I WROTE: If the shell was so crucial for the survival of the turtle, how come so many shell-less reptiles hung in there?
Tedd Hadley WROTE: Has it ever occurred to you that different environments have different predators, different food sources, different energy requirements and that in some environments a shell may [be] more of a detriment than others? I WROTE: Turtles share the exact same environment with numerous shell-less animals. Bonz: No, they do not. Two species competing for the same resources cannot co-exist for long. Imagine that you and I are species. We are locked in a huge room with a constantly replenishing supply of 1000 sandwiches. We do rather well, since it takes only 200 sandwiches a year for each of us each year. Then I have 6 children and you have 5. NOW we have a problem. Next generation, each of my kids have 6 kids, and each of yours has 5. Either you get good at killing my kids, or you starve and eventually go extinct. I WROTE: Once again, my position in this is that we take a step back from “explanations” and solidify what happens in the emergence of new species. When we have go
