Scientists find missing link between whale and its closest relative, the hippo

UC Berkeley News ^ | 24 January 2005 | Robert Sanders, Media Relations

[Mamzelle]

First I want to know about the badger-creature. He's holding out.

[WildTurkey]

Because Junior called me a Holdenite. Ted Holden.

OH, that is where you had heard the name. Then why did you say you had not heard of him if you had heard from him via Junior?

[Modernman]

Is this on the level? I don't know what it is-- I am no zoologist, but it has the look of a swamp predator like a badger or something marsupial-- I wouldn't want to antagonize it

It's a type of cat called a bear-cat.

[Modernman]

It's a bird, or am I missing something?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

I'm finding that I'm bookmarking threads just to keep your links.

[Modernman]

Looks like some type of badger.

[houeto]

He does know how to google.

That's what I told my dad. "Come on Pops, even idiots know how to google!"

[jennyp]

You still haven't answered why you find it so compelling to convince people of your position. Why do you care so deeply about what other people choose to believe?

PMFJI, but why the heck are you on FreeRepublic???

[WildTurkey]

You still haven't answered why you find it so compelling to convince people of your position.

You make the assumption that we are even trying to convince. We have no doubt that the radical creationists will never be convinced by scientific fact. That is why these thread degenerate.

[shubi]

"Speciation is the question here--not that animals change."

There are hundreds of observed speciations.

[Junior]

And upon what do you base that? The cisasteroidal worlds all have molten cores and they orbit the Sun rather nicely. One would think you could test for electromagnetic attraction between these worlds and the Sun, but there doesn't seem to be any of significance.

Or is the evidence being suppressed by a cabal of astrophysicists bent on misleading the entire world for some mysterious purpose?

[houeto]

Then why did you say you had not heard of him if you had heard from him via Junior?

Hmmm...good question.

[shubi]

The never understand how populations differ from individuals. It is willful ignorance.

[Mamzelle]

But where are the wheels?

[WildTurkey]

You still haven't answered why you find it so compelling to convince people of your position.

And how many times have you posted that his links don't work when in fact they do?

[Texas Songwriter]

And the answer........Echidna........nearest relative you would say is the platypus, but I think it is his mother.

[WildTurkey]

The never understand how populations differ from individuals. It is willful ignorance.

I think it is seeing oneself as the center of the universe.

[shubi]

A coyote and wolf are two different species. They do not breed in the wild. You must differentiate between selective breeding and natural selection.

Don't get confused by Darwin's example of selective breeding in Origin of Species. He didn't mean to say it was identical.

[balrog666]

And the answer........Echidna........nearest relative you would say is the platypus, but I think it is his mother.

And was that "kind" on the ark?

[Mamzelle]

A mongoose that smells like Fritos