[CINC] Whale "back-stories"

[R. Schwartz]

Big-legged whales in Alabama?  Shark-eating "killer" baleens?  Two 
fascinating National Geographic articles to expand our understanding of 
modern cetaceans:

 
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080911-whale-legs.html?source=email_inside_20080918&email=inside

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060816-whale-fossil.html

Be sure to enlarge the illustration of the legged whale to get a good 
visualization of how flukes might have "fused" from webbed feet and the 
caudal stalk from large hind limbs.

(Sorry about the lack of live links above, something not working right 
today.  You'll just have to copy, paste and click).

Razz