Pakicetus, the Pakistani Whale

Paleo Bites

English - December 19, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes - 34.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
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Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Allen Brooks discuss Pakicetus, the very first cetacean and thus very first whale, so that’s neat I guess. Evolution and stuff. Intermediary fossils. Woo. From the Early Eocene, this 5-foot artiodactyl had many features of both land-dwelling and aquatic animals, which sounds indecisive if you ask me. Land or water, pick one! I mean, I suppose it eventually did. So that’s good I guess. Woo. I need to get paid more.

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