Dolphins used to look like humans and lived in Atlantis

[ohiosmith]

25.10.2007 Source: Pravda.Ru

It is thought that the ancestors of dolphins lived on land in a time long past. Once the ancestors of dolphins started living in water, they found out that the medium of water was hard to see through – an object 10-15 meters away is the farthest a dolphin’s eyes can see even if waters are crystal-clear, not to mention dark or murky waters. So the ancestors of dolphins decided to possess an ability that would enable them to “see” with their ears by listening to echoes. Sound waves travel through water at a speed of 1.5 km/sec, which is almost five times faster than sound traveling through air.

Dolphins produce clicking sounds (localization pulses) to make the sound waves bounce off objects in the water and return to the dolphin in the form of an echo.

High-frequency sounds do not travel far in water. Low-frequency sounds travel farther because of their longer wavelength and greater energy. Echolocation is used by dolphins for determining distance to a very small target (5-10 cm) within close range (5-10 m). It is thought that dolphins can locate shoals of fish at an intermediate range (up to several hundred meters) by using echolocation.

Recent studies of Australian scientists indicate that Atlanteans, the people who lived on a legendary island first mentioned by Plato, may have been the ancestors of dolphins.

“No matter how weird it may appear, dolphins used to have two legs and a couple of arms in place of fins. They lived side by side with the people of the Stone Age,” said Dr. Leslie Huskerway, a biologist.

more: http://english.pravda.ru/society/anomal/25-10-2007/99516-dolphins-0

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1. “No matter how weird it may appear, dolphins

used to have two legs and a couple of arms in place of fins. They lived side by side with the people of the Stone Age,” said Dr. Leslie Huskerway, a biologist.

No, no, I can totally see that. :sarcasm:

:crazy:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

I was at Atlantis 3 years ago for my honeymoon...

But never saw any talking, walking Dolphins. A pity.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. I was there over the summer. Caught an Atantis Braves game.

[Inchworm]

2. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!!

They are intelligenter than humans!

:hi:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Update: A picture of what scientists believe one of these human-looking dolphins looked like

[QueenOfCalifornia]

4. Sure... some of this may be true but....

So the ancestors of dolphins decided to possess an ability that would enable them to “see” with their ears by listening to echoes.

They did not "decide" anything. But the theory of dolphins, once being terrestrial, is fairly well accepted.

How they looked? Not like humans, that's for sure. It is very doubtful that dolphins ever walked upright and the flipper was never an arm.

They certainly did not live side by side with early humans. Pravda Online News is a very edgy source Ohiosmith. :rofl:

[ohiosmith]

5. If it's in the paper, it must be true.

[EstimatedProphet]

6. Interesting. The "Woo-Woo" Theory of Evolution.

[Parche]

8. You Are Just Making This Stuff Up On Porpoise

Or is it just for the Halibut?

Ok, dont get Crabby with me.................


You can have a Whale of a time at Atlantis..............

:hi:

[mainegreen]

9. God just smited a kitten because of your post. n/t

[sarge43]

10. Fishing for Punnies. n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Does anyone know if the Russian version of Pravda has these kind of stories?

Or is it just in the English translation that the, errm, 'colourful' articles appear?

[cobalt1999]

12. Just when I thought OUR media was brainless...

Wow! Someone needs a course in evolution!