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Whale Evolution

Whale Evolution. Copy everything in black on pg 87. Evidence that whales were once land mammals . Whales today still need to breathe air 2) Whales today still have a pelvic bone 3) Whales today have similar bones to four legged animals

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Whale Evolution

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  1. Whale Evolution Copy everything in black on pg 87

  2. Evidence that whales were once land mammals • Whales today still need to breathe air 2) Whales today still have a pelvic bone 3) Whales today have similar bones to four legged animals 4) The inner ear of whales evolved much more quickly than expected, allowing the animals to become fully aquatic early in their evolution.

  3. Whale Evolution Animation • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/03/4/quicktime/l_034_05.html • From the movie I learned__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  4. 60 million years ago ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 50 million years ago______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 40 million years ago________________________________________________________________ Fill in information on each whale from textbook pg 284-285 Today_______________________________

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