fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoWhales is whalesmander.xyzimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down115
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minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoWhy elephants? I mean whales are not cows just by looking at what they eat. In that way manatees eating mostly sea plants are closer to being cows. Are they not?
minus-squareshuzuko@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI think it’s a joke about manatees having evolved from the same land-based ancestor as elephants, making them pretty literally “sea elephants”.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoInteresting. Just like the actual closest living relative to the elephant looks like a malnourished beaver
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoYes, I was referring to the evolutionary aspects, not the ecological ones :)
Why elephants? I mean whales are not cows just by looking at what they eat. In that way manatees eating mostly sea plants are closer to being cows. Are they not?
I think it’s a joke about manatees having evolved from the same land-based ancestor as elephants, making them pretty literally “sea elephants”.
Interesting. Just like the actual closest living relative to the elephant looks like a malnourished beaver
Yes, I was referring to the evolutionary aspects, not the ecological ones :)