me, every time someone comments ‘technically orcas are dolphins’ or ‘i know orcas aren’t whales but’:

I know this should not bug me but it does so I will say it:

ORCAS. ARE. WHALES.

YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS WHALES?

Dolphins

THEY ARE ALL WHALES. BECAUSE.

ALL OF THEM ARE CETACEANS

CETACEANS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS:

TOOTHED WHALES AND BALEEN WHALES

OF WHICH THE DOLPHINS ARE THE FORMER

THEREFORE

THEY ARE ALSO WHALES (specifically toothed whales)

here, I have drawn a handy circle whale graph for you

(not to scale)

please stop saying ‘orcas are technically dolphins, not whales!’ …..They’re…… both. They are dolphins. And whales. It’s not incorrect to call them whales.