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Re:52-hertz whale by robotmlg on Saturday February 27, 2016 @09:48PM (#11189573)
They're still order cetacea though, which is then split into baleen whales and toothed whales, which is where dolphins and orcas are found.
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Re:52-hertz whale by sandworm101 on Sunday February 28, 2016 @02:47AM (#11190242)
But not all cetaceans are whales. If orca are whales, then so too are the other dolphins. "Whale" is really a lay term covering the really big aquatic mammals. A whale shark certainly isn't a whale, but the term is still used there in the common name because of the association with size. Flipper wasn't a whale.
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Re:52-hertz whale by tilt_error on Sunday February 28, 2016 @03:11PM (#11192149)
That makes sense, thinking of the whale sharks.
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