Attractive animals

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patrick

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ben or mark, are you able move this conversation to start a "attractive animals" thread for those weirdo's who want to participate. i wanna talk more about hippo..

did you know genetics suggest a tie with cetaceans and not pigs?
 
That's a whale of a theory! :p

Is it more or less proven, or is it just somone's new idea?
 
I think it could be that hippos evolved from pigs over a long time and became very seperate and then the whales evolved from the aquatic hippos later on and are a closer link. (But I'm no Geneologist or anything like that and i just made that up 'cos it made a bit of sense to me.)
 
......and despite their superficial resemblance to pigs, peccaries are more closely related to dugongs! :D

(Well go on; prove me wrong!)
 
a pig/hippo relationship always seemed to make sense to me. the two share a lot of similarities. just look at them and it makes a degree of sense.

but the dolphin connection has turned that idea on its head!
 
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