Uploaded May 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Darwin at the waterfall

Name: Darwin and Life in the Shade @StanEvolve
Uploaded: 2024-03-01T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: I made this video in Oklahoma before I moved to France. Sometimes, when plants grow in the shade and not in full sun, it is not because they are adapted to the shade but because they are full of viruses. Dont you just hate it when that happens? You think you have an adaptive story, and it turns out to just be viruses.