Posted on 11/05/2006 4:12:13 AM PST by paudio
TOKYO — Japanese researchers said Sunday that a bottlenose dolphin captured last month has an extra set of fins that could be the remains of back legs, a discovery that may provide further evidence that ocean-dwelling mammals once lived on land.
Fishermen captured the four-finned dolphin off the coast of Wakayama prefecture (state) in western Japan on Oct. 28, and alerted the nearby Taiji Whaling Museum, according to museum director Katsuki Hayashi.
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Oh God, just what our image would need! Though I have to admit, pilot whale isn't bad. I just prefer seeing them in glass cages.
Why not?
It's a case of "Been there, done that" with them. But maybe this is a beginning of a trend. They say history repeats itself. What I'm wondering about is whether or not dolphins have pelvises.
Don't know, but I can't see one.
I agree with you. What you see is what you see. "Pretending" they are/were legs just says that science "has an agenda".Can that scientist say "Assume"?
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