Why are whale sharks considered to be sharks and not whale?

Answer 1

Dolphins are warm blooded mammals that give birth to live young. The shark is a cartilaginous (no spinal bones) fish that either lay eggs or hatch eggs internally. The egg cases of sharks are known as a 'mermaids purse'.

Answer 2

Whales are marine mammals, they give live birth, nurse their young and breathe with lungs.

Sharks have more "fishy" character traits. They breathe with gills, many lay eggs, they're cold-blooded etc.

Answer 3

i think it is due to the fact thay are the largest of enny living shark.

thay are also filter feeding sharks.

and thay have no teeth and are generally a non Violante species of sharks.

Answer 4

Because whale sharks are not mammals and all whales are mammals. They mainly call them whale sharks because of their large size and the fact that the filter-feed.

Answer 5

Whales and dolphins are mammals, while fish and sharks are fish. Whales and dolphins breathe air just like land animals do, while fish and sharks have gills.

Answer 6

Sharks are cartilaginous fish and dolphins are mammals.

Answer 7

Sharks ARE a kind of fish.