Genetically, it's a leg. So are all cetacean fins.

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TB — 11/6/2006 7:57:16 PM (archived)

Of course, as the National Geographic article says, a leg is a fin. No real difference as far as the genes go.

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Dolphins got legs! - TB - 11/6/2006 2:14:09 AM
- re: Dolphins got OPPOSOSABLE THUMBS!!! - R.L. - 11/7/2006 4:01:58 PM
  - Those are trim tabs. (n/t) - TB - 11/9/2006 5:08:37 AM
  - The better to hitch-hike with (n/t) - Yeti Prefect - 11/9/2006 12:25:33 AM
- Errr, Tom, whatever makes you think that is a leg? (n/t) - Publius - 11/6/2006 2:29:34 PM
  - Genetically, it's a leg. So are all cetacean fins. - TB - 11/6/2006 7:57:16 PM
    - Tom, you have the cleanest mind I have ever heard of - Publius - 11/6/2006 8:34:02 PM
      - Definitely NOT nuanced. (n/t) - ER - 11/6/2006 9:53:20 PM
        
        Did anybody read the damn article? - TB - 11/6/2006 11:18:11 PM
        
        re: Did anybody read the damn article? - ER - 11/7/2006 12:08:46 AM
        
        Clasper envy (n/t) - ER - 11/7/2006 12:23:59 AM
        
        Oops. Talk about failure to communicate. - TB - 11/7/2006 1:15:58 AM
        
        "I know exactly what a dolphin schwanstucker looks like" per Tom B. ...... - Publius - 11/7/2006 4:44:55 PM
        
        Who are you, so wise in the ways of dolphin schwanstuckers? - Tony - 11/7/2006 2:10:35 PM
        
        Yeah, but sharks have TWO of them! (n/t) - ER - 11/7/2006 3:08:10 AM
- And they know how to use them. (n/t) - ER - 11/6/2006 3:36:17 AM
  - Z. Z. Tursiops? (n/t) - TB - 11/6/2006 7:34:23 AM
    - Useful for transporting gulls across state lines for immoral porpoises. (n/t) - ER - 11/6/2006 1:56:49 PM
      - con permisso - Publius - 11/8/2006 12:15:29 AM
        
        Go for it. It's in the Publius Domain now. (n/t) - ER - 11/8/2006 2:03:30 PM

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