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*a change in the lower jaw structure and the addition of chin grooves to allow the intake of large amounts of water;  

*a change in the lower jaw structure and the addition of chin grooves to allow the intake of large amounts of water;  

*the addition of vibrissae (touch-sensitive organs) to detect krill;

*the addition of vibrissae (touch-sensitive organs) to detect krill;

*the addition of counter-current heat exchange organs within the tongue, preventing heat loss when feeding in arctic waters<ref>http://www.icr.org/article/ways-that-whales-display-their-creator</ref>.

*the addition of counter-current heat exchange organs within the tongue, preventing heat loss when feeding in arctic waters<ref>https://www.icr.org/article/ways-that-whales-display-their-creator</ref>.

Whales in their current form also appear suddenly in the fossil record, something that cannot be explained by current evolutionary science<ref>https://creation.com/refuting-evolution-chapter-5-whale-evolution</ref>.  With that sudden appearance is also the trait that cannot be explained by anything other than a deliberate act of creation: baleen filter plates.  Gray whales, right whales, and rorquals carry these filters; to do so according to evolution requires an intentional act, in this case a change in diet to smaller prey and the realization that it needs a filtering system to catch that prey<ref>http://creationstudies.org/articles/science/life-science/206-whales-lose-teeth</ref>.  As it remains, the descent of whales from terrestrial ancestors according to evolution cannot be proved.

Whales in their current form also appear suddenly in the fossil record, something that cannot be explained by current evolutionary science<ref>https://creation.com/refuting-evolution-chapter-5-whale-evolution</ref>.  With that sudden appearance is also the trait that cannot be explained by anything other than a deliberate act of creation: baleen filter plates.  Gray whales, right whales, and rorquals carry these filters; to do so according to evolution requires an intentional act, in this case a change in diet to smaller prey and the realization that it needs a filtering system to catch that prey<ref>http://creationstudies.org/articles/science/life-science/206-whales-lose-teeth</ref>.  As it remains, the descent of whales from terrestrial ancestors according to evolution cannot be proved.

=== Whales and intelligent design theory criticism of evolutionary origins ===

=== Whales and intelligent design theory criticism of evolutionary origins ===

*[[Dolphin]]

*[[Dolphin]]

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Carwardine, Mark. ''Whales & Dolphins'' (Smithsonian Handbooks) (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Whales-Dolphins-Smithsonian-Handbooks-Carwardine/dp/0789489902/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226789849&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]

* Carwardine, Mark. ''Whales & Dolphins'' (Smithsonian Handbooks) (2002) [https://www.amazon.com/Whales-Dolphins-Smithsonian-Handbooks-Carwardine/dp/0789489902/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226789849&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]

* Creighton, Margaret S.  ''Rites and Passages: The Experience of American Whaling, 1830-1870.'' (1995). 233 pp.  [http://www.amazon.com/Rites-Passages-Experience-American-1830-1870/dp/0521484480/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207603299&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

* Creighton, Margaret S.  ''Rites and Passages: The Experience of American Whaling, 1830-1870.'' (1995). 233 pp.  [https://www.amazon.com/Rites-Passages-Experience-American-1830-1870/dp/0521484480/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207603299&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

* Dolin, Eric Jay. ''Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America'' (2007) 480 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Leviathan-History-Eric-Jay-Dolin/dp/0393060578/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207596886&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]

* Dolin, Eric Jay. ''Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America'' (2007) 480 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/Leviathan-History-Eric-Jay-Dolin/dp/0393060578/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207596886&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]

* Ellis, Richard.  ''Men and Whales.'' (1991). 542 pp.   

* Ellis, Richard.  ''Men and Whales.'' (1991). 542 pp.   

* Papastavrou, Vassili. ''Whale'' (DK Eyewitness Books) (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Whale-Eyewitness-Books-Vassili-Papastavrou/dp/0756607396/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226789849&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]

* Papastavrou, Vassili. ''Whale'' (DK Eyewitness Books) (2004) [https://www.amazon.com/Whale-Eyewitness-Books-Vassili-Papastavrou/dp/0756607396/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226789849&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]

* Stoett, Peter J. ''The International Politics of Whaling'' (1997) [http://www.questia.com/read/57120862?title=The%20International%20Politics%20of%20Whaling online edition]

* Stoett, Peter J. ''The International Politics of Whaling'' (1997) [http://www.questia.com/read/57120862?title=The%20International%20Politics%20of%20Whaling online edition]

*Berta, Annalisa ''Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals'' 2012  

*Berta, Annalisa ''Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals'' 2012