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Fish are generally ectothermic (cold-blooded), whales are endothermic (warm-blooded)
Fish have fins with no digits, whales have flippers that clearly have digits within.
Fish usually have scales but never hair, whales are mammals and have some residual hair
Fish cannot feed their young directly, whales feed their babies via mammary glands.
Nearly all fish are oviparous with the females laying eggs and males fertilizing them by spreading their sperm on top, all whales are placental.
"Fish" is recognized as a paraphyletic group that excludes tetrapods, whales are tetrapods.
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What are two animals that are dependent on each other in the tropical rainforest?
The whale and the fish because the fish eats stuff of the whale which is food for the fish and makes the whale less covered in stuff.
How is whale and fish skin different?
whales are mammals fish are not
Is whale you fish?
a whale is a fish.
How are fish and whales the same?
The whale is a mammal, not a fish. Both have fins, and live in water.Otherwise, they are totally different.
Is a shark or a killer whale higher on the food chain?
A killer whale and whale shark are 2 completely different animals. Killer Whales is a member of the dolphin family. A whale shark is part of the fish family as sharks are fish.
Why is the shark and blue whale in different classes?
One is a fish, the other is a mammal
What is the answer to the analogy shark is to whale as fish is to?
shark is to whale as fish is to
Is the blue whale the biggest fish in the ocean?
No - the Blue Whale is a mammal - not a fish. The largest fish in the ocean is the Whale Shark.
Is white whale a fish or an animal?
Well first off, your question makes no sense. Even if a whale was a fish (which it is not) it would still be an animal. FISH ARE ANIMALS!!! I am guessing you meant to say mammal. And if that is the case, Whales are mammals! Which are also animals!!
Is the whale the biggest fish?
this is not exactly the answer to you question but a whale is aperently not a fish.
Why is a whale larger than a fish?
Because it's a whale not a fish
What is the synonym eel is to fish as whale is to?
E is to fish as whale is to mammals.
