Sunday, June 16, 2013

On the Evolution of Whales

http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/otherprehistoriclife/a/ancientwhales.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_cetaceans

I did not even know that modern whales evolved from animals that had evolved to live on land, doing an evolutionary U turn back to a watery life..  I guess I just assumed that since life started in the sea, the whale was a creature who just remained there.  Also, it was amazing just how much variety there was along the evolutionary path to the whales that made Nantucket rich.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/08/whale-evolution/mueller-text

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