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Why do dolphinshave flippers?
Dolphins have flippers because they are useful for navigating in water. Since dolphins live their whole lives in the water, they do not need feet. Flippers are useful for steering.
Was elasmosauras a dinosaur?
Elasmosaurus was not a dinosaur. It was a type of long necked plesiosaur, a group of marine reptiles living only during the Mesozoic. They had, of course, long necks and swam with the use of flippers; they didn't have tails capable of propulsion. They were predatory, eating fish, and probably spent their entire lives in the water.
How many water dinosaurs were there?
we can't say, because were discovering more all the time. there is actually no such thing as a dinosaur that spent its whole life in water as one of the definitions of a dinosaur is an animal with steady legs that support it on land. any water animal would have flippers so they cant stand. the animals that lived in the water were just animals that lived in the dinosaur period not actual dinosaurs.
What do the emperor penguin use their flippers for?
A penguin's flippers give them an advantage of speed and agility in the water.
Wings that look like flippers?
A penguin has wings that look like flippers. Penguins (several species) use their flippers to swim under water.
What does a parasaurolophus name mean?
a plesiosaurus is a dinosaur that lived millions of years ago. It had a very long neck and four flippers. It lived in the water eating fish and sometimes birds.
What are gophers tortoise adaptation?
they lives in north america,it has long fins like flippers
Water divers wear flippers on their feet?
The flippers help divers move at greater speeds and force and is less taxing on the diver.
Why do leatherback sea turtles have flippers?
Because they swim in the water
Why do animals have flippers?
Tortoises are commonly accepted as being land animals, so have claws rather than flippers, while turtles are aquatic - either fresh water or marine.
How do flippers help a seal in water?
A seal will use flippers to help it swim through the water.They also help to change direction when swimming.
How do flippers help the seal in water?
A seal will use flippers to help it swim through the water.They also help to change direction when swimming.
