Widely recognized as the most important sea bird habitat on Earth, Gough Island is a geographically perfect place for the animals to raise their young. It is one of the most remote places in the South Atlantic, nearly 2000 miles from both Africa and South America and 220 miles from the next nearest island in its archipelago. It is this isolation which has allowed its ecosystem to remain a nearly perfect home for the 22 bird species that seek its shelter in order to breed.
So at what size do these mice become considered rats? haha anyway, did they really evolve? or are they expressing more of their dna's latent potential for size now that they are working for their food instead of free loading off us humans? is it lack of preditors over the generations making them so big? or is it because they are eating the chicks which at the point they are being eaiten may be rich in nutients and unexpressed stemcell rich biomatter that may encourage better health and size for these fury beasts? do I have no Idea what I'm talking about? and lastly if they did actually evolve to be bigger so quickly simply because of a lack of preditors present then what does that say about the theory of natural selection playing such a large roll in evolution?
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