Assertion: killer whale | /r/HasProperty | dolphin
Facets:
value: in its name
type: OTHER
value: scientifically
type: MANNER
value: despite being called killer whales
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: For example the killer whale (actually a dolphin) has been known to hunt both sharks and whales while the blue whale (the largest living animal and part of the baleen whale suborder) survives on a diet primarily composed of small krill that averages less than 2 inches in size.
text: The orca, also known as the killer whale, is actually a dolphin.
text: Note: Although the killer whale uses the word “whale” in its name it is actually considered a dolphin.
text: Orcinus Orca: Dolphin:
text: The orca, or killer whale, is scientifically considered a dolphin.
text: Despite its name, the killer whale is actually a dolphin (although strictly speaking all dolphins, including the killer whale, are members of the group of animals known as toothed whales).
text: Killer whales are actually dolphins.
text: Are killer whales dolphins?
text: These are some of the things they eat: Polar Bears, penguins, krill, porpises, seabirds, squid, fish, cod, seaotters, hake, halibut, marine animals, marine birds, walruses, seals, sea lions, dolphins, and other whales.
text: The social structure of killer whale for example (killer whales are actually dolphins) is often compared to that of elephants and humans, and is even considered by some to resemble a culture.
text: Species such as killer whale (killer whales are actually dolphins) have very complex social lives and spend a large majority of their lives together hunting, interacting and traveling together.
text: They are dolphins – the largest member of this family.
text: Despite being called killer whales, orcas (Orcinus orca) are actually dolphins.
text: So orcas are dolphins not whales.
text: So if they are dolphins, why are they often referred to as killer whales?
text: The orca, or killer whale, is scientifically considered a dolphin.
text: As stated before killer whales are actually considered dolphins which is why they are part of the toothed whale suborder.
text: Orcinus Orca: Dolphin: