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Q: What type of skeletal changes occurred in a whales evolution?
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What changes have occurred in the killer whales environment to make it endangered?

There have been no major changes in the killer whale's environment, and they are not an endangered species.


What anatomical evidence is found supporting evolution?

vestigial organs such as a tail bone in humans and a hip bone in whales. also, the skeletal structure of wings of birds, flippers of whales, and hands of humans are all very very similar in structure.


What is the evolution of whales?

chrimps?


How are a cheetah skeletal system and a whales skelitel system different?

Whales don't have a skeleton, they are single-celled organizisms.


How do the fossils of whales provide evidence that whales have evolved over millions of years?

i guess they show tht whales were here millions of years ago and they show how they changed over time, when the whales changed or evovled, the fossils changed they show that whales' ancestors were four legged mammals. modern whales inherited hip bones from their four legged ancestors.


Why has evolution made whales look similar to fish?

It is called convergent evolution. When two different animals have to adapt to the same environment (both whales and fish have to adapt to marine environments) evolution will make them start to look similar, even though they will still retain fundamental differences. For example, whales are mammals, and fish are... fish


How does fossil evidence from the ancestors of whales support evolution?

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Does every creature have a skeletal system?

No, the only animals that have skeletal systems are vertebrates such as reptiles, mammals, birds, sharks, whales and some amphibians. By Vertebrates it means that they have a back bone.Other species of animals do not have a skeletal system.


What could explain the external form of whales and fish being similar but the whales skeleton being similar to that of a mammal?

convergent evolution


What evidence supports the hypothesis that whales evolved from land-dwlling mammals?

Theory of evolution


Is blue whale a type of dolphin?

No dolphins had a different evolution from whales. Whales evolved from a footed creature similar to a hippo (no, seriously) and dolphins evolved from a footed creature a lot smaller.


How can changes in a blue whales habitat affect its survival?

it cannot breath properly. obviously!