Animals Through Time #5: Can Selection happen without people?

By Shelia Ball

Last updated about 4 years ago

5 Questions

The green anoles are such good climbers because...

they like climbing trees.

they need to be able to climb to get food that is high up in the trees.

they need to be able to get away from brown anoles on the ground

the green anoles that were poor climbers were more likely to get eaten by brown anoles, so they had fewer babies.

Why do green anoles cimb trees?

What happened to the green anoles when the brown anoles arrived on Lizard Island?  Why?

Which green anoles were most likely to be caught by the brown anoles?  Why?

Why is the group of baby anoles better climbers than the group of parent green anoles?