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What has a Whale in common with India & Boracay..?
Well,,I have been to both places recently!

As you know I have just returned from Mumbai in India & Boracay
in the Philippines... and today I came across this very interesting article.

If you book a Safari trip with Calypso Diving in Boracay then you have a good chance to see them in Panagatan and if you go to Kashmir in India you might find some of their relative in sedimentary rocks as fossils.

Strange… I only returned from India and Boracay, and now this article rolled over my table… Coincident? Who knows…?
But did you know that Whales “lived on land” according to some new discoveries... check out this amazing article below...
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Photo Courtesy by © Rene Buob - a Whale shark near the surface
on a perfect day in Panagatan.

Whale 'missing link' discovered
Courtesy of:
By Helen Briggs
Science reporter, BBC News

Indohyus. The animal was small, stocky and about the size of a raccoon
The whale is descended from a deer-like animal that lived 48 million years ago, according to fossil evidence.

Remains found in the Kashmir region of India suggest the fox-sized mammal is the long-sought land-based ancestor of whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Research in Nature indicates the animal lived mainly on land but dived into water to escape predators.
Whales are known to be descended from land-dwellers but the "missing link" has been a mystery until now…for more interesting reading and photos click the link below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7150627.stm