Animal Adaptations

Not only am I a nerd, but my wife has turned into one also . Her conversation, at some point, is going to end up around science.  She doesn't realize it, but the metamorphosis has been obvious and is now complete. 





On our dates, in the middle of my important baseball cap observations and commentary, she is known to use the restaurant napkins to write down her "eureka" moments and ideas.



In the middle of the current NLCS, she is designing experiments for her students.

As she is tired of listening about cap logos, I must admit, I'm not really interested in life science, cell structure, or genetics...then some of her nonsense got my attention.

I was listening (pretending) to her ramble about how her students enjoy learning about animal adaptations.

Hmmm...baseball caps, adaptations, logos, is there a parallel?  Possible blog post? 

Here we go...

The most common animal adaptations (change that helps an animal survive its environment) are : camouflage, mimicry, warning coloration, behavioral, and physical adaptations.

Artificial Bigness

The ability to appear bigger to ward off predators



Logo/Cap example of Artificial Bigness:

1994 Milwaukee Brewers

Worn from 1994-96

Communal Living

Group living situation where people share everything.

 Logo/Cap example of Communal living

Interleague play was introduced in 1997 and the Phillies debuted this cap and logo for the occasion.

Warning Coloration

Conspicuous coloring that warns a predator that an animal is unpalatable and poisonous

The Blue Poisonous Dart Frog

Logo/cap example of warning color:

1993 Florida Marlins  (totally unpalatable)

2012 Miami Marlins (Poisonous)

Mimicry

The action or art of imitating to deceive

The monarch is poisonous and the viceroy is the brilliant mimic.

Logo/cap  example:

 2004 Capital City Bombers

South Atlantic League

Class "A"

Mets affiliation

In 2005 the team moves from Columbia to Greenville.

Do you notice the difference?

Physical adaptation

The development of a physical adaptation to help the animal survive in its environment.

Hill-like humps are used for storing fat, not water.

Logo/cap example:

1969 Oakland A's

By 1973 an extra serif and apostrophe had grown.

The last example is not  necessarily an adaptation, but something I learned while doing the research for this post.

When otters sleep, they grasp each other so they do not drift apart.

I had to include this, because it reminds me of my better half.

She is truly a nerd, but she is my nerd...and I am never letting go.