A reminder to those in the area- the Tulip Festival is underway and will wrap up in a week. From the look of the tulips, they're late this year, not a surprise given the cold spring. I've been busy taking photos. And as another reminder to locals, there is an exhibit going on at the Canadian War Museum on black Canadians in military service that wraps up in early June.
Life had once evolved from the sea, and for some species, life led to a return to the sea. Whales evolved from land walking animals over millions of years and through key species into becoming a marine mammal family. Pakicetus was the beginning of that process.
Ambulocetus and dorudon would also be part of that adaptation over time
Examples of all three are found here.
Notharctus was an early primate in what is now North America.
The horse first evolved in North America, growing larger over time. Hyracotherium was the size of a small dog.
Up a flight of stairs is a second level with reproductions of some mammals of this new world you can walk around. The biggest have the look of a rhino. This is megacerops.
This was a cat-like predator, but before true cats evolved. Hoplophoneus was a carnivore.
While this was an early boar, and an omnivore. We'll get a look at these animals in bone form tomorrow.
Yes, one of them does resemble a rhinoceros. Thank you for sharing, William.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. When I was a kid, I used to love walking through the sections of this Smithsonian that had this sort of exhibit.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting art of history.
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