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TIL - There is such a thing as a Right Whale Dolphin and they don't have a dorsal fin

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TIL - There is such a thing as a Right Whale Dolphin and they don't have a dorsal fin

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Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 18 days ago

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https://animalia-life.club/qa/pictures/southern-right-whale-dolphin

Conspicuously, neither species has a dorsal fin; nor do right whales and this may explain the dolphins’ name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_whale_dolphin

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No idea they existed until now either. very striking and unusual looking I wonder why they evolved to have no dorsal fin?

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