@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 4 months agoCan whales eat humans?mander.xyzmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1250cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish38•4 months agoOrcas (so called “killer whales”) aren’t whales at all, they’re actually dolphins.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish29•4 months 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•4 months agoDepends on how your language classifies their names I guess.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-24 months 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.