Hm, shifting to animals I see.
Ever since I started reading Moby Dick three years ago (I'm halfway done) I've been pondering what land mammal whales used to be - there has to be a reason pirates use the term 'you slimy seadog' and 'that scallywag of a sea-rat', so I just am assuming that a whale used to be an overgrown rodent who really liked to swim a lot, and then adapted to it.
Same with pigs, deers and I think, hippos as weel: they all evolved from rats of varying sizes and circumstances.
(ah, yes; is 'the devil' of Tasmana a rodent as well? I learned some very iteresting facts about this animal the other day - it is quite the glutton!)
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