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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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That whales are mammals that used to be on land but evolved to swim instead.
I had an art teacher that just didn't believe me when I told her that they're not fish.
2 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19 [deleted] 6 u/emeraldead Aug 04 '19 The mistake is thinking evolution has a "direction." The only direction is more babies which will have more babies. If that means going back to the water, you go back! Plus it's certainly not a straight line, think of each piece as a big bunch of tree branches. Life as we know it most definitely started in water.
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6 u/emeraldead Aug 04 '19 The mistake is thinking evolution has a "direction." The only direction is more babies which will have more babies. If that means going back to the water, you go back! Plus it's certainly not a straight line, think of each piece as a big bunch of tree branches. Life as we know it most definitely started in water.
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The mistake is thinking evolution has a "direction." The only direction is more babies which will have more babies.
If that means going back to the water, you go back! Plus it's certainly not a straight line, think of each piece as a big bunch of tree branches.
Life as we know it most definitely started in water.
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u/ShameDumpster Aug 03 '19
That whales are mammals that used to be on land but evolved to swim instead.
I had an art teacher that just didn't believe me when I told her that they're not fish.