Message from @Nic Harvard
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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
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
makes me wonder why only bats of all mammals fly
I need to figure out how early they diverged. Fossils not great
Lol... I’m a flying mammal!
apparently bats go pretty far back
Got a cool vid yesterday of a guy doing skydiving without a parachute
Fuck airsuits, just a net
yeah I've seen those, crazy motherfuckers
I have a para A license... I would not attempt that