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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-58340807
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47822228
Sep 6, 2021 10:56 PM
foxybelle
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-58340807
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47822228
dickblack12
That's a whale of a story!
RussellMcBride
Moby Thcc
Oshjoshbagosh
You will give me whale doggo now. Im holding my breath until you do.
lamontcranston
these would be the transitional species between their origin as Hippo-esque land animals and true whales.
razzmouhi
I was taught that all whales used to be land mammals which is why they have vistigial hip bones.
VaultGirl69
If only we had evolved to live in water. Maybe we wouldn't be do destructive... And having a sea shell bra seems lit.
StorytellingSalem
Thats game changinn
atheistzombie
It is believed that whales evolved out of water, onto land, and then returned to the sea.
DrTriclops
Tusk
Tusk https://g.co/kgs/cNMYi5
speedbump9286
Is this the fuck face that decided to walk on land one day and as a result I had to deal with four fucking years of a damn cheeto-in-chief
howamistillpooping
Platypus?…….
trumpypumpyinyourrumpy
CheCosmosCat
Elephant ancestors walked out of the ocean. Whale ancestors walked into the ocean. True story.
Ikingg
Guessing what animal looks by bones ?
PunkRage
We already had proof of your mom the ancient two legged whale, this was just her dog
pistacher
Dino hippo
horhito93
I'm sorry to be serious about it but it was alive 22 million years after the Dinosaurs went extinct
pizzapartyhard
Sounds like a techno refrain.
Weareallprimates
That's exactly right.
NotACanadian
Dinohippus is already taken, I'm afraid.
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
Looks like an Eldritch otter... Hellboy?
AnneMakesMistakes
Finally. A whale you can fuck.
ReclusiveYeti
This being their ancestor idk why anyone is surprised.
stuart1965
i get called ancient too and i'm not even close to 43 million years old
dazedjosh
IlluminaBlade
The Dire Otter.
Spuduck
And it became th platypus?
pdxenburg
So it could grab on before licking your leg underwater...
PunSpawn
Maybe an ancestor of the platypus?
Tyrann01
Not sure if serious but... No. Platypus are from an ancient order of mammals. Whales are from the same group as cows, hippos and pigs.
BarfMonger
Was she wearing a burka?
SkinnerTBD
you know how the joke is "go back. I want to be be monke!"? well whales said, "go back, I want to be fish."
lamontcranston
wouldn't the whales say "go back, I want to walk on land"?
ErectileFunction
They tried land and said "No thanks."
Sheldonian
But that's not...
Jarilye
Username unfortunately checks out.
dasoffendor
i am really scratching my head at the combination of webbed feet and hooves....
Maxevans27
I might be wrong but I thought it was multiple fossils they found in the erea and it they where all different types or what eve.
kharkol13
I was thinking the exact same thing. Only thing I can come up with is maybe front vs back feet?
landcfan
Or cloven hooves with webbing in between? Not sure how you could tell the webbing with a fossil though.
Tyrann01
Skin impressions can show where the webbing would be.
landcfan
Looks like I was kind of right. Little tiptoe hooves "Peregocetus - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregocetus
AbbeyHurtfew
Like wearing thimbles on flippers
Maxevans27
Can we see the actual skeleton and the conclusions they jump to.
Ericcantona7
So, you do realize whales evolved from a land-dwelling mammal, correct?
Maxevans27
Point was that paleontologist will find a toe nail and make a whole species out of it. And the fact that it's just a rendered drawing.
baals
But the earth is only 6000 years old
Maxevans27
No shut up
baals
foxybelle
I wonder if they are closely related...
kaegro
Genetically, almost certainly. Whales closest genetic relatives on land are hooved mammals
RustyBrent
Find some vids on how the continents moved over the million of years
dazedjosh
Most likely they are, the simplified general theory is that whales became mammals on land then returned to the sea over time. We have a....
dazedjosh
reasonable history of whales and their ancestors. You can see things like the bones in their flippers look like hands and fingers....
dazedjosh
some whales have vestigial limbs that would have once been legs, similar to the vestigial tail bone in humans. These changes obviously......
dazedjosh
take millions of years, that's evolution, but there are good resources online that provide more detail than imgur comments.......
dazedjosh
The natural history museum for example - https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/when-whales-walked-on-four-legs.html