 photo for good reason: the peppered moth almost never rests on tree trunks, its preferred hideaway probably being under twigs in the high canopy of trees. --NY Times, JUNE 18, 2002
Since 1980, however, evidence has accumulated showing that peppered moths do not normally rest on tree trunks. --Jonathan Wells PhD, 1990-2000 UC Berkeley
In decades of field work, only ONE peppered moth was found resting on a tree trunk in the wild. --Jonathan Wells PhD, 2000. Icons of Evolution. Washington DC: Regnery, pp. 148-151
When moths land they fold down their wings to look like that on the left. Only dead moths in man-arranged displays have their wings fully open like those on the right. This proves that the moths of the picture were dead ones, STAGED with their wings fully extended on tree trunks. They would never normally be exposed to birds.
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The LIES exposed by GENETICS
The evolution narrative credits a mutation in the moth's genes to causing the beneficial black color for the moth and this LIE is perpetuated in websites and biology text books as proof of evolution to this day. The real FACTS are that "In peppered moths, the allele for dark-bodied moths is dominant, while the allele for light-bodied moths is recessive," This means that genetically the dark/light bodied moths ARE NOT A MUTATION. Its a normal character of the peppered moths. And we know that depending on what the mothers eat even dominant traits can be turned off. Hence why women today are always advised to eat healthy if they want a child to free of common ailments in their lifetime.
Conclusion
As a absolute proof of Evolution, the peppered moth actually doesn't prove its case. Not only are the dark and light moths the same species and NOT A MUTATION of any kind, but they ONLY COME OUT DURING THE NIGHT making evolution due to reduce visibility pointless. Visibility makes no difference to their primary predator the bats who find them using echolocation regardless of whether they are dark or light colored. Neverminding the fact that genetics PROVES the dark moths are not a result of mutation but simply their dominant trait versus recessive traits that are controlled by diet of the mother. In the end there is no mutation and no survival of the fittest involved here at all.
Rather we see clear indication that the peppered moths were created with these traits fully formed, and man must resort to gluing dead moths onto tree trunks in the hopes of proving a disproven belief of evolution. in the end evolution falls prey to simple facts. Facts that evolutionist refuses to share with the public and children lest they make the logical conclusion that evolution like in these peppered moths doesn't happen at all..
The evolution narrative credits a mutation in the moth's genes to causing the beneficial black color for the moth and this LIE is perpetuated in websites and biology text books as proof of evolution to this day. The real FACTS are that "In peppered moths, the allele for dark-bodied moths is dominant, while the allele for light-bodied moths is recessive," This means that genetically the dark/light bodied moths ARE NOT A MUTATION. Its a normal character of the peppered moths. And we know that depending on what the mothers eat even dominant traits can be turned off. Hence why women today are always advised to eat healthy if they want a child to free of common ailments in their lifetime.
Conclusion
As a absolute proof of Evolution, the peppered moth actually doesn't prove its case. Not only are the dark and light moths the same species and NOT A MUTATION of any kind, but they ONLY COME OUT DURING THE NIGHT making evolution due to reduce visibility pointless. Visibility makes no difference to their primary predator the bats who find them using echolocation regardless of whether they are dark or light colored. Neverminding the fact that genetics PROVES the dark moths are not a result of mutation but simply their dominant trait versus recessive traits that are controlled by diet of the mother. In the end there is no mutation and no survival of the fittest involved here at all.
Rather we see clear indication that the peppered moths were created with these traits fully formed, and man must resort to gluing dead moths onto tree trunks in the hopes of proving a disproven belief of evolution. in the end evolution falls prey to simple facts. Facts that evolutionist refuses to share with the public and children lest they make the logical conclusion that evolution like in these peppered moths doesn't happen at all..