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[–] Nanook@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Orca’s. They’re called orca’s… they’re not even whales! /end rant

[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes, they are called Orcas.

Yes, they are whales, more specifically toothed whales, which all dolphins are a part of.

[–] Nanook@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Pretty ironic that you're getting pedantic about taxonomy and you can't even apostrophe correctly. 🤷🏽‍♂️Go, read until you can. 🤌🏼