‘vaguely’ is doing a shitload of work in that sentence.

It's interesting when you read about how the evolution happened. There are researchers and scientists that would be better able to explain it but I remember reading about it years ago.

The Indian subcontinent was an island in the ocean at one point separated by a large body of water from Asia. These creatures lived in the area where Pakistan is today but on land and near the water. As the Indian continent moved in, it started to create a shallow sea. The creatures evolved over millions of years to live in the new shallow water. They became dependent on the water and evolved more and more to live in water. Then the shallow sea started to dry up as Indian merged with Asia. The creatures were pushed out and by that time, they had become fully evolved to live in the open ocean.

I always found it neat because it was a clear example of how geology directed evolution.

This feels like somebody tried to recreate and taxidermy a dog after somebody swapped the skull for a crocodiles.

Neat.

What about this is “vaguely whale-looking”?

Indohyus, my brother

Thanks, I kinda fucking hate it. Everything about it looks wrong.

Yeah? Well, I bet he thinks YOU look bizarre.

It looks like a dog created by Tim Burton

crocodog

That is a brown Borzoi dog

Snappy kisses

I can see why it eventually became fully aquatic, as it already looks semi-aquatic. Based on its shape, I can imagine it standing in shallow water like a hippo with its head floating at the surface of the water waiting to strike like a crocodile.

Imaginative naming, scientists 👍

It's the Croco-Stimpy!