A brief introduction: I’m an English Major and really had a tough time memorizing specific traits of specific organisms at specific times. I need to place events in order, see things relative to each other in time, as in a typical story line. The first Bio-Story I wrote explained the process of evolving from Fungi through Angiosperms, a story that I threw away after I failed that test. Yet, compelled by this writing assignment I offer a brief story to explain:
The Evolution of Psuedocoelomates
A tale of Hunger
Terence set his stuff down in his dorm room and watched his parents move out. This would be the first time he had ever had to fend for himself for an extended period of time, he was in college. His story would hereby be a series of trial and error wherein the young man would slowly learn to take care of himself.
Porifera: At first Terence is immobile, he didn’t leave his room at all. He ate only whatever his roommate brought through the room. He depended on the random intrusions from people in his hall for any sort of mental or physical nourishment but evolution would soon move him outwards.
Cnidaria: Terence developed another layer of character that he had never known before and started focusing his energy towards 4 specific means of obtaining food, which are insignificant to this story now. Eating was a much better experience now that he knew what was nutritionally beneficial as well as delicious. He even started moving around the dorm, but mostly could only manage spastic conversations with people, but the simple ability to understand others demanded improvements in his lifestyle.
Platyhelminthes: Weeks later Terence had all aspects of his life one step closer to in-line. He was spending most of his time moving between 2 places, the Library and the Dining Hall. He was working on becoming a better student as well as a better chef. He was finally learning how to make his own food with his own hands. By simple contact with people Terence was even learning how to interact and perceive feelings.
Nematoda: The second semester was starting and Terence not only had a complete schedule wherein he could focus on simple tasks (eating, reading, etc.) and even had spare time in between tasks. His health was improving as he was obtaining more nourishment from better and better foods, and giving his food more time to digest in his relaxed time. He was becoming emotionally more mature as well but mating wasn’t even a thought yet.
Points in the story:
- Terence learns how to feed himself and how to get the most out of his food.
- Terence learns how to concentrate on school, this represents the development of cephalization.
- Terence learns how to focus his energy in specific directions, a metaphor for the development of bilateral symmetry.
- Terence’s emotional development refers to the evolution of a nervous system.
