he wrote off millions due to water damage

“Eh Pedro... yoo know what I jus see?”
“Fuck off julioo, the boss he keel yoo eef he find out yoo schnaffing thee merch...”

i was doing a sort of thought experiment a couple months ago, I think Hippos could survive almost anywhere on earth except the most severe deserts

they would dominate all food chains, their thick hides and blubber would insulate them in the cold

and even help with surviving in dry areas too

Pygmy hippos just 10k years ago in Chad. Now part of Sahara

and Camels originally evolved to survive in cold climates

Wait, must find something. Three mins

the same adaptions for cold work in heat

the only things that could really fuck with Hippos are Humans, Elephant Seal and Orcas

Porto whales

Proto

Here, one of my fav books when I was a kid.
https://speculativeevolution.fandom.com/wiki/After_Man:_A_Zoology_of_the_Future

ah a youtube channel I'm subbed too talked about the one yesterday

Night Stalkers are retarded

Really? I loved it, local library had a copy I wanted to pinch. Did, but mom made me return it

Whales were kind of like Crocodiles at one point

Noticed it was “reference only”

Lol.. no.. crocs were like crocs for almost 3 ELEs

there was a reprint of that book not long ago I believe

Whales started out with a similar body plan and hunting style

Should see if I can get a copy, my youngest will love it

but gradually became fully aquatic

Early whales? Hippos/otter types afaicr

yeah

the weird thing is they evolved from these weird shrew things

tiny

evolution is weird

You pays your money and takes your chances

And the deck is rigged

one evolutionary history I'm really curious to learn about is Bats

it seems to be not that well known yet

Oh, I can help there

who do you get from climbing, to gliding to flying

Lots of small mammals used glide assist in trees

it's such a weird adaptation to have develop

Monkeys, lemurs, rodents, plenty

then there's the primate theory for some bats

which would mean divergent evolution but it seems that theory has no wings...heh

To get to the flapping bit is a stretch, but if you are a high-r species then... wtf... might work

to go from gliding which is pretty common in mammals but to flying, its believed they're nocturnal to not compete with birds