Current Events > New species of ancient land whale discovered in Egypt

(+) Yeah! (+)

And no, this time it's not your mom

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-58340807

Scientists in Egypt have identified a new species of four-legged whale that lived around 43 million years ago.

The fossil of the amphibious Phiomicetus anubis was originally discovered in Egypt's Western Desert.

Its skull resembles that of Anubis, the ancient Egyptian jackal-headed god of the dead after which it was named.

The ancestors of modern whales developed from land-dwelling deer-like mammals that lived on land over the course of 10 million years.

Weighing an estimated 600kg and three metres (10ft) in length, the Phiomicetus anubis had strong jaws to catch prey, according to the study published by the Proceedings of the Royal Society B on Wednesday. The whale was able to walk on land and swim on water.

---

Oh that's just my mo-

voldothegr8 posted...

And no, this time it's not your mom

Oh shit

---

>land
>whale

Pick one
---

It looks like a manatee had sex with a crocodile

---

43 million years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday

Vermander posted...

>land
>whale

Pick one

Where do you think whales came from

---

Vermander posted...

>land
>whale

Pick one

Whales used to live on land though

---

TIL that whales were once deer who one day said 'I'mma get fat and go for a swim.' I would have figured it was the other way around. I like to imagine this particular evolutionary process as that one scene from Holy Grail:

"They said we were daft to try and hunt for food in the water! But my ancestors tried all the same, just to show 'em! My great-great grandfather tried first...he sank into the sea. Then my great-grandfather tried second...he sank into the sea. Then my grandfather tried third...he broke all his legs, fell over, and sank into the sea. But my father tried fourth...and he floated!"

---

Whose mummy is it?

---