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false killer whale + dolphin = wholphin?

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isn't the point of classifying two animals as separate species is due to the inability to generate children that can reproduce? here's a wholphin. apparently it's 1/4 whale. so that means one of his parents is half-whale. doesn't that mean they should be the same species then?
 
Killer whales aren't whales any way. Thats the flaw I see. Orca's are closely related to Dolphins, and in the same philum (sp? and not sure if that was the right class) where as whales are less closely related to Dolphins and Orca's.
 
Originally posted by: AMDZen
Killer whales aren't whales any way. Thats the flaw I see. Orca's are closely related to Dolphins, and in the same philum (sp? and not sure if that was the right class) where as whales are less closely related to Dolphins and Orca's.
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Originally posted by: KoolDrew
Originally posted by: AMDZen
Killer whales aren't whales any way. Thats the flaw I see. Orca's are closely related to Dolphins, and in the same philum (sp? and not sure if that was the right class) where as whales are less closely related to Dolphins and Orca's.
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Never really thought of that, but now that I think of it, physically, they do resemble dolphins more than most whales.
 
Originally posted by: Jnetty99
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WGAF
I never saw this before and just learned something. This is nothing I EVER would of searched for so thank you OP.
Repost police if you have nothing better to do then police reposts you can wash my balls, I have a ton of balls that need washing if your that bored 🙂
 
Horses and donkeys can mate to produce mules, as well. Tigers and lions to create tigons or ligers. Cross-species breeding is possible, if they are closely related enough to share the same number of chromosome pairs (or sometimes even off by 1 pair).
 
Originally posted by: joshsquall
Horses and donkeys can mate to produce mules, as well. Tigers and lions to create tigons or ligers. Cross-species breeding is possible, if they are closely related enough to share the same number of chromosome pairs (or sometimes even off by 1 pair).
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except their children are sterile. the wholphin's grandchild can still reproduce.
 
Originally posted by: jhu
Originally posted by: joshsquall
Horses and donkeys can mate to produce mules, as well. Tigers and lions to create tigons or ligers. Cross-species breeding is possible, if they are closely related enough to share the same number of chromosome pairs (or sometimes even off by 1 pair).
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except their children are sterile. the wholphin's grandchild can still reproduce.
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Mules are sterile, but AFAIK ligers & tigons aren't.
 
Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
Originally posted by: KoolDrew
Originally posted by: AMDZen
Killer whales aren't whales any way. Thats the flaw I see. Orca's are closely related to Dolphins, and in the same philum (sp? and not sure if that was the right class) where as whales are less closely related to Dolphins and Orca's.
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Never really thought of that, but now that I think of it, physically, they do resemble dolphins more than most whales.
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they weren't killer whales, they were FALSE killer whales... read the article

False killer whales do not closely resemble killer whales. They grow to 20 feet, weigh up to two tons and have a tapering, rounded snout that overhangs their toothed jaw.

Atlantic bottlenose dolphins reach a maximum size of 12 feet and can weigh up to 700 pounds.

Sea Life Park officials said they hope to decide on a name for the baby wholphin soon and move her to a large display tank in a few months.
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Didn't they make a tigon once? It lived for a while but it a sterile, dunno if they ever made another one before.
 
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