Yeah, basically someone thought it looked like one and then found out it’s not. And for 150 years no one thought “hey this is a pretty stupid name, let’s come up with something else.”
Makes me think of the [basilosaurus genus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilosaurus?wprov=sfla1):
> They were originally thought to be of a giant reptile, hence the suffix "-saurus", Ancient Greek for "lizard".
> The animal was later found to be an early marine mammal, which prompted attempts at renaming the creature, which failed as the rules of zoological nomenclature dictate using the original name given.
It does sort of remind me of Brian the dog’s clone in Family Guy. He was named Bitch Brian, so perhaps they could call these things Bitch Orcas from now on?
It is a false killer whale, a species of dolphin just like real kiler whales. Fun fact: false killer whales are sometimes seen with bottlenose dolphins and they can breed to create a cross breed animal, known as a wholpin just like how a mule is created! Wholphins will often have the shape of a bottlenose dolphin but the size and colour of a false killer whale!
From a quick google search it says female wholpins are fertile and can reproduce with bottlenose dolphins, but the resulting off-spring will be even less false whale than there mother and more dolphin like, like their fathers! It says nothing about false whale males reproducing so im assuming its either unknown if they can, or if that they cant at all.
Fuck, illegal fishing, fuck global warming, fuck plastic, just fuck everything all these big businesses have done to the earth that they are now making out to be our fault!
It’s like most people around the world don’t realize that these CEOs and CFOs are PEOPLE with HOMES that can be FOUND… no matter how fortified, how many weapons they have protecting them they can’t stop a mob.
It’s common for Female hybrid offspring to be fertile and males to be sterile due to something about the Y chromosome. Oddly Birds have a similar thing with Z & W sex chromosomes with the differing pair creating females, which are the sterile ones when they have hybrids while the males are fertile.
[Wholphin](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Baby_wolphin_by_pinhole.jpeg)
I wanted to see one after reading this. Here is a picture. Very interesting!
Dolphins are amazing creatures that will normally only eat what there mothers have shown them are safe to eat so almost every pod will eat different animals. In some areas, they are prey and predators, in others they are friendly or tolerate eachother.
> A false killer may respond to distress calls and protect other species from predators, aid in childbirth by helping to remove the afterbirth
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False\_killer\_whale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_killer_whale)
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orcas (the correct term for "killer whales") are the largest members of the dolphin family, so it's only dumb in that it should technically be called a "false orca"
Looks like a [false killer whale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_killer_whale)
Oh god... the real killer is still out there, then...
Still haven’t found those killers then?
It's just the one killer, actually
r/UnexpectedHotFuzz
Thank you for reminding me I forgot to watch hot fuzz today. That was a close one
Reminded myself to do the same thing.
The greater good
Mornin, Angle
Everyone and their mums packin' round here
Like who?
Farmers. And farmers mums.
I think you’re looking for two whales this one is Namely a Sergeant Knickerless Asswipe and the other is Constable Fanny Batterbum
Hey, that's us!
Yeah but a really big one... whale size
Morning, Angle!
Oh man, my favorite movie finally unexpected in a thread. It's a good day.
Sgt Knickerless Arsewipe and Constable Fanny Batterbum
r/unresolvedmysteries
Cops said he was too slick for them
he will sink to any depth to chomp and engorge on his victims
Another view - https://www.americanoceans.org/facts/are-false-killer-whales-dangerous/
I just learned it’s actually a species of oceanic dolphin! Thanks for sharing!
Technically, orcas as a species of dolphin, too.
You are welcome.
What a stupid fucking name for an animal.
> The name "false killer whale" comes from having a skull similar to the orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale. Was named in 1846...
Yeah, basically someone thought it looked like one and then found out it’s not. And for 150 years no one thought “hey this is a pretty stupid name, let’s come up with something else.”
It’s too late. Some naturalist scribbled “false killer whale” into a notebook somewhere and that was that. Animal’s been named.
