Horrible Histories - Natural Selection Lyrics
Mmmm yeah.Mmmm yeah.People thought all animalsArrived here unrelatedThe world began, and then came manAll perfectly createdBut then someone looked up a tree.And said "That monkey looks just like me!"So it really was a mysteryWhat I'd learned in natural history!So I joined HMS BeagleWatched the eagle and the seagullWe studied rock and plantsFlowers, trees and bees and antsSlept on hammocks without pillowsEating rats and armadillosTill I realised on reflec-tionIt's natural selection! Yeah!Natural selection meansEach animal evolvedTo blend with its surroundingsCh-ch-changes were involvedSo birds with different, foods to seek.Seem to have developed, different beaks.And over time they'd,ModifiedSo just the fittestOf them all survived!On the Isles of GalapagosI noted the giant tortoiseHad interesting shellsAnd I rode on them as wellIguanas land and swimmingMeant my new theory was winningIt all led in the directionOf natural selection.My findings went with outrageFrom the ch-ch-ch-ch-church of EnglandAnd from me.The idea that we came from ch-ch-chimpsQuestioned my own ChristianityBut it was hard to disagree!Every species new mutationHad a perfect explanationIt seems the worlds inceptionMust predate common perceptionAnd if lack of adaptationMeans a fatal limitationSo each creature's imperfectionOver time gets a correctionMeaning animal collectionsGrow unique means of protectionAnd to fail nature's inspectionMeans immediate rejectionWhich all leads to the detec-tionOf natural selection!Natural selection!
