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What's the Big Deal About Bird Beaks Anyway?

Bird beaks are made of hard keratin, the same material as our fingernails.

These beaks grow continually throughout the life of a

bird. England's Great Tits can change their beak shape

effortlessly twice a year (thinner for summer insects and

thicker for winter nuts). Oystercatchers were observed

to change the shape of their beak sharp or blunt ac-

cording to their food preference. It has been found that

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Hawaiian Honey Creepers will rapidly change their bill

shape to accommodate differing flowers. This brings

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us to Darwin's Galapagos finches. Darwin used finch

Washington D.C.? Too often the answer to these two important questions, is "no." We are only a

beaks to "prove" evolution. He saw minor changes within the beaks and then extrapo-

few weeks away from the 2016 General Election on November 8, and if you are looking for

lated. Darwin thought that given enough time, anything could turn into something

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else. Darwin did not know about the incredible complexity of the cell or genetics; to

his generation, the cell was just a blob of "protoplasm." Since then, scientists have

Democratic member control is a crucial principle for Central Florida Electric Cooperative, Inc.--

been studying these Galapagos finches and have found that their bills change shape

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shape is now thought to be governed by a protein called BMP4.

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elected officials represent uWebsllaha: see and Washington D.C. will affect our ability to

causes the finch embryo to produce either a thick stout beak or a narrow pointed beak.

provide safe, affordable, reliable electricity.

These changes are not the result of mutations but design within the organism. The ac-

tivation of the protein BMP4 allows the finch to adapt to the changing environment

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depending on whether the environment is drier or wetter. This is God's "programmed

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filling" in action. It allows the finch to fit the changing environment.

But the finch is still a finch, it simply has variations in its beak size. God cre-

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ated the bird kind with variation within each kind. With Darwin's Galapagos finches,

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we see just that variety within the finch kind.

In addition to registering to vote, you should also:

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   SoGodcreated...everywinged bird according to its kind. - Genesis 1:21 (NIV)

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Encourage family members and friends to register and vote.

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registration process in Florida and other key information. With 42 million members across the

nation, electric co-ops are a powerful voice on national issues that have a local impact--an

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impact that is felt by all of us here at CFEC.

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candidates understand that cooperative members caree eedheog proces

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from an opportunity to make elected representatives accountable. Our voice is stronger when

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Join electric cooperatives across Florida, and across the United States, and vote on November 8.

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Every Friday and Saturday until August 6th from 10am to 2pm there is `Readin' at the Ranch'

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at the Food Ranch in Inglis for the kids while the adults shop (also available to Buddy n Fred's

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and Fear No Evil shoppers). Reading to or with the kids; books are provided with qualified

volunteers assisting. Many thanks to last weeks volunteers Tammy Jones, Jeff Edison, Mike

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Kids reading at the Ranch from last week. Participants in photo from left to right

fany Auclair reading to her 3-year-old daughter Mia Auclair while waiting out a thunderstorm.

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