BREAKING NEWS!!!
WHALE ANCESTOR FOUND!!!

At last! Finally we now know were whales come from. These creatures are believed to be the last amphibious evolutionary link to whales!!! Recent discoveries prove that whales were once odd looking rodents!!!
Who would have ever guessed that they were related? In recent fossil finds prove the evolutionary similarities between the two. It has long been perceived that the closest relative was the hippo, until now. Still, some researchers have been troubled that hippos seem to have lived in the wrong part of the world and popped up too recently to be a whale ancestor.
Whales were not always like the modern day ones, but more of a pig or dog with fins (much bigger of course!!!). This newly discovered creature is called “Indohyus”. Further testing is needed to support other hypotheses.

Nelson Hernandez
7th Grade News Editor