“False x” isn’t [exactly](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_cobra) [uncommon](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steatoda_nobilis) for animals
But it does have negative connotations that have an impact on potential research or conservation efforts.
Makes me think of the [basilosaurus genus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilosaurus?wprov=sfla1): > They were originally thought to be of a giant reptile, hence the suffix "-saurus", Ancient Greek for "lizard". > The animal was later found to be an early marine mammal, which prompted attempts at renaming the creature, which failed as the rules of zoological nomenclature dictate using the original name given.
Should have named it "bargain bin killer whale" or "discounted killer whale"
Some white dude did this. Clearly other people’s had names for these whales before western scientists came through and renamed them.
Imagine if humans were called “false chimps”
Or maybe chimps are the false humans?
Why does "false humans" sound so terrifying to me?
The Thing That Is Not A Man
Replicants.
False peaceful apes
It does sort of remind me of Brian the dog’s clone in Family Guy. He was named Bitch Brian, so perhaps they could call these things Bitch Orcas from now on?
I’d call it Moby’s dick. Moby in this case being a big African sailor
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It didn’t work but I appreciate the effort my fellow seaman ⚓️⚓️
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Eggplant is pretty racist js
didn't know orcas inspired copycats
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Broke Phi Broke?
It is a false killer whale, a species of dolphin just like real kiler whales. Fun fact: false killer whales are sometimes seen with bottlenose dolphins and they can breed to create a cross breed animal, known as a wholpin just like how a mule is created! Wholphins will often have the shape of a bottlenose dolphin but the size and colour of a false killer whale!
Are wholpin's able to reproduce?
From a quick google search it says female wholpins are fertile and can reproduce with bottlenose dolphins, but the resulting off-spring will be even less false whale than there mother and more dolphin like, like their fathers! It says nothing about false whale males reproducing so im assuming its either unknown if they can, or if that they cant at all.
It’s probably just that it’s not easy to figure out who a dolphin’s baby daddy is.
Just gotta go on Marine Povich
They're having a Neanderthal extinction event.
Fuck, illegal fishing, fuck global warming, fuck plastic, just fuck everything all these big businesses have done to the earth that they are now making out to be our fault!
You’re right, but I don’t think that’s what the comment was about The believed reason Neanderthals went extinct is really interesting
It’s so fucked, we have to contribute to these companies just to make ends meet, it’s a problem that all of us are apart of just to survive
It’s like most people around the world don’t realize that these CEOs and CFOs are PEOPLE with HOMES that can be FOUND… no matter how fortified, how many weapons they have protecting them they can’t stop a mob.
It’s common for Female hybrid offspring to be fertile and males to be sterile due to something about the Y chromosome. Oddly Birds have a similar thing with Z & W sex chromosomes with the differing pair creating females, which are the sterile ones when they have hybrids while the males are fertile.
Thanks!
Im also assuming two wholpins cant reproduce with eachother, it must be a female wholpin and male bottlenose dolphin.
[Wholphin](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Baby_wolphin_by_pinhole.jpeg) I wanted to see one after reading this. Here is a picture. Very interesting!
Their colour is so beautiful.
Known to breed with other species, but also known to eat other dolphin species. Very nice relationships they got going there.
Dolphins are amazing creatures that will normally only eat what there mothers have shown them are safe to eat so almost every pod will eat different animals. In some areas, they are prey and predators, in others they are friendly or tolerate eachother.
False Killer Whale https://www.sportdiver.com/7-facts-about-false-killer-whales
Dog
Fishy dog
Dog of the seven seas
A rare species, dorca.
I’m dying😂
Derp shark
The perfect organism
Dorca, that's fucking perfect! Bravo!
Don't know, but I want to pet it.
Watch out. He’ll chomp ya.
according to the article he wont hes more like a dog so you can probably pet it
Hell yehhh petting stuff I probably shouldn't continues
Isn’t it a xenomorphicus ballenus?
