Elma Muros: ‘Survivor’ experience beats everything I went through in athletics
Elma Muros-Posadas JUST A THOUGHT: I am always doing that which I cannot in order that I may learn how to do it. – Pablo Picasso • • • SURVIVOR ELMA: Caught up with Asia’s Fastest Woman Elma Muros-Posadas during a star-studded Kapuso mall show over the weekend in Cagayan de Oro in line with the golden city’s celebration of its yearly Kagay-an Festival. What’s a prized athlete like Elma doing in …
Richard Dawkins explains how the distribution of life on Earth’s continents and islands is exactly as we should expect if life evolved, and exactly how we should NOT expect if it had been created. Download Quicktime version (480p): cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com (720p HD): cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com Get the RDF TV podcast through iTunes! itunes.apple.com “In May 2007 Josh and I were among those who went to Galapagos with a large group from the Center for Inquiry. As we walked with the guided parties over the islands, Josh took every opportunity to film the wildlife. Occasionally he would turn the camera on me, and I would ad lib a few words about whatever animals we were looking at. These ‘vignettes’ were unscripted and unrehearsed, and there was no time for any “Take 2″ repetitions, because the guided walk was moving on.” Richard If you enjoy the video, and would like to help us make more videos like this, please consider donating $1 (or any other amount you’d like) to The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science: richarddawkinsfoundation.org Camera & Music by JOSH TIMONEN Presented by THE RICHARD DAWKINS FOUNDATION FOR REASON AND SCIENCE TRANSCRIPT: Both the marine and land iguanas of Galápagos resemble land iguanas found on the South American mainland, about 600 miles to the east. No doubt it was a freak accident that delivered them first to the newly formed volcanic islands of Galápagos. Thereafter, the fact that there were several different islands in the …
In order to survive, iguanas have adapted to tackle the rough tropical seas. The sea lions however can’t help teasing them in their death defying hunt for red and green algae. From the BBC
