Species Adaptation

I started on a triad of shorts, where the idea came from my studies in Ecology, specifically, from The Economy Of Nature by Robert Ricklefs on Species Adaptation.

According to Ricklefs, all species adaptation is driven by their encounter with a variety of environmental factors deriving from one of three sources: 1) Exposure to the Physical and Chemical; 2) Exposure to predators, parasites and prey; 3) And finally, exposure to individuals of the same species.

PART 1: The first of my shorts addresses the Physical & Chemical aspects of adaptation as is titled, Red Velvet. My story is based upon the 1962 research of biologists Lloyd Tevis and Irwin Newell of their observations of the Giant Red Velvet mite of the Mojave Desert. The mites have quite an interesting life cycle, where they migrate to the surface once a year to eat, mate, and for their larvae to find a host. The image: "Red Velvet Mite" by is licensed under CC-BY 2.0. The image that was resized, cropped to fit required size.

PART 3: This third part of Species Adaptation deals with, 'exposure to individuals of the same species.. However, the real inspiration arises from Marianne Faithfull's cover of a John Lennon Song, "Working Class hero." https://youtu.be/3N_rNz2oAGA