Why is a whale not a mammal?

Answer 1

Because a whale is a mammal and gives birth to its young alive but fishes lay eggs.

Answer 2

Some of the things that show that a whale is a mammal, not a fish:

Whales have lungs and breathe air. Fish get oxygen from the water passing through their gills.

Like all mammals, female whales produce milk to nurse their young. Fish cannot do that.

Whales are warm blooded (they can keep their bodies at a constant temperature even in frigid water). Fish are cold blooded (their body temperature is the same as the water around them).

Answer 3

It breathes air, gives live birth, and produces milk for its young (Mammary glands = mammals).

Answer 4

It is a fkn mammal cause' it feeds it's young milk and gives birth to it pluss has to go up for air!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

Whales ARE mammals. They have all mammal characteristics. Warm blooded, live birth, nurse their Young, even some body hair.

Answer 6

whale shark has gills and scales

, so its a fish not a mammal...

Answer 7

Amphibians live in water and on land. Whales do not live on land.