Role of Natural Selection: Natural Selection: Faster Swimming: Due to the water level rising and glaciers melting, penguins have to be able to swim faster to get away from their predators. The penguins got stronger muscles so they can throw themselves farther in the water with one stroke. Camouflage: Penguins have to live in the water more since their habitat got destroyed. Their skin color used to be black, but slowly turned into a blue color to match the color of the ocean Sharper teeth: The penguins had to hunt faster, harder, and quicker for their prey. Their teeth slowly became sharper so they can grab their prey with a better grasp so it won’t get away. Eyes: To see better, the penguins eye had to be able to spot out animals coming their way or around them. They began to be able to see animals from farther away to help them have a head start to get away from their predators.
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Four Part Summary: Part 1 Summary: A bottleneck event occurred in the Eudyptes Chrysolophus species seven million years ago on the region write below the Daidelos Ice Cap due to a rising climate on Arda. Subspecies A, Eudyptes Camouflagious, was growing so good and steadily but soon faded away and became extinct. Subspecies B, Eudyptes Swimmerarious, has been growing and growing. The population has been rising ever since about four million years ago. Part 2 Speciation Event: What caused these two new species was when the climate rose to an extreme heat. The heat melted the glaciers so it was more difficult for the penguins to fend for themselves.Subspecies A, Eudyptes Camouflagious, has adapted to better camouflage.Subspecies B, Eudyptes Swimmerarious, has adapted to swimming faster. They both help the animals survive longer, but one adapted better than the other Part 3 New Subspecies A (Eudyptes Camouflagious): Camouflage. The Macaroni Penguin got a blue skin color so they can hide from their predators easier. Since the water is blue, the new skin of the penguin will camouflage or blend in with the water to make it harder for the predators to see the penguin. This benefited the penguins in the beginning, but soon faded away. The predators began getting new adaptations as well. They began to get better sight and could tell that the blue figure was a penguin. Soon that species of penguin disappeared. Part 4 New Subspecies B (Eudyptes Swimmerarious): Faster swimming. The water has been rising and rising so the penguins had to adapt to swimming faster to get away from their predators. This greatly benefitted the penguins in the long run. The penguins began dodging the predators and swimming faster than the predators.