JESUS CHRIST FINALLY SOMEONE KNOWS THAT BIT OF TRIVIA BESIDES ME!!!abort_user said:this is that killer dolphin movie youve been looking for. Orcas are dolphins despite being called whales.
+10 Internets for you sir.
JESUS CHRIST FINALLY SOMEONE KNOWS THAT BIT OF TRIVIA BESIDES ME!!!abort_user said:this is that killer dolphin movie youve been looking for. Orcas are dolphins despite being called whales.
that and they are not really whales....but dolphinsMB202 said:I used to call them killer whales, but now I call them Orcas, because killer whales, regardless of how true that name is in the wild, seems to condescending to me.
well actually, whales and dolphins can actually drive away fish from areas or in some cases, help drive fish towards humans who will in turn feed them some of the caught fish.themilo504 said:When you said that the first part of the orca.s plan could be possible I like to know what you were smoking because 1 I don?t even a orca can eat that much fish 2 there not that smart and if they are I say we put them on the top 3 things that may exterminate humanity in the future.
nope...they're related by dont belong in the same genus.Frieswiththat said:Actually dolphins are whales.Draconalis said:For more justification, Orcas aren't whales. They are dolphins.MB202 said:I used to call them killer whales, but now I call them Orcas, because killer whales, regardless of how true that name is in the wild, seems to condescending to me.
True. But they belong to the same order (Cetacea) COMMONLY KNOWN AS the whales. I'm assuming you're using whale to refer to baleen whales, in which case you're not referring to a single genus but in fact a suborder of Cetacea, the Mysticetes. See post 77 for a more depth view on what I mean when I say whale.Jegsimmons said:nope...they're related by dont belong in the same genus.Frieswiththat said:Actually dolphins are whales.Draconalis said:For more justification, Orcas aren't whales. They are dolphins.MB202 said:I used to call them killer whales, but now I call them Orcas, because killer whales, regardless of how true that name is in the wild, seems to condescending to me.
Fair enough. I shall keep that in mind next time.Draconalis said:I use whale in layman terms, because it is not wise to assume one has knowledge otherwise. I must admit I had not personally thought of it like that, but what you say makes sense.Frieswiththat said:Snip
regardless, calling dolphins whales in almost every sense or common use is wrong.Frieswiththat said:True. But they belong to the same order (Cetacea) COMMONLY KNOWN AS the whales. I'm assuming you're using whale to refer to baleen whales, in which case you're not referring to a single genus but in fact a suborder of Cetacea, the Mysticetes. See post 77 for a more depth view on what I mean when I say whale.Jegsimmons said:nope...they're related by dont belong in the same genus.Frieswiththat said:Actually dolphins are whales.Draconalis said:For more justification, Orcas aren't whales. They are dolphins.MB202 said:I used to call them killer whales, but now I call them Orcas, because killer whales, regardless of how true that name is in the wild, seems to condescending to me.
To address your first point, the term whale CAN be used to refer to cetaceans as a whole, but normally doesn't include dolphins and porpoises. So no. I'm not wrong in EVERY sense, just common use.Jegsimmons said:regardless, calling dolphins whales in almost every sense or common use is wrong.Frieswiththat said:True. But they belong to the same order (Cetacea) COMMONLY KNOWN AS the whales. I'm assuming you're using whale to refer to baleen whales, in which case you're not referring to a single genus but in fact a suborder of Cetacea, the Mysticetes. See post 77 for a more depth view on what I mean when I say whale.Jegsimmons said:nope...they're related by dont belong in the same genus.Frieswiththat said:Actually dolphins are whales.Draconalis said:For more justification, Orcas aren't whales. They are dolphins.MB202 said:I used to call them killer whales, but now I call them Orcas, because killer whales, regardless of how true that name is in the wild, seems to condescending to me.
when we say 'An orca is a dolphin not a whale' we dont mean family grouping, we mean genus or species.
its like saying a Hyena is a dog, in a sense true, because they're both canines but wrong in every other use.
Oh, I see. Well, in that regard, Orca really is a better name for them. Unless people start calling them "killer dolphins".Draconalis said:For more justification, Orcas aren't whales. They are dolphins.MB202 said:I used to call them killer whales, but now I call them Orcas, because killer whales, regardless of how true that name is in the wild, seems to condescending to me.