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Pani-rosa [81]
4 years ago
8

Whales have a pelvic and leg bone, even though they do not walk on their legs. Which term is used by scientists to describe this

phenomenon?
Biology
1 answer:
AVprozaik [17]4 years ago
7 0
The organs are known as Vestigial organs. The evolution from land-dwelling animal to the marine animals has led whales as well as dolphins, to lose hind limbs. The pelvic and leg bone serves no purpose in them and just provide the anchorage to muscles 
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