14 Amazing Facts about Whales

1.Cetaceans (whales and dolphins) appeared 50 million years ago (the oldest known whale being Pakicetus), having (as revealed by DNA) a common origin with …the hippopotamus (!). 40 million years ago whales were divided into baleen whales and toothed whales. The oldest known baleen whale is Ma... [ read more >> ]

Humpback whale breaching

Mass stranding of pilot whales (a type of toothed whale)

Blue whale

Stranded pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata)

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Mass stranding of pilot whales (a type of toothed whale)