@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 1 month agoCan whales eat humans?mander.xyzimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1257arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish37•1 month agoOrcas (so called “killer whales”) aren’t whales at all, they’re actually dolphins.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish30•1 month agoCladistically dolphins are a type of toothed whale. They’re more closely related to species like sperm whales than toothed whales and baleen whales are to each other.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoDepends on how your language classifies their names I guess.
minus-square@agamemnonymouslinkEnglish4•edit-21 month agoCetaceans technically, dolphins being the most well-known cetacean. I was hasty, they are actually in the dolphin family, Delphinidae. Neat.
Orcas (so called “killer whales”) aren’t whales at all, they’re actually dolphins.
Cladistically dolphins are a type of toothed whale. They’re more closely related to species like sperm whales than toothed whales and baleen whales are to each other.
Depends on how your language classifies their names I guess.
Cetaceans technically, dolphins being the most well-known cetacean.I was hasty, they are actually in the dolphin family, Delphinidae. Neat.