Are killer whales in the dolphin family?
Yes, the orca is the largest member of the dolphin family, which includes several other whale families and the porpoise family.
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What happens to a whale's body when it dies?
Like any other animal, the body decomposes, but some of the w...
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How much do beluga whales weigh?
Beluga whales grow to be about 15 feet, weighing up to about ...
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Though the Institute of Delicious Whale Research claims to op...
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What is the weight of a whales tongue?
The weight would be up to a hundred or so pounds for the real...
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How many bones do whales have?
Blue Whales have 356 bones. Killer whales have 230. What type...
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Do whales and dolphins have hair?
Dolphins are born with a small amount of hair on their beak (...
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Paleontologists have even found fossilized whale-like creatur...
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Yes, Orcas sleep. When the Orca sleeps only half of the brain...
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As long ago as 1950, scientists using immunological methods o...
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Vestigiality describes homologous characters of organisms tha...
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What color eyes do whales have?
No info found for the color of whale eyes. But whales even sm...
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Have whales ever eatin people?
Big whales mostly eat plankton or krill (very tiny sea creatu...
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How many whales are left in the ocean?
In 2000 it was estimated that there were fewer than 10 000 Bl...
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How much do average whales weigh when they are born?
When born, the blue whale calf is about 23 feet long and weig...
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No Whales esophagus leads straight to their stomach. Their is...
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What is a group of whales called?
Social groups of whales are called "pods". Thanks for using C...
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Tooth whales eat schooling fishes, squid, and marine mammals ...
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Whales have live birth, and the gestation periods range from ...
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Yes, whales are mammals, who are classified as marine mammals...
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There are between 79 and 84 Species of whales including dolph...
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Tooth whales eat schooling fishes, squid, and marine mammals ...
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What is a group of whales called?
Social groups of whales are called "pods". Thanks for using C...
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Whales have live birth, and the gestation periods range from ...
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There are between 79 and 84 Species of whales including dolph...
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Yes, whales are mammals, who are classified as marine mammals...
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Whales have live birth, and the gestation periods range from ...
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Where can you go to find killer whales?
The killer whale (Orcinus orca), commonly referred to as the ...
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Blue whales live in almost every ocean, although their number...
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Are killer whales in the dolphin family?
Yes, the orca is the largest member of the dolphin family, wh...
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What is a group of whales called?
Social groups of whales are called "pods". Thanks for using C...
About Whales
The largest mammal on the planet is the water-dwelling whale, even larger than the largest of the dinosaurs. There are many different types of whales, ranging in size from the dwarf, or pigmy, sperm whale, that is 8.5 feet long up to the blue whale, that is about 115 feet in length. The blue whale was about the same length as a Brachiosaurus, yet the whale's weight is about 170–190 tons, while in comparison the Brachiosaurus weighed only about 70-80 tons.
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