@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 30 days agoCan whales eat humans?mander.xyzimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@ooternesslinkEnglish36•30 days agoOrcas (so called “killer whales”) aren’t whales at all, they’re actually dolphins.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish29•30 days 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@Noodle07linkEnglish5•30 days agoDepends on how your language classifies their names I guess.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-230 days 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.