For our adaptation of Alice in Wonderland?

Nope!

But Titouan and Iris are all set…

Maybe this will inspire us…

What? Whales?

Tut-tut!

Museums are for looking, not touching!

This beats Wonderland!

Alice in Whaleland!

Sounds more fun than doing Alice in a Thousand Years, like our drama teacher asked…

A thousand years is nothing in palaeontological terms!

Look at those cetacean ancestors over there!

Oh! A wolf!

A wolf skeleton among the whales? Let’s go and see!

I thought vertebrates had evolved from water to land…

Yes, it wasn’t the other way around. They must have made a mistake!

It’s not a wolf, see, it’s a Pakicetus.

Pakicetus lived 50 million years ago.

It’s really old then!

What about this one?

Of course!
No need for legs in water.

Look at its hind legs. They’re almost gone!

It adapted to its environment.

It adapted to its environment.

Like Alice outside the tiny little door!

Did you lose your legs then, Cynthy?

Come have a look, Tom!
A four-legged whale !

As they evolved, cetaceans disappeared or changed.

This one must have lived on both land and water.

As they evolved, cetaceans disappeared or changed.

This one must have lived on both land and water.

Like hippos.

But where has the walking whale gone?

Let’s look for that walking whale!

Here’s what we’ll do…

I TOUCHED THE WHALE!

No no no!
Don’t touch the skeletons, child!