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Are whales related to dinosaurs

Updated: 10/8/2023
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Adonis Herman

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Very distantly. Whales are mammals, and both mammals and dinosaurs share a common reptilian ancestor that lives in the carboniferous period.

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Edit: 'All' organisms are related to one and other to some degree because they evolved form the same ancestors.

Modern day Birds are theropod dinosaurs. Crocidilians are the dinosaurs closest living relitives.

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There is some scientific evidence that suggests that some animals that we have today are related to dinosaurs. Some materials suggest that they are related because of the way certain animals hips are designed. Other research suggests that some dinosaurs had feathers, which relates them to birds of our day.

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Birds are actually direct descendants of dinosaurs and are considered by many to be dinosaurs. After birds the closest living relatives of dinosaurs are alligators and crocodiles.

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Birds and Crocodiles

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