fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoWhales is whalesmander.xyzimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down115
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minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIt depends on what you want to call pakicetus, I think it looks kinda dog like. https://evolution.berkeley.edu/what-are-evograms/the-evolution-of-whales/ The DNA may tell an entirely different story.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoPakicetus looks really cute in this reconstruction! I’ve always seen the species pictured looking as a kind of a big rat. This is so much better.
It depends on what you want to call pakicetus, I think it looks kinda dog like.
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/what-are-evograms/the-evolution-of-whales/
The DNA may tell an entirely different story.
Pakicetus looks really cute in this reconstruction! I’ve always seen the species pictured looking as a kind of a big rat. This is so much better.