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A whale is a mammal because, unlike a fish, it meets certain criteria:

1 has lungs (fish take in oxygen via gills) so it comes to the surface to breathe

2 gives birth to live young (fish lay eggs)

3 feeds young from mammary glands (fish do not feed on milk)

4 is warmblooded (fish are cold-blooded)

5 possess a neo-cortex in the brain (fish do not)

6 has skin of 3 layers in thickness (fish have scales)

etc.

dolphin,porpoise, seals and sea lions are mammals too

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