Hi! I am interested in getting some help with this question. This spectacular animal is a Lesser Bird of Paradise, Paradisea minor, from the highlands of Papua New Guinea. In the context of various evolutionary phenomena we have discussed this semester, why do you suppose: (a) This bird is confined to New Guinea and two nearby islands? Why would you not expect to find it in the mountains of Borneo? (b) This spectacular tail presumably attracts predators; why hasn’t natural selection acted to reduce it or camouflage it?

Hi! I am interested in getting some help with this question. This spectacular animal is a Lesser Bird of Paradise, Paradisea minor, from the highlands of Papua New Guinea. In the context of various evolutionary phenomena we have discussed this semester, why do you suppose: (a) This bird is confined to New Guinea and two nearby islands? Why would you not expect to find it in the mountains of Borneo? (b) This spectacular tail presumably attracts predators; why hasn’t natural selection acted to reduce it or camouflage it?

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter12: Processes Of Evolution

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