Yesterday's post was about a white whale; today's post is about the discovery of a swimming deer that could be related to whales.The BBC Earth News reports on the swimming mouse deer that escapes predators by submerging itself in water for minutes at a time.
Two Asian mouse deer species and one African species have been found to swim.
Read the full story: Aquatic deer and ancient whales[This] new discovery suggests all ruminants (cattle, goats, sheep, deer and antelope) may once have had an affinity with water.
It also lends support to the idea that whales evolved from water-loving creatures that looked like small deer.
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