Evolution in action ?

[dang65]

ok . so why the fuss?
What excited some people is that this fits nicely with the theory of slight changes building up into a major change. This is set against the other side of the coin which is that major changes occur as a result of a single mutation.
You are right that no one was filming when one of the changes actually happened but the excited people would say, 'hey we were close enough'.

It's like hearing a bang, seeing the strike, then saying 'I didn't actually see the bullet leave the barrel, but I am convinced it did'

How does this fit particularly well with either of those theories? I mean, this particular dung beetle might have spent thousands of years finding dead millipedes, sussing out ways of getting in there, mutating its head shape, starting to attack live millipedes etc etc. Or it might have had a head like that already and one day decided to attack a millipede for the first time ever, out of the blue. What the hell does this observation prove?

There are thousands of examples of all kinds of flora and fauna adapting slightly to suit their environment or available food. Some actually have been witnessed, I believe, though more in behaviour than physical changes, such as animals adapting to human habitation and that.

I just don't get at all what is supposed to be so unique about this one. If you believe in evolution - which I do, by-the-way, in case anyone's having doubts! - then you see evidence of it everywhere you look. If you don't believe in evolution then this dung beetle ain't going to prove anything because it might have always eaten millipedes since the day God made it, using spare parts from an old dung beetle... who's to know?