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Origin of the Marine Mammals 117

vi ron ment, it can be seen that even ter way than in hu mans, thus re duc -
the word im pos si ble fails to do jus tice ing wa ter loss to a min i mum. Water
to the sit u a tion. The ab sence of even con ser va tion re veals it self in even
one rung of the lad der in such an ev - the small est de tails. For ex am ple, the
o lu tion a ry tran si tion would de ny moth er whale feeds her young with
the an i mal the abil i ty to sur vive, and milk of a dense con sist en cy like that
bring the ev o lu tion a ry proc ess to an of cot tage cheese, and which is some
end. tens of times more fat ty than hu man
Marine Mammals and Their milk. There are num ber of chem i cal
Unique Structures rea sons why the milk should have
The ad ap ta tions that ma rine an i - such a high fat con tent. As the young
mals would have to un der go dur ing proc ess es the fat it re leas es wa ter as
a tran si tion to a wa ter en vi ron ment a by prod uct. In this way, the moth er
can be enu mer at ed as fol lows: is able to meet her young's wa ter re -
1. Water Conservation. Marine quire ments with a min i mal wa ter
mam mals are un a ble to meet their loss of her own.
wa ter re quire ments in the same way 2. Sight and Communication. The
as fish do, by us ing salt wa ter. They dif fer en ces be tween the eyes of ma -
need fresh wa ter in or der to live. rine mam mals and those of ter res tri -
Although the wa ter sour ces of ma - al life forms are sur pris ing. On land,
rine an i mals are not well known, it is phys i cal blows and dust rep re sent
thought that they meet a large part threats to the eye, and for that rea -
of their wa ter re quire ments by eat - son, ter res tri al an i mals have eye lids.
ing crea tures that con tain up to one- In a ma rine en vi ron ment, how e ver,
third as much salt as ex ists in the the main dan gers are salt lev el, the
ocean. For ma rine mam mals, it in creas ing pres sure when div ing
is of great im por tance to con - down to great
serve as much fresh wa ter as
pos si ble. For that rea son, they
pos sess wa ter con ser va tion mech -
a nisms like that seen in cam els.
Like cam els, ma rine mam mals
do not sweat. Their kid neys pro -
vide wa ter for them by con cen -
trat ing urine in a much bet -

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