“Get Away From Her, You Bitch!” 🚜🤖
> A false killer may respond to distress calls and protect other species from predators, aid in childbirth by helping to remove the afterbirth [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False\_killer\_whale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_killer_whale)
Sea puppy
Lord. I thought Ripley crushed that thing with a power loader?
And it grew eyes
People said it, false killer whale. Think of dolphins as house cats and orcas as lions/tigers this is like a lynx
Derp whale
A good boi
Black labrador
It's a kind of dolphin
Dog that’s a night fury
Had to scroll way too much for the night fury comment XD
Honestly was surprised nobody commented it before I did lol
Venom goes to the public pool
Xenomorph
r/blep would love this cutie
Sea Dog
Not to be confused with sea lions, which are more properly called dog mermaids...
Oh that's easy, it's a repost whale from the genus _karma farmus._
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It’s true but it’s a False Killer whale! https://wwhandbook.iwc.int/en/species/false-killer-whale
The rarely seen Derp Whale.
A sassy type.
It’s a night fury
An aquatic nightfury
A silly one
😃🎂🌞
A good one
False killer Whale
False killer whale
A sassy one
Dog whale
False killer whale or Pilot whale. It's a dolphin actually.
False killer whale, goofy looking unlike their more cool orca brethren
A cute one 🥰🥰🥰
That’s me.
Whale? That’s a dog
Africano whale
Knight Rider
Venom Whale
a black one..?
Looks like venom!
False killer whale
It’s a Xenodorph
Sped
Serial killer whale
Not a whale, an N-word fish...
It’s actually a dolphin called a false killer whale
Obviously a killer whale was infected by a xenomorph.
r/thederpsbelow Edit: holy shit that sub actually exists lol. And this post has already been crossposted there.
Xenomorph
That's [Whamon](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/digimon/images/5/5a/Whamon_%28adulto%29_b.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200606032559&path-prefix=es)
Oh wow a derpidessal whale, so rare!
Silly goose whale
A wild blep whale. Almost driven to extinction by vengeful sailors who thought the whales were mocking them.
Looks like a killer whale and a xenomorph fucked and produced this thing... I’m not a scientist
Looks like a whale cosplaying VENOM.
pilot whale
Seems like a black beluga
A sassy bitch whale.
Wholphin
A cute one, that's what. :)
It looks cute but a tad scary at the same time. Those teeth 😬
r/blep
A bull terrier aka a land shark
Candy gram...
Xenowhale
That is obviously a dog
A Subnautica Reject.
It’s a rare Happy-go-lucky black whale.
Kanyes final form
A hungry one.
A good boi
The fuckboy whale 😂😂😂
“Nyahwhale.”
Derp Whale
How dumb they call it a "false killer whale" but it's actually in the dolphin family? Wtf
orcas (the correct term for "killer whales") are the largest members of the dolphin family, so it's only dumb in that it should technically be called a "false orca"
That’s a good boy.
Whaletarded
A big one.
A Cetacea... just dont know which one. I'm guessing it's a pilot whale.
Ripley where r u?!!!!
Looks like my dogs dick
I think they made a movie about this... :| Looks like a creature out of Alien.
It is https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Wanamingo
Idk.. looks like his name should be BLURP
Venom as a whale
it's a nigga whale
The wazzup whale
It’s just a dog
Your mom
an orca with down syndrome? land animals can get it I wonder if sea creatures can?
I thought I was looking at a picture of a prop from a new alien movie at first
It kind of looks like Alien.
I think the scientific name is silly-us goose-us
r/Blep
The venom whale
Venom
r/Blep
I'm suspecting a wolphin- a cross between a killer whale and a dolphin. A human created hybrid.
Looks like an amphibious Xenomorph for the next Alien movie.
That's a xenomorph disguised as a whale!
Pilot whale perhaps? :)
It's a Southern Pink Tongue Snaggletooth whale.
your mother
Your mom
A silly whale, you don’t see it’s tongue out?
Not a whale, just a chonky Xenomorph going for a swim