Indohyus

[_ex_cowboy]

Whales May Have To Set Smaller Tables For Possible Ungulate Relatives At Future Family Reunions

The key finding connecting Indohyus to the whale is its thickened ear bone, something only seen in cetaceans. An examination of its teeth showed that the land-dwelling creature spent lots of time in the water and may have fed there, like hippos and

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[excusemesenator]

Evolution is fucking amazing.

[saturdaynight]

I do not even know how to respond to how awesome this is. Mother nature is a badass.

[bantuathaid]

Here are some more Pictures from a National Geographic article on them:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071219-whales-evolved.html

[_ex_cowboy]

apparently the loss of their legs came from atrophy caused by sitting around TXTing each other too much.

[vinik]

LOL

I HAD to metaquote this.

[astrum_aka_trup]

Look out, it's a spiderpig pigdog!

[venividibitchy]

Neat.