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minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoFun fact: orcas are not whales. The name “killer whale” is a reversal of their previous name, “whale killers”. They’re just mean dolphins.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThey normally aren’t mean. Orcas used to hunt whales with us. We would give them all the stuff we didn’t want, and they’d herd whale pods to the ships.
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI really meant badass, but they can definitely be mean. All intelligent animals have a mean side.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThey’re mean to seals.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoWell they eat everything that they can get a hold of, as a species, except us. Individual pods have varied diets
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI’ve never seen a convincing source for this factoid. As best I can tell, “killer whale” was never “whale killer” in recorded written text.
Fun fact: orcas are not whales. The name “killer whale” is a reversal of their previous name, “whale killers”. They’re just mean dolphins.
They normally aren’t mean. Orcas used to hunt whales with us. We would give them all the stuff we didn’t want, and they’d herd whale pods to the ships.
I really meant badass, but they can definitely be mean. All intelligent animals have a mean side.
They’re mean to seals.
Well they eat everything that they can get a hold of, as a species, except us. Individual pods have varied diets
Dolphins are mean dolphins.
I’ve never seen a convincing source for this factoid. As best I can tell, “killer whale” was never “whale killer” in recorded written text.
Dolphins are whales source