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minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·7 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-up19·7 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-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoThey’re mean to seals.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 months agoWell they eat everything that they can get a hold of, as a species, except us. Individual pods have varied diets
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI really meant badass, but they can definitely be mean. All intelligent animals have a mean side.
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 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.
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
I really meant badass, but they can definitely be mean. All intelligent animals have a mean side.
Dolphins are mean dolphins.
Dolphins are whales source
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.
*Orcas are nice dolphins