fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoCan whales eat humans?mander.xyzimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down14cross-posted to: coolguides@lemmy.ca
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minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·1 month agoOrcas (so called “killer whales”) aren’t whales at all, they’re actually dolphins.
minus-squareunderscores@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 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-squareNoodle07@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoDepends on how your language classifies their names I guess.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·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.