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They have lungs, they belong to the family of Cetacea which are air breathing mammals. lungs. they are a mammal just like humans, they aren't like other fish. that's why they have to got to the top of the ocean to get air. but they can hold their breath for massive amounts of time.
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∙ 6y agoOrcas - killer whales do have a blowhole just like whales and dolphins
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∙ 11y agoThe lungs of dolphins work very similarly to those of other mammals, however dolphins inhale and exhale out of a "blowhole" located on the dorsal side of their heads
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∙ 14y agoYes.
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How can dolphins be whales but whales cant be dolphins?
Because dolphins has a blow-hole to sprout water and breathe like a whale while a whale is bigger in size and it can't do tricks like dolphin
Creature related to the whale and dolphin?
I think the shark is related to the whale and dolphin, it kind of seems like a mix of them both.
What is dolphin's appearment?
a dolphin looks like...a small whale or a smooth shark
Which is smarter a dolphin or a killer whale?
because dolphins are just like people
What is the smell when a whale blows water from the blowhole?
A whale's air from it's blow hole is much like when you breath out your nose (don't try making water come out your nose). It depends on what the whale last ate, but if it was krill, the whale probably has krill breath. Remember the whale is not blowing water from it's blow hole. It is just breathing out its blow hole. When close to the surface, this provides the effect of the water blowing up into the air.
Is a shark dolphin and whale in the same family?
no, sharks are totally different than whales and dolphins because sharks are fish, not mammals like a dolphin or a whale.
What does a killer whale feel like?
A Killer Whale Is Rubbery And Fairly Smooth Skin And Are Slimy Just Like A Dolphin.
Is a killer whale a dolphin or a whale?
A killer whale despite its name is a dolphin. The killer whale is in the family delphinidae a group of oceanic dolphins. You may be wondering why then do we call it a killer whale? The answer is simply because researchers and whalers saw the dolphin killing whales, that is why we call them killer whales because they kill-whales :)
How does a bottlenose dolphin move?
it moves its tail just like a whale.
When does a dolphin rest?
a dolphin rests when ever a dolphin wants it rests half of its brain so the dolphin can still maintain the basic behavoir like breathing
What are the 40 species of dolphin?
There are 33 different types (though the site only lists 32) of marine dolphins, 4 types of river dolphins and 6 types of porpoises. Some you would never think were part of the dolphin family like the "Killer Whale or Orca". Marine -- White Beaked Dolphin Short Finned Pilot Whale Risso's Dolphin Pantropical Dolphin Long-Finned Pilot Whale Orcas (Killer Whale) Hourglass Dolphin Heaviside's Dolphin False Killer Whale Commerson's Dolphin Bottlenose Dolphin Striped Dolphin Peale's Dolphin Pygmy Killer Whale Melon-Headed Dolphin Irrawaddy Dolphin Hector's Dolphin Frasier's Dolphin Dusky Dolphin Clymene Dolphin Black Dolphin Southern Right-Whale Dolphin Rough Toothed Dolphin Short Beaked Common Dolphin Pacific White-Sided Dolphin Northern Right-Whale Dolphin Long-Snouted Spinner Dolphin Long-Beaked Common Dolphin Indo-Pacific Hump-Back Atlantic White Sided Dolphin Atlantic Hump-Backed Dolphin Atlantic Spotted Dolphin River -- Baiji, or Yangtze river Dolphin Boto, or Amazon River Dolphin Franciscana or La plata Dolphin Indus & Ganges River Dolphin Porpoises -- Burmeister's Porpoise Dall's Porpoise Finless Porpoise Harbor Porpoise Spectacled Porpoise Vaquita Porpoise
Can a dolphin kill a whale?
First of all, a Killer Whale is a dolphin. But if you question was rephrased to something like, "Could a Killer Whale out swim any other member of it's species?" then it would be valid.Anyway, it depends on which type of dolphin is trying to out swim the Killer Whale. The Common dolphin is the fastest, and thus could out swim a Killer Whale. When it comes to smaller types of dolphin, they are about evenly matched.
