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From: rlh@cvl.UUCP (Ralph L. Hartley)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: RE: aquatic origins
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Date: Wed, 21-Nov-84 17:49:28 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 21 17:49:28 1984
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Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland
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>     * Aquatic animals are the ones that lose their hair, like the
>       whale, walrus, seal, manatee, hippo, elephant (not really
>       aquatic, but damn good swimmers).

Note that humans, on the other hand, are NOT particularly good
swimmers. In fact a human is one of the few large land animals that
can easly drown in calm water. Most large animals swim instinctively.
Some humans do too BUT NOT ALL! The only other example I can think of
is the girafe. Does this mean that humans stand up to reach brances of
trees?

>     * Face-to-face copulation makes a lot more sense in the water
>       than the rear approach favored by most land animals.

And most marine animals as well. Do you mean to say that an animal that
lives in shallow water can't go to shore for 10 minutes? If not, where
did they sleep? Marine mammals don't realy sleep at all. Humans do.

>     * Breasts.  What good is a breast (aside from the obvious
>       aesthetic value :-))?  Other mammals manage without such
>       a globular protrusion.  Morgan claims that the globular
>       shape makes for an easier grab (for baby) in water.

Or on land also. Morgan has already discovered that humans have no fur!

Use some common sense, PLEASE!

				Ralph Hartley
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