http://www.metafilter.com/tags/seamammals Posts tagged with 'seamammals' at MetaFilter. Sat, 31 May 2008 14:52:31 -0800 Sat, 31 May 2008 14:52:31 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/72147/Flipper%2DIs%2Dthat%2Dyou <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/340286.stm">The aquatic ancestry of elephants</a> Scientists believe they have discovered why elephants have trunks - they used them as underwater snorkels. New research suggests that the animals evolved from mammals like the sea cow. <a href="http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Elephas_maximus/Elephas_maximus_in_06b.html?offset=-580px">Elephants swimming</a> in the Indian ocean. A baby elephant <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GXMLpndO94">swimming with tourists</a>. <a href="http://johnfenzel.typepad.com/john_fenzels_blog/2007/01/dm_swimming_wit.html">Rajan</a>, the retired logging elephant is featured in Scott Bloom's book, <em><a href="http://www.stevebloom.com/pages/slide_elephants.html">Elephant!</a></em> You can swim with Rajan at <a href="http://www.barefootindia.com/contents/fe/facilities.htm">Havelock resort.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72147 Sat, 31 May 2008 14:52:31 -0800 Elephants evolution seamammals swimming The Light Fantastic