kucuva@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy do dinosaurs have big heads and tiny arms?message-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareWhy do dinosaurs have big heads and tiny arms?kucuva@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehavokdj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoBefore anyone goes and asks why they had arms to begin with, remember that whales tend to have very tiny legs on the inside of their bodies.
minus-squareatlasraven31@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoJust imagine a whale walking around on tiny legs.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoThat’s probably what drove them into the water in the first place—everyone laughing at the way they walked around.
minus-squareUncle_Bagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoTheir vestigial hip bones serve as an anchor point for their genital muscles. Those have to anchor somewhere or the whale can’t reproduce
Before anyone goes and asks why they had arms to begin with, remember that whales tend to have very tiny legs on the inside of their bodies.
Just imagine a whale walking around on tiny legs.
That’s probably what drove them into the water in the first place—everyone laughing at the way they walked around.
Their vestigial hip bones serve as an anchor point for their genital muscles. Those have to anchor somewhere or the whale can’t reproduce