Are seals evolving into whales?
Are seals just halfway through their journey of becoming something more like a whale? Today, we’ll be exploring their evolutionary journey. I’ll introduce you to their ancestors, strange specimens in the seal lineage, and answer the question: Is WHALE their final form?
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@rickrichards166
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
It’s like a womanboy, I’ld fuck it
@FreddyFrogBear
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
14:10 Oreo seal
@greypoint000
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Bro literally made a whole video on seels
pretty cool
@AleashaDotts
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
None of the major steps of evolution have ever been recapitulated in a lab.
@toadtrick
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
PAKICETUS IS MY FAVORITE EXTINCT ANIMAL AND THIS VIDEO MADE ME VERY SAD
@nicssss2894
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Look, I’ve only watched 30 seconds so far, so take this in good faith and very lightly: THAT TITLE — my god, I’ve read that thing and felt so many levels of confusion and… fear? Or am I the only one the thesis seems dystopian and a bit unsettling?
Don’t get me wrong — I am prepared and in for the ride
Thanks for coming to my Ted talk
@juanjasso7508
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
I heard from a mastozoology professor that pinnipeda is actually a polyphyletic group, that seals are a clade more closely related to mustelids and that fur seals, sea lions and walruses are more closely related to bears.
@blackflip92
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
bro's cute but barely taller than the lightswitch haha – sick vid tho, great content
@TychoBroegaard
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Orcas i am the apex predator of the ocean i eat lepoard seals for dinner
@TychoBroegaard
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Seals going into water thier decendats watching scream no becacuse now they have to deal with orcas
@BayouRepairGuy
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Symptom theory rings through
@enkidugilgamesh
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Bad language makes a bad presentation. I don't know who likes that, but I don't.
@Mandible92-g9p
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Wheals?
@Stainhall
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
I wish I could afford your shirt. Some day I will not be poor but today I am lol
@anonyxx8106
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Leopard seals feel like a saltwater crocodile and a dolphin/orca mixed (to me), which is terrifying to imagine let alone register as existent lol
@mrfreetime5177
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Id like to point you to the devil's hole pupfish for your reverse island question
And in my pov yes it counts
@Titansfanforlife08
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Final form lord Freza ?
@R1D9M8B4
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
This woman is so refreshing… And kinda familiar…
@seleuf
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Disappointed you didn't cover how the three groups of pinnipeds swim. Spoiler: they swim differently from each other and completely different from cetaceans.
@seleuf
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
12:03 Counterpoint: Everything is transitional.
@seleuf
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
I have a hard time believing Pakicetus was an ugly af mf. I think the paleo art is off and if we saw a live specimen we'd find them cute.
@trevorrogers95
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Are WE evolving into whales?
@VINCENTDARKLY
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
been a while since I have been here. Her way of talking is very different than I remember. It's like she is reading a speech Infront of class. maybe I just remember different. idk.
@michaelpain
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
I wonder if their predators vanished, they would become fully aquatic?
@aidanstockwell1326
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Tusk movie review next
@malcontender6319
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Piercings.. "Don't recommend channel."
@Nbf.Empire
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
She’s gotta be a Aries
@roykay4709
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm
I love your explorations of related lineages.
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