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Whales is whales (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They are called sea cows, but they're really sea elephants? I hope I'm not terribly wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think it's a joke about manatees having evolved from the same land-based ancestor as elephants, making them pretty literally "sea elephants".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Interesting. Just like the actual closest living relative to the elephant looks like a malnourished beaver

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Yes, I was referring to the evolutionary aspects, not the ecological ones :)