Well whales and giraffes are both mammals, and since they’re classed together due to a common ancestor it’s fair to say they’re related and you could group them together.
Just like how decapods and insects are classed with hexapods under crustacea, effectively making them related due to a common ancestor.
So you could say giraffes (or artiodactylans) are proto whales (or cetaceans) much like you could say crustaceans are proto insects. Or insects of the sea.
That’s like saying whales are giraffes because they’re in the order artiodactyla
Well whales and giraffes are both mammals, and since they’re classed together due to a common ancestor it’s fair to say they’re related and you could group them together.
Just like how decapods and insects are classed with hexapods under crustacea, effectively making them related due to a common ancestor.
So you could say giraffes (or artiodactylans) are proto whales (or cetaceans) much like you could say crustaceans are proto insects. Or insects of the sea.