That blew my mind a long while back. I remember hearing that whales were mammals when I was a child and for a long time I'm like, what does that actually mean, so what if their fins are like hands? when I learned about the fact that they were previously land animals it's like my brain exploded and I had that eureka moment.
Cetaceans actually started as land animals
Found Diogenes' account
Back and forth metamovements from land to sea are more common than you’d think, evolutionarily.
See Sea Turtles, for example.
Evolved from a common ancestor that was in the ocean (pre-amniotes) evolved into reptiles on land, then decided to go back in the water.
The land fish yearn for the oceans once more.
I know I do
That blew my mind a long while back. I remember hearing that whales were mammals when I was a child and for a long time I'm like, what does that actually mean, so what if their fins are like hands? when I learned about the fact that they were previously land animals it's like my brain exploded and I had that eureka moment.
When he was a child?
lol I'm writing this in while waiting for an appointment. I meant "I". lol, sorry.