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Great photo selection with the shifty looking seal (gotta love the whites of caniform eyes) and a nice little summary of the article. One thing about zoology a
by Affric 3y ago
Great photo selection with the shifty looking seal (gotta love the whites of caniform eyes) and a nice little summary of the article.
One thing about zoology and animal morphology is that we all know how important feeding is for animals but only real nerds love the digestive tract. Transport, skin, and reproduction are far more glamorous; but the mammalian sense of smell and mouth parts gave us such an advantage in the tertiary period.
It’s interesting that this sort of feeding never arose in the sea. I wonder what the ancestors of the pinnipeds who first ventured back into water ate…
- 082349872349872 3y agoIf they're related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelidae , probably just about any catchable animals?
- Affric 3y agoProbably otter like to an extent. Would be interesting if the first thing they ventured into shallow seas for was ammonites though.
- vinnyvichy 3y agoParent was trying to make a joke about weasels being also shifty, but if ancestors of ppeds were like bears/otters, they would have gone for fish trapped in tidal pools then slowly acquired a taste for nautiloids which are easier to catch