Barbarian observes:
Just so no one actually goes away with that idea, whales did not evolve from cows. They did, however, evolve from ungulates, (hooved mammals), but they were very much different than cows. The most primitive known whale ancestor was sort of horselike, but had a skull that looked a lot like a primitive whale, including the sigmoid ear bone that all whales (and only whales) have.
Clever typo flame by lighthouse in the original; the slightly dyslexic Barbarian would be properly abashed except...
Chicago Manual Style (CMS):
hooved. Dictionary.com. WordNet® 3.0. Princeton University. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hooved (accessed: August 08, 2007).
Modern Language Association (MLA):
"hooved." WordNet® 3.0. Princeton University. 08 Aug. 2007.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hooved
Lighthouse, you wouldn't be related to Brainy Smurf, by any chance?:rotfl:
Yes.
http://www.researchcasting.ca/images/pakicetus.JPG
An ungulate, complete with hooves on the tip of each digit. And yet the skull has features found only in whales. Would you like to see a slightly more evolved version?
Oh, and just in case we get another Smurf episode...
hoof /hʊf, huf/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[hoof, hoof] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, plural hoofs or hooves for 1, 2, 4; hoof for 3, 7; verb
–noun 1. the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.
A little education is a dangerous thing...
Just so no one actually goes away with that idea, whales did not evolve from cows. They did, however, evolve from ungulates, (hooved mammals), but they were very much different than cows. The most primitive known whale ancestor was sort of horselike, but had a skull that looked a lot like a primitive whale, including the sigmoid ear bone that all whales (and only whales) have.
Clever typo flame by lighthouse in the original; the slightly dyslexic Barbarian would be properly abashed except...
Chicago Manual Style (CMS):
hooved. Dictionary.com. WordNet® 3.0. Princeton University. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hooved (accessed: August 08, 2007).
Modern Language Association (MLA):
"hooved." WordNet® 3.0. Princeton University. 08 Aug. 2007.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hooved
Lighthouse, you wouldn't be related to Brainy Smurf, by any chance?:rotfl:
Would you like to provide proof of this? Are there pictures of skeletons or carcasses of this animal?
Yes.
http://www.researchcasting.ca/images/pakicetus.JPG
An ungulate, complete with hooves on the tip of each digit. And yet the skull has features found only in whales. Would you like to see a slightly more evolved version?
Oh, and just in case we get another Smurf episode...
hoof /hʊf, huf/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[hoof, hoof] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, plural hoofs or hooves for 1, 2, 4; hoof for 3, 7; verb
–noun 1. the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.
A little education is a dangerous thing...