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| Author: | veato [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:28 pm ] | |||||||||
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8535618.stm
Not saying she deserved it but this kind of thing is bound to happen sooner or later isnt it? |
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| Author: | finlay666 [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Killer Whale...... kills |
It's a dolphin not a whale, makes me laugh a little inside when people still call it a whale instead of an Orca or killer whale And it's a serial killer, take it to Texas and give it the death penalty! 
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| Author: | trigen_killer [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:36 pm ] | |||||||||
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At last, living proof that someone that I know (sort of) outside my family knows this fact. 
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| Author: | Fogmeister [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:31 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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LOL, I was thinking this today. I know it's an Orca but I had a sneaking suspicion that it was related to dolphins. I knew it wasn't a whale anyway
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| Author: | belchingmatt [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:35 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Next up you'll be trying to tell me that a koala bear isn't a bear and a flying fox isn't a fox. |
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Killer Whale...... kills |
They're all cetaceans though, so... For 5 internets, can anyone explain the difference between a whale and a dolphin then? |
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| Author: | belchingmatt [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Killer Whale...... kills |
It isn't size as I've dived with whales that are smaller than orcas. Still pretty big mind you. 
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:20 pm ] | |||||||||
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Dolphins go much better with chips. Jon |
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| Author: | Fogmeister [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:36 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Killer Whale...... kills | |||||||||
Whales have baleen whereas dolphins have teeth. Killer whales for instance therefore are technically dolphins. |
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| Author: | finlay666 [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:40 pm ] | |||||||||
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Cetacea (aquatic mammals dolphins/whales) : divided into two suborders, Mysticeti (baleen whales) and Odontoceti (toothed whales, which includes dolphins and porpoises) (baleen whales being filter feeders) Which technically makes the killer whale closer related to dolphins than a traditional whale |
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Killer Whale...... kills |
Correct. So, calling it a killer whale is not entirely incorrect, despite being more closely related to the dolphin. Do whales have hair? |
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| Author: | Fogmeister [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:15 pm ] | |||||||||
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Yeah, but it sounds a lot more scary than "killer dolphin".
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| Author: | veato [ Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:26 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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No Killer Dolphin sounds worse. Its taken what you think of a cutesy human loving fish (shut up, I'm being ignorant) and turning into something nasty. Killer Dolphin ftw! By the way is Mysticeti are baleen whales and Odontoceti toothed whales arent they all technically whales anyway by that description? |
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| Author: | finlay666 [ Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:13 pm ] | |||||||||
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That makes dolphins and porpoises whales. |
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