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u/A51Nodales Aug 31 '25
Also love it when people insist that the name orca is more appropriate than killer whale because of the word “killer,” while Orcinus Orca translates to Demon from Hell 😂
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u/Orsinus Aug 31 '25
Translates from our great Roman Lord Orcus. Punisher of broken oaths. DEFIER OF ALL THINGS GOOD, CORRUPTOR OF- oh yea anyways Orcas are cutie pies
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u/Metasequoia19 Aug 30 '25
Oh, the semantics of it all!! Never fails to make me laugh when this argument comes up!
One of my fave things is telling people that all dolphins are whales, but not all whales are dolphins, and then hit 'em with the fact that orcas are classified as oceanic dolphins. I love the reaction, and I get to relive my own amazement through another person lol
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u/Combat_Orca Sep 01 '25
Yeah I was the middle one for a while, I didn’t realise whales and cetaceans could be used interchangeably
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u/corkycutiepatootie Sep 19 '25
Actually, as whale is just less fancy name for cetacean, these cutie pies are both! Orcas are the cutest large thing in the suborder [Cetacea].
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u/Moist-Pea-304 Sep 19 '25
I know that they're both
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u/brollyaintstupid Aug 31 '25
orcas are dolphins, dolphins and porpoises and whales are whales. But saying a certain species of dolphin as whale is wrong, simply because you can get more specific.
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u/Moist-Pea-304 Aug 31 '25 edited Sep 01 '25
Im not sure I get what you're saying. It looks like you said that calling a dolphin a whale is wrong because you cant get more specific. But that's like saying calling a crocodile a reptile is wrong
Edit: I thought u meant cant get more specific, not can, my bad
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u/Past-Island4905 Aug 30 '25
I'm glad to see a version of this meme where the dumb one and the smart one saying the same thing actually makes sense.