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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

lack sufficient information as regards which mammal species whales are
evolved from. 170
It is indeed very difficult to imagine how a small mammal living on
dry land turned into a whale 30 meters in length and weighing some 60
tons. All that Darwinists can do in this regard is to produce figments of the
imagination, as with the following extract from an article published in
National Geographic:
The Whale's ascendancy to sovereign size apparently began sixty million
years ago when hairy, four-legged mammals, in search of food or sanctuary,
ventured into water. As eons passed, changes slowly occurred. Hind legs
disappeared, front legs changed into flippers, hair gave way to a thick
smooth blanket of blubber, nostrils moved to the top of the head, the tail
broadened into flukes, and in the buoyant water world the body became
enormous. 171
The scenarios of gradual evolution described above satisfy nobody,
not even their own authors. But let us in any case examine the details of
this tale stage by stage in order to see just how unrealistic it actually is.

The Unique Structures of Marine Mammals
To see the impossibility of the evolutionist scenario on the marine
mammals, let us briefly examine some other unique features of these
animals. When the adaptations a land-dwelling mammal has to undergo
in order to evolve into a marine mammal are considered, even the word
"impossible" seems inadequate. During such a transition, if even of one of
the intermediary stages failed to happen, the creature would be unable to
survive, which would put an end to the entire process. The adaptations
that marine mammals must undergo during the transition to water are as
follows:
1- Water-retention: Unlike other marine animals, marine mammals
cannot use sea water to meet their water needs. They need fresh water to
survive. Though we have limited information about the freshwater
resources of marine mammals, it is believed that they feed on organisms
containing a relatively low proportion of salt (about one third that of sea
water). Thus, for marine mammals the retention of water in their bodies is
crucial. That is why they have a water retention mechanism similar to that

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