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Killer whales was mistranslated from whale-killers

  • March 20, 2017
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Killer whales was mistranslated from whale-killers

Orcas (Killer Whales) aren’t whales they’re dolphins.

They were called whale-killers by spanish sailors who saw them attack baby blue whales, this was mistranslated by the english to Killer Whales

http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=84

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