Four-legged dolphins

[senorpogo]

Very cool.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=414678&in_page_id=1770

Experts believe that the dolphin's ancestor was a dog-like creature which roamed the earth many millions of years ago. And now the extraordinary discovery of a bottlenosed dolphin with an extra set of flippers has provided living proof of the theory.

At first glance it looks like any other of its kind. But closer inspection reveals a rogue set of rear fins.

Each the size of a human hand, the fins are thought to be the remains of a pair of hind legs, adding to evidence that dolphins once walked on all fours.

While dolphins with odd-shaped lumps jutting out near the tail have been caught before, this five-year-old bottlenose is thought to the first with a full second set of fins.

Of course, God is just testing our faith by creating a dolphin whose biology seems to support the theory of evolution, but - in reality - is part of a big trick to make the non-believers reveal themselves. A divine deke of sorts.

 

[supercorgi]

Read the comments. They seem to be mostly "why do we have to deprive the poor dolphin of its freedom just for science" or "those evilutionists are sure stupid."

 

[Cuddles]

The important question being - What do dolphin legs taste like?

 

[RationalVetMed]

The important question being - What do dolphin legs taste like?

It's got to be like frog's legs (which taste like chicken).

Yuri

 

[bob_kark]

Read the comments. They seem to be mostly "why do we have to deprive the poor dolphin of its freedom just for science" or "those evilutionists are sure stupid."

I get the feeling that many of those people were wearing an "I'm with Stupid" shirt with the arrow pointed up.

 

[CBVan]

I've always liked dolphins. Now they come with even more meat!