fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoCan whales eat humans?mander.xyzimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1263cross-posted to: coolguides@lemmy.ca
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minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·2 years agoOrcas (so called “killer whales”) aren’t whales at all, they’re actually dolphins.
minus-squareunderscores@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 years 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-up5·2 years agoDepends on how your language classifies their names I guess.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 years 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.