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How whales became biggest animals on Earth - Largest animal on Earth whales-- the largest animals on the planet evolved to gigantic sizes only nearly 2--3 million years ago as a result of changes in the distribution of their food in the oceans, according to a new study' a data also showed that the large whales that exist today were not present for most of the whaling history, not only did whale with bodies longer than 10 metres begin to evolve around this time, but smaller species of whales also began to disappear'

researchers said that evolutionary shift took place at the beginning of the ice ages, corresponds to the climate changes that would have reshaped whales food supply in the world's oceans at the time of this transition, baleen whales which filter small prey, like out, of sea water,

were well equipped to take advantage of these dense patches of food as rich sources of prey became concentrated in particular locations and times of the year, it boosted the whale's food supply and thereby--- lead to a gradual yet steady growth in their body size over the decades.

Kenyan Hero's Harrowing Tale of Rescues in Mall Massacre Nairobi, Kenya- in one of the most memorable images to emerge from inside the Nairobi mall attacked last weekend by Islamic extremist, a 4-- year-- old girl is seen running toward a man who is reaching out a hand to pull her to safety' abcnews.go.com/blotter/kenya-west gate= mall-attack-al- Shabaab/story?id=20344043abcnews.go.com/blotter/kenya-west gate-mall-attack-al-Shabaab/story?id=20344043 as the gunmen began their rampage in Nairobi upscale Westgate Mall early Saturday afternoon, Haji got a text from his brother who was at the mall' until just a few weeks ago, his brother was an undercover counter-terrorism official battling organizations like at Shabab, the al Qaeda- linked group that has claimed responsibility for the four- day siege that left almost 70 people dead' Haji says he grew up around guns & lately had been carrying his pistol with him' when he arrived he quickly figured out his brother was not the target^ until just a few weeks ago, his brother was an undercover counter-terrorism official battling organizations like at Shabab, the at Qaeda-linked group that has claimed responsibility for the four-day siege that left almost 70 people dead' Haji says he grew up around guns & lately had been carrying his pistol with him' when he arrived he quickly figured out his brother was not the target* it was like a war zone he said' they were young girls, there were ladies, elderly people, some children'' the group had taken a ramp upscale mall's top floor which they started clearing, going store to store & yelling at people to get out many of whom didn't know which side the men are on' we kept shouting that we were police officers, get up, get up, open the door, we're police officers' it was then that Haji came face to face with one of the attackers, whom he described as " of dark complexion, , he had a black bandanna tied around his head " telling me in Swahili come, come' this whole thing was a joke to him' haji yelled at her to run to them but the woman 39- year- old katherine Walker, said she couldn't because she had three young children with her.