Discuss the development of the giant aquatic mammals. What will be an ideal response?
The aquatic mammals include the orders Sirenia and Cetacea. Paleontological information
indicates that whales developed from land-dwelling mammals that lived during the Eocene.
Whales are most closely related to the artiodactyls. The limbs adapted to paddle-like flippers.
Some of these whales developed filter-feeding apparatus called baleen.
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A) Arctic Ocean B) Atlantic Ocean C) Indian Ocean D) Pacific Ocean E) Southern Ocean