My opining on various scientific articles and videos (or those with a lack thereof that are just pretending to be scientific) have gotten me into various personal arguments before, but this one is particularly interesting.
Now, for those of you who have studied biology, you may have come into contact with some interesting facts. For examples, that whales have remnants of legs in their bodies. Pretty cool huh? Whales have bones inside their bodies that resemble legs their evolutionary ancestors most likely had. They are near where legs used to be, and have similar shapes, which point to them being evolutionary "left-overs" similar to our now less-vital organ the Appendix.
However, this may have changed. I have run into someone who has challenged this. This person says they were an A student, fifth in their class. Practically a genius. When I mentioned "whale legs":
You can believe that they used to be hind legs, but there is no denying that they are used for reproduction
Prove it.
Oh come on, how do you think Whales manage it? Do they just flap their fins and try desperately to stay in place? They can't use their tails to stay in place because they're already using those for other things. They need another way of staying still.
Now, I don't have too much on this subject. My current science class is Physics, and I'm doing well in it, but Marine Biology would probably get me a better understanding of this, so I'm not sure whether I'm up-to-date on the science now. Anyone here know the truth behind this? I'm honestly curious now whether or not those bones are still in use. Detailed videos of whales having love would be informative, but this forum has rules and I'd rather keep away from that corner of the internet.
