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Killer whales are in the same family as dolphins. The big name that taxonomists use for this family is Delphinidae. Members of the delphinidae family are ocean going dolphins (as opposed ... Are dolphins the same as whales? Dolphins, whales and cetaceans. COME EXPLORING WITH US; TO THE SITE NAVIGATION PAGE;
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Dolphins should not be confused with the brightly colored ocean fish of the same name. A third related ocean animal is the porpoise with a rounded head and a short, blunt snout. The porpoise is smaller than both whales and dolphins.
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42explore.com/whale.htm
42explore.com/whale.htm
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Dolphins and Whales need water to be able to live. Dolphins relate to water because dolphins live in water and whales too. They need water to swim. They need oxygen. Water is their home. ... Whales sing loud with family and friends. Dolphins and Whales live in the same family. Dolphins and Whales are trained to jump high.
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Identification of whales or dolphins in the open sea is not easy. Most of the time they remain hidden from view. If they surface to breathe, the intervals are often too short to see much of the animal. For the inexperienced spectator dolphins and whales look almost the same at first.
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www.nizwa.net/env/dolphins/dolphins.html
www.nizwa.net/env/dolphins/dolphins.html
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Dolphins and whales have voices, but it's a lot different from most other mammals. The limited visibility under water made sounds and hearing very important for them. The sounds of the whales are not produced with their mouth ... Those .mp3 files are much smaller than the .wav files but the quality is virtually the same.
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neptune.atlantis-intl.com/dolphins/sounds.html
neptune.atlantis-intl.com/dolphins/sounds.html
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Whales, dolphins and porpoise are marine mammals that are part of the taxonomic order called cetaceans, ... Baleen whales have plates along their upper jaws used to filter food from the water. Those baleen plates are made of keratin, the same material as fingernails and hair. Baleen whales have two blow holes, and are among...
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www.nwr.noaa.gov/Marine-Mammals/Whales-Dolphins-Porpois...
www.nwr.noaa.gov/Marine-Mammals/Whales-Dolphins-Porpoise/
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Whales, dolphins and porpoises all belong to the order Cetacea. They are mammals who give birth to live young, and produce milk to suckle them. They breathe air through a blowhole in the ... Humpback whales sing songs with an identifiable sequence of themes. In any one season, all the whales in an area sing the same song,
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www.animalliberation.org.au/whales2.php
www.animalliberation.org.au/whales2.php
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Laser Morphometrics of Alaska Killer Whales; ... Beluga Whales in Northern Cook Inlet, Alaska, August 2007; ... Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises...
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Although false killer whales and Atlantic bottlenose dolphins are different species, they are classified within the same family by scientists.
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