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What's communication like between orcas and dolphins, and even... whales? Could this behavior be learned by, say, blue whales?
by hidden80 3y ago
What's communication like between orcas and dolphins, and even... whales? Could this behavior be learned by, say, blue whales?
- Dobbs 3y agoOrcas are dolphins. Do you mean bottle nose dolphins?
- hidden80 3y agoI think so. You just reminded me that orcas are dolphins, but I'm more curious about the potentially devastating effect of a blue whale exhibiting this sort of "aggression".
- z3phyr 3y agoBlue whales are usually loners and thus not capable of planning and inflicting damage like a pack of sea wolves. Blue whales are usually also very calm and do not have teeth (They can still be aggressive in defending themselves or their calves against orcas, who do sometimes hunt Blue whales)
- bmitc 3y agoOrcas are both dolphins and whales. I think it's pretty clear that the commenter meant other dolphins and whales.
- bmitc 3y agoFish-eating orcas have been observed communicating to dolphins in a way different from their normal orca dialects. The transient subtype of orcas eat dolphins and whales though, so I doubt there's much fraternization there. Humpback whales have been observed interrupting orca attacks on other humpback whales and even otber species.