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Originally Posted by
rodsky
![Huh](images/smilies/huh.gif)
Whales are
mammals--they descended from large LAND-based water-loving creatures. This is a FISH.
And
descendants![Huh](images/smilies/huh.gif)
You must mean
ancestor.
-RODION
Ancient Whale Gave Birth on Land : Discovery News
It looked like an improbable cross between a cow, whale, shark, alligator and sea lion.
*how many times they will continue to guess? platypus is still puzzling them even if it is still alive upto today...
* the hindlimbs from whale that looked like feet are no feet as what scientist thought it was... it is a bone that supports birth.
"I knew, of course, that some modern whales have a pair of bones embedded in their tissues, each of which strengthens the pelvic wall and acts as an organ anchor. ... Whales could be born with a little extra lump of bone which evolutionists therefore insisted was a throwback corresponding to a second limb bone"
Conflict:
Biologists believe that for 100 million years the only vertebrates on Earth were water-dwelling creatures, with no arms or legs. At some point these ?fish? began to develop hips and legs and
eventually were able to walk out of the water, giving the earth its first land lovers.
Top 10 Useless Limbs (and Other Vestigial Organs) | LiveScience