Non-Science

It is truly amazing what some folks will believe, and even more incredulous that so-called scientists pave the way to idiocy.

Here is just one example, taken from a recent news article:

"Fossilized bones from a pregnant whale show that the water-based animal gave birth on land. The rare find provides a vital scientific link in the evolution of the seafaring mammal."

First, it correctly states the whale was pregnant at the time, then incorrectly states it had already given birth. It had not.

This is nothing less than a HUGE leap to a ridiculous assumption. As stated in the story, the remains were found just onshore, and the baby whale had not yet been born. Rather, the fetus was turned around (breach), which gave the appearance the birth was more like the birth of land mammals rather than sea mammals. Hence, their conclusion that this is a missing link that proves sea mammals evolved into land mammals.

But here is the problem, which I refer to as the GHOST HUNTERS theory. In those cases, some folks ASSUME a ghost simply because they have a lack of information, or they perceive the information incorrectly. In many instances, the Ghost Hunters (on SciFi) easily debunk what at first glance appears to be paranormal activity.

In the case of this whale, the so-called scientists, in their desire to prove evolution, overlook a lot. For example, that spot may not have been dry land at that time in history. Or perhaps, as still happens today, a sick whale will beach themselves.

And that is particularly true in the case of a breach birth, as this one is.

A whale that is experiencing a painful breach birth will often beach itself. The fetus of this baby was in a breach position, and the whale found just onshore. So just why is it that the scientists have jumped to the unlikely conclusion that the whale, experiencing a breach in an act of evolution, crawled onto the beach for the purpose of giving birth to a new land-based species. Absurd.

Call me old fashioned, but if I see a beached whale that is in a breach condition, I simply think the whale, in trouble, beached herself in an act of suicide, as animals will often do when suffering. Whales and dolphins do that all the time.

I think this belongs right up there with raptors devolving into Thanksgiving dinner.

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