Posted on 04/26/2025 7:05:05 PM PDT by Red Badger
You do realize that whales and dolphins are warm blooded mammals right?
The immense span of geologic time permits a lot of strange things to happen via evolution. If you think of a large amphibian mammal with legs as initially exploiting a niche similar to that of salt water crocodiles and otters, it makes more sense.
From what little I have read, a whale supposedly has elongated forelimbs(flippers). It also has greatly reduced hindlimbs. It has a very large rib cage in relation to its body. The tail has no fused end vertebrae. From the drawing of the skeleton, it looks like the tail end vertebrae are missing. Since there is no soft tissue left, one cannot determine what this creature was capable of doing.
It appears to be a whale because one can see what skeletal changes need to be done to make it look like a modern whale skeleton. Not convinced it is actually a whale ...could be related...but most likely, not a whale. It is only a proto-whale because one expects evolution to have occurred later on. IMHO
It looks like it has heels for walking.
“You do realize that whales and dolphins are warm blooded mammals right?”
What made you think I didn’t?
But since we're guessing, it looks more like a prehistoric crocodile to me.
Evolutionism is funny. Evolution is supposed to be driven by mutations and natural selection. Small populations should have little opportunity to express new mutations to be selected, limiting their potential evolutionary change. Yet they believe whale species that have tiny population numbers have supposedly evolved dramatically over relatively short timeframes.
Creation doctrine is the bedrock of conservatism, and evolutionism is the bedrock of all leftist thought. Individuals may be inconsistent about this, but it is impossible to build and maintain a consistent conservative worldview outside of a creationary perspective.
So paleontologists are now travelling back in time to make these finds?!
Regards,
The theory was whales evolved in the area now occupied by India. The subcontinent bumped into Asia and ended up pushing the Himalayan mountains to their current heights.
How high in the mountains was it found?
The closest, still living, genetic relative of the hippopotamus is the whale family!
Don’t ask me why but that cracked me up.
They are forever searching for the ‘Missing Links’, the ‘proto-whatevers’ of evolution.
Where is the fossil of the short necked giraffe?
Where is the fossil of the flying penguin?
Where is the fossil of the snake with legs?..................
planted not evolved
“A fascinating new discovery has been made off the coast of Peru,...”
The newly discovered “four legged whale” will be named Leticia James or Stacy Abrams as recommended by NPR or PBS.
That’s boots...............
"Kowalski!"
What was God's method of development and deployment? Did He include mechanisms for self-preservation in His designs?
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