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What is common to whale seal and shark

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Seasonal migration

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Thick subcutaneous fat

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Convergent evolution

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Homeothermy

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Distantly related animals (as whale, seal and shark) inhabiting similar habitats often develop similar morphological features that make them look similar. This is termed adaptive convergence of convergent evolution.
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