Depends on how your language classifies their names I guess.
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ooterness@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Orcas (so called “killer whales”) aren’t whales at all, they’re actually dolphins.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 months ago
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Cetaceans technically, dolphins being the most well-known cetacean.
underscores@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 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.