The Difference Between Claws and Nails



Claws came first, and fingernails and toenails were a later adaptation. But nails developed for animal lineages that had already diverged from each other, so there must be reasons they were better than claws for certain species. This TED-Ed lesson gives us some ideas for why that happened. -via Laughing Squid


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Basically evolution is mutation (or change) combined with selection not more and not less. Wherever these two aspects apply you can observe evoluion at work. It seems there is some kind of misunderstanding with evolution. Evolution is a very effective killer and it is not there to save you or anyone or anything else form extinction. Evolution is above all the terminal "extinctor". Compare evolution with a kind of unfair race with slow and rapid changes of the rules and the track. On the other hand, all participants are subjected from to arbitrary small-step changes they even can't control. Note: Evolution is a killer, and therefore much more species have been erased fron the planet than are present right now. And it will continue killing. And if you take an open minded look at the world, you can see the principles of evolution working everywhere. So assume that evolution is true and believe me we are not the only one with special abilities, but whe where the first and where the ones that very successfully drive the second and third places towards extinvtion...
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evolve
verb [ I ]US  /ɪˈvɔlv, -ˈvɑlv/
to change or develop gradually:
These countries are evolving toward more democratic societies.
BIOLOGY
If a creature evolves, it changes over time by the process of evolution.
-In the video it clearly states that claws and nails are not superior/better to one another. They are extremely similar, and are better than one another depending on the action. Also there's giant gaps between the supposed evolution of monkeys/gorillas/etc and modern humans. Also 99% of all organisms that have ever existed are now extinct - meaning "evolution" could not save them despite evolution having millions of years to save them. Also Humans are the only thing on the planet capable of advanced language (Japanese/English/etc.) and advanced structures (Starbucks/Electrical Grid/etc.). If evolution is true and not a theory, why do only humans have an a evolutionary branch towards these abilities? Humans are not the only intelligent organism on the planet, and Humans are far from the only apex predator. Why would evolution exclude tigers, bears, wolves, dogs, crocodiles, from evolution that could save them from extinction? Why only humans, after millions of years? Because evolution is a theory and it will only ever be a theory. :>
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Hello? Mob thievery is not a new phenomenon. What kind of idiot would write such a thing?

More importantly, what kind of lazy editor would allow such an obvious blunder to appear on their website?
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And I suspect the 10% of all business have been flash robbed statistic is a bit skewed by confusion,too. I bet lots of businesses who've been robbed by groups of people coming in at once to serve as a distraction for members of the group to steal might have mistakenly answered that they'd been flash robbed, too, if the question was asked vaguely enough or if they didn't really understand the flash mob concept. Like when I was a teen in the 90's, it was common enough for groups of 4 or 6 or so teens to go into a convenience store and make the group hard enough to watch all at once that a couple of them could steal while the cashier wasn't able to watch them all that several stores in areas with lots of teens around like near schools had to enact an "only two teens at a time" restriction. And while a bad thing, it's not nearly the same thing as a genuine flash mob robbery. But I could see some less web-savvy shop owners not understanding the difference and saying they'd been victim to flash robbery when it was really just old-school group distraction theft.
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Many decades ago, when I was a kid, the local kids (age: about 10) used to mob family stores in a small California town. Some distracted the clerk while other grabbed candy and dashed.
This is nothing new, except that the kids in my town grew up, while those in D.C. probably never will.
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These mass shoplifting events should not be called "flash robs" or "flash mob crimes." Flash mobs are not criminal acts: http://bit.ly/oz4Qwb. I'm a co-founder of Improv AZ, a flash mob troupe. Before every event, we look up the local laws to make sure that our events our legal.
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As a retail worker I haven't experienced a 'flash rob,' fortunately, but I have had my share of all the other types of thievery, prank and general tomfoolery. Some of it is harmless and cute (changing a display in a humorous way) but it gets annoying after a while. It makes me mad when these kids start stealing because it threatens my livelihood. I don't have their parents' fancy health insurance or financial security. Just leave us retail people alone. We are in a no-win situation. We can't restrain or otherwise discipline these crazy kids because we are terrified of being sued.
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2 solutions here.

1. Provide your store with a panic button that silent alarms the police, locks the doors so that it prevents exiting the store and 3 duck into a bolted back room. Shell gas stations have these for their gas stations.

2. This is of course for sole owners....shotgun under counter and start blasting...not stop theif...not hold it....just start firing...guaranteed whether they live or die they wont be back.
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