2007-03-07 04:59:16 · 9 answers · asked by antoniovivaldi 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Whales belong to the mammalian order Cetacea. Scientists classify whales into two groups. One group, known as the Odontoceti, or toothed whales, have jaws lined with pointed teeth that they use in hunting fish, squid, and other prey. Toothed whales also include dolphins and porpoises. The other whale group, called the Mysticeti, or baleen whales, lack teeth. These whales use giant, flexible combs of a material called baleen to filter small fish and tiny crustaceans from the water.
2007-03-07 05:10:41 · answer #1 · answered by Panic!!! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scientifically speaking, dolphins are a type of whale. Scientists group all whales, dolphins and porpoises into an order called Cetacea. Within that order, there is a family called Delphinidae that consists of whales with compact streamlined bodies adapted for fast swimming. "Dolphin" is the common word for animals in that family.
Most people use the term "whale" to refer to the cetaceans that do not fall into the families Delphinidae (see above) or Phocoenidae (porpoises), or the superfamily called Platanistoidea (river dolphins). There are some exceptions: killer whales and pilot whales, for example, fall into the family Delphinidae, even though people generally call them "whales".
2007-03-07 13:39:09 · answer #2 · answered by Ben H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wales is a country whereas a dolphin is an animal
2007-03-07 13:19:35 · answer #3 · answered by Bella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's simple really. Dolphins are marine animals, whereas Wales is a country.
Perhaps you meant 'Whales' rather than 'Wales'?
2007-03-07 13:02:51 · answer #4 · answered by general_ego 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whales are Bigger and Dolphins are smaller, Zoologists know the difference because they have Different DNA.
It's WHALES not WALES.
2007-03-07 13:03:55 · answer #5 · answered by DaRkAngeL XIII 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a lot in fact killer whales aren't whales but Dolphins. Dolphins and whales are very closely related.
2007-03-07 13:02:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can go on holiday to wales.
2007-03-07 13:02:35 · answer #7 · answered by McQ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well - they both have an "h" in them.. :>) But that's a similarity, as well as breathing air from the surface. So, I would guess the differences are in eating/digestion and reproduction.
2007-03-07 13:09:03 · answer #8 · answered by tracymoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same difference as Humans & other primates..
2007-03-07 13:02:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