The Evolution of River Dolphins

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Dolphins are not fish they're mammals so evolutionarily mammals evolved from aquatic creatures that had come out of the water to live on land. dolphins have leftover pelvis nubbins where hind legs once were also dolphins are not porpoises i did not know this porpoises have less of a snout and more of a cone-shaped face while dolphins prefer more temperate oceans but they're all in the oceans right what about the pink ones why are some of them pink?

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