I found out an interesting thing about evolution the other day. Boobies (the birds after which booby traps are named, due to the ease in which they can be caught) mostly die due to blindness!

They catch fish by dive bombing them from above, the constant pressure on their eyes slowly causes blindness to a point where they are no longer able to feed themselves. Now evolution clearly can explain this, because of course this behaviour in the early years of their life enables them to eat plenty of fish and so they remain fit, strong and healthy.

They reach breeding age without apparent problem and so the genes for this behaviour are passed on to the next generation. The blindness comes later - and so it will for their offspring - as the genes for this apparent suicide have also been passed on.

The thing I find interesting about this is - how do you suppose that proponents of Intelligent Design might be able to explain this? Where exactly is the intelligence in this design? There are plenty of other diving birds that don't suffer the same fate?