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Can whales eat humans? (mander.xyz)
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[-] ooterness@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago

Orcas (so called "killer whales") aren't whales at all, they're actually dolphins.

[-] underscores@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 3 months ago

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.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Depends on how your language classifies their names I guess.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

~~Cetaceans technically, dolphins being the most well-known cetacean.~~ I was hasty, they are actually in the dolphin family, Delphinidae. Neat.

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