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KtrenalWinterheart [2019-11-11 22:24:42 +0000 UTC]
Baleen whales manage to communicate just fine without melons, so definitely no reason why Basilosaurus and other ancient whales couldn't also communicate with each other. Melons are required only for echolocation, not social interactions.
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Liopurodon4x In reply to KtrenalWinterheart [2019-11-12 03:46:24 +0000 UTC]
I know right? I dont know why Philip Gengerich claims otherwise, although it may have something to do with basilosaurus brain to body ratio
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KtrenalWinterheart In reply to Liopurodon4x [2019-11-12 09:31:47 +0000 UTC]
I find a lot of so-called "scientists" seem to lack understanding of cetaceans, even ones who should know about them. Once I saw a marine biologist explain that some minke whales stranded because nearby tidal turbines used for power generation interfered with the minkes' sonar. Like okay, so they suddenly evolved melons and echolocation just in time to get confused by wave turbines?
Brain to body ratio is a terrible measure of a creature's intelligence and communicative ability, too - many birds have tiny brains compared to their body size, but they're still capable of communicating with each other!
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Liopurodon4x [2019-10-04 05:58:29 +0000 UTC]
I love my drawing, please comment on this
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UFO123456 In reply to Liopurodon4x [2019-10-09 14:52:32 +0000 UTC]
You made him look mammalian and intimidating at the same time. "Walking With Beasts" tried and failed. You nailed it.
On a side note: Here's my new t-rex drawing:
www.deviantart.com/ufo123456/a…
Feel free to comment.
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Liopurodon4x In reply to UFO123456 [2019-10-09 20:35:53 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much, I also saw it, its very nice.
But I could give WWB some credit.
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PaleoFauna In reply to Liopurodon4x [2019-10-04 12:42:57 +0000 UTC]
i like it as well, but why do they have whiskers? What... porpoise does it have?
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Liopurodon4x In reply to PaleoFauna [2019-10-04 22:14:43 +0000 UTC]
Oh no, the whiskers come from a grey whale, i just enhanced them due to the fact that since basilosaurus was a primitive whale and it must have had longer whiskers than its modern day relatives.
Some baby odontocetes have these birth lines as seen in this picture www.idausa.org/campaign/cetace…, they disappear a few hours after birth I believe, thats what I was talking about when I mentioned baby porpoises
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