Help me identify these whales
Posted by Junior-Violinist5278@reddit | whales | View on Reddit | 12 comments
Hello, can someone help me identify these whales so I don't sound like a dummy to my 1yr old? I know the orca, narwhal, beluga, grey whale and blue whale. Which one is the sperm whale? Maybe the one with the bump is a humpback? Thanks love you!
ladymorgahnna@reddit
Killer whales are not true whales. They are in the dolphin family.
sloth_takes_a_nap@reddit
So they are whales.
Monarch-Butterfly33@reddit
No… theyre dolphins, the largest breed. Ladymorgahnna was right.
sloth_takes_a_nap@reddit
I know that they are dolphins. That's what makes them whales.
Monarch-Butterfly33@reddit
What are you talking about? Whales and dolphins are two different animals.
sloth_takes_a_nap@reddit
You're confidentially incorrect. Dolphins are toothed whales.
Junior-Violinist5278@reddit (OP)
Thanks everyone for their input! If I could give awards I would.
space_whales_rule@reddit
Question marks are my best guesses. Two question marks on the one that I really have no idea.
TesseractToo@reddit
Minke is a baleen whale, no teeth.
the one you are guessing as blue has way too long pectoral fins
space_whales_rule@reddit
I agree with you on both. I think you’re right that the one I said was blue is a second humpback whale.
TesseractToo@reddit
Yeah
I think the mike one is Livyatan (looks like a sperm whale but has teeth in the upper jaw), which is a weird choice but the AI that made it or whoever probably didn't realize
TesseractToo@reddit
Left to right-
top row: Grey whale, bowhead, orca, narwhal
2nd row: Livyatan (extinct in prehistoric times), sperm whale, blue/sei/Bryde's one of those baleen whales, humpback
bottom row: Right whale, beluga, humpback (again and depicted slightly differently)
They're a bit too abstract to take that seriously though