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[axeskyhigh]

this has to be the most educational thread we've ever had on this forum - I could breeze through an A-Level dolphin test now...should the need arise.

yeah but ENOUGH blimey who'd have thought this forum held so many geeks!!
now go out and buy some new bow ties and tank tops and stop BORING US

[umbongo(uk)]

Taxonomy and naming ,is what you should be reading mate its the whole reason for the animal kingdom ORDER

4 Cetacean taxa (whales)

Physeteridae (sperm whales)
Delphinoidea (beluga whale, dolphins and porpoises)
Ziphiidae (beaked whales)
Mysticeti (baleen whales)
killer whales Order: Cetacea(whales)
i now rest my point

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Phocoenidae Genus: Phocoena species: Phocoena phocoena [+ITIS +WoRMS]

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Delphinidae Genus: Orcinus species: Orcinus orca [+ITIS +WoRMS]

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Delphinidae Genus: Tursiops species: Tursiops truncatus [+ITIS +WoRMS]

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Physeteridae Genus: Physeter species: Physeter catodon [+ITIS +WoRMS]

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Elasmobranchii Order: Orectolobiformes Family: Rhincodontidae Genus: Rhincodon species: Rhincodon typus [+ITIS +WoRMS]

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Monodontidae Genus: Delphinapterus species: Delphinapterus leucas [+ITIS +WoRMS]

there all whales in name spot the odd one out and post up its correct name and species

now from somthing from a bloke who studys animals
http://www.bioquest.org/bedrock/problem ... o/data.php
http://www.bioquest.org/bedrock/problem ... nd.php#big ....whale evolution

again the best way to read about this stuff is from a library were they actualy put in THIS IS A SMALL WHALE SPECIES OF THE DOLPHIN FAMILY

about the translation thing welshy,show me concrete evidence that this was said and the name of the bloke who translated it .reason is britain were whaleing in the 17/18 century and would have seen killer whales so why would they ask some foreign bloke what it was a few names would have bandied about and then one would have stuck

ok killer whale and whale killer
lets say it was whale killer ,so this beast kills whales ..its a killer whale not hard is it taffy apple .especially from someone on a ship telling his friend in the pub he saw a whale killer eating a whale to which his mate said "jesus its a killer whale man another round old bean" because even i think in the 18thcentury they still had the sense to know what a killer was due to the circumstance of people being killed by and those responsable being labeled killers DOH!
to which at the end of the night the sailor says to his friend "these wolves of the sea are damn crafty
his friend replies "what the killer whale,s ?"
then when his land lumber pal get home to the wife she asks
"what happened int pub love"
he replys "derek was talking about whale killers that eat whales "
"oooh killer whales bet that was interesting love " and thus the misqoutation persists round the village of llanelli south

another quiz question what animals name translated is a "i dont know" first correct anwser gets a lollipop

and there ends todays nonsensicle information overload lesson back to shooting zombie,s sorry i meant virus tainted corpse of humanity driven to extreme violence and malice with added brains on the menu agenda not to mention a lack of cognetive problem solving skills

eco the dolphin forever ::only from SEGA

hope welshys realy pissed off i love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Welsh]

But yes, you are right about them all being related. Bloody incestuous creatures.

Mr Bongo, the first part of your post is Entirely IRRELEVANT! Look.....i agreed with you....see? Therefore you were right, and i am also right! As an Orca is actually a dolphin! Which is not a whale, but is a Cecea blabla! (I cba to look it up again! :P)

As for Llanelli.....mate, they can't speak English.......Spanish is a tad too ambitious......Have you ever heard someone from Llanelli speaking!? I live 10 minutes from the bridge......once you go over that bridge, there's no sense or anything!

Problem is Boingie, since there is no Spanish speaker here, i could find you a link and I could just be bullshitting in saying what it says (cos translators are [sh*t] and only get you 20% in translation tests.....FACT, been tested.) So yeahhh :P I will find it, but there's no point since you won't believe me! And you want me to be an emo and give up but no i won't as I am DEFENDING FREE WILLY HERE! HE WAS AN ORCA!

[umbongo(uk)]

here u go a site that spells it out for the non beleiver and has some credibility to boot.ive highlighted the ares in order. just so your non beleiver eyes can ajust
pwned 1 to bongo
http://42explore.com/whale.htm
the basics Easier
- Whales are group of large sea animals that look like fish, but are not. They are really mammals. Another sea animal group related to whales but smaller in size are dolphins. Dolphins have a snout shaped like a beak. Dolphins should not be confused with the brightly colored ocean fish of the same name. A third related ocean animal is the porpoise with a rounded head and a short, blunt snout. The porpoise is smaller than both whales and dolphins. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises are all mammals that breathe air and are members of the whale family.
do you see this bit on the end

the spanish translation you so want to beleive is on many a web site,s about killer whales but does not state that joe blogs translated it incorrectly

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/killer-whale-facts.html
he Killer Whale is also called as the Orca and sometimes as the Blackfish or Seawolf. The biological name is Orcinus orca. The origin of the word Orcinus is Orcus, the god of the netherworld in Roman mythology. Orca implies resembling the shape of a cask or barrel. This WHALE is included in the oceanic dolphin family – Delphinidae. It can adapt itself to all oceans on the globe and is noted to be the most widely distributed mammal after the humans. The maximum density is found in the Artic, the Antartic and cold water regions. The reason of calling the whale as "Killer" is that it has powerful jaws as well as very strong teeth that fit adjacent to each other and this enables them to eat other animals. They also eat other whales.Hence, the name as "whale killer". This was reversed to "Killer Whale". The black and white coloration of the killer whale serves as a camouflage. When seen from the top, the black back mixes well with the dark water beneath them. When seen from the bottom, the white belly blends with the sunlit water above them.

nope dont see any mistranslation here DO you

enjoy welshy all these lovly links

if your realy botherd use the encyclopedia brittanica to cross refrence or some other body like national geographic or even write to the fisheries department

[Welsh]

The iwc protects whales but not orcas.

[umbongo(uk)]

have a bannana and sit in the corner like a good likkle monkey..

my gaming has come to this since my card melted ,but fear not the beast will be here on satday (hopfully this one wont melt)

[axeskyhigh]

have a bannana and sit in the corner like a good likkle monkey..

my gaming has come to this since my card melted ,but fear not the beast will be here on satday (hopfully this one wont melt)

it won't if you leave the bloody thing be and don't fiddle with it.
maybe now you'll come play a game without those shamboling, manky looking creatures in!!

[Sky]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Pripyat has got ZOMBIES

[umbongo(uk)]

its funny when they go down and start twitching talking to themselves, making you wonder if you need to shoot em again

its them bloody bouncy things that make me [sh*t] me pants especially in cramped corridors or long grass

[Porky]

pmsl...have u gays got nuthing better to do than discus killer dolphins :P

i am now going to write a Wiki on killer dolphins....so when its on wiki it will be true

and the new name sounds sooooooooooooooooooooo scarey

ono dad the killa dolhins are comin to get us

next your gonna tell me is a ferret is really an otter that cant swim....which is really a honey badger that cant climb

and its called a sperm whale cos sailors used to suck em off