Ambulocetus

An illustration of an extinct early whale. It resembles a long-snouter otter with eyes set high on its head like a crocodile.

Ambulocetus natans, the Eocene “walking whale” – who might not actually have been able to walk at all!

A study published in 2016 suggests this early cetacean was actually fully aquatic and unable to support its own weight on land. So here’s an updated version compared to the Ambulocetus I did a couple of years ago.

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