Their long legs, which are so effective in navigating ... make them vulnerable to a predator as adept and powerful as the orca—which usually hunt fish, seabirds and other large marine animals ...

with the last leg made by jumping on board a small plane filled with electricians, miners and other tradespeople bussed in for shifts in this remote region of Australia. orca arrive to hunt the ...

While this is not the first time the fossil of a whale with legs has been found, the Phiomicetus anubis is believed to be the earliest type of semi-aquatic whale to be discovered in Africa.