Dinosaur Empire! (Earth Before Us #1): Journey through the Mesozoic Era

Dinosaur Empire! (Earth Before Us #1): Journey through the Mesozoic Era — page 9
And lo and behold several million years later they're a whole new species STRIPE HORSE ZEBRAS There are some interesting trends in evolution like convergent evolution Which is what it's called when unrelated animals have features in common or look a lot like each other HEDGEHOG ECHIDNA NOT RELATED Dolphins and sharks for example look very much alike and it can be hard to tell them apart sometimes They look similar because they both live in the same niche Many large ocean predators have a shape like this COMMON DOLPHIN TUNA ORCA BOTTLE NOSE TIGER DOLPHIN SHARK SWORDFISH PADDLEFISH even though one is a mammal and one is a fish They are both large ocean predators and this body shape makes them faster and therefore better at catching prey BULLSHARK BELUGA Because this is where I keep my whiteboard of course Okay this is all But why did we travel useful stuff to through time and space know for passing Ito talk about this stuff my quiz or whatever Couldn't you have told me all this in your living room Plus this is just the first stop on our journey Knowing about how evolution works will make it easier to understand the creatures we're about to meet where they came from why they look the way they do and where they went Creatures Are We going to a zoo or something Yes Or something