Both are sea mammals, have blowholes, and travel in pods. Very easy to confuse the two.
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises, by Mark Carwardine.
They are bottle nose dolphins.
Porpoises and dolphins are actually both toothed whales.
Dolphins are related to whales and porpoises.
No, porpoises are not dolphins. While these two animals are both mammals they vary in size, physical characteristics, and behaviors.
Many think of dolphins as these beautiful sweet creatures, but they do attack and kill porpoises. It has been documented with videos that they like to bully and hurt baby porpoises.
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Many people call dolphins porpoises. Though very similar, dolphins and porpoises are not the same.
Yes, there are dolphins in Lake Pontchartrain.
A cetacea is a big marine animal with long ears and long snout,but strangely it has fur!
Dolphins, Porpoises and humans
Dolphins and Porpoises