Monk Memes

Monk by day, genetic mastermind by... also day! Poor Mendel standing there like "Hmm, these penguins and elephants have some VERY dominant traits." The father of genetics out here color-coding his zoo animals like they're pea plants! His data collection must've been wild: "Dear diary, today the yellow circle elephant produced another yellow circle baby. Shocking." Bet he never mentioned THIS experiment in his monastery reports!

Someone: "There is no way you can discover the fundamental laws of genetics using pea plants." Gregor Mendel: *smugly holds up Punnett squares and pea plant data* That's literally how the entire field of genetics started! Mendel was just a monk growing peas in his garden, meticulously counting purple and white flowers while everyone else was like "who cares?" Fast forward to him becoming the father of modern genetics with those humble little legumes. Talk about a scientific flex! His Punnett squares are basically the "I told you so" of 19th century biology.