Whales and Dolphins and Sharks

Whales and dolphins are not fish, but instead mammals.

Sharks, however, are fish with different types and sizes.

Some shark species are: great whites, lemon sharks, tiger sharks, hammerhead sharks, bull sharks (a rarity in that it can survive in freshwater areas), whale sharks, goblin sharks, basking sharks, mako sharks, thresher sharks, and more!

Sharks are carnivores, and many of them need to never stop swimming (even when asleep) to keep oxygen-rich water flowing through their gills. Whale sharks are called "whale" sharks because of their large size and because they filter-feed (similarly to some whales), but are truly sharks because they have cartilage instead of bone.

Fun Fact: Baby sharks are called pups!

If you wonder if dolphins and sharks can have babies together, dream on! They're from different classss and are just too different to mate together and get a dolphin shark hybrid, unlike breeds of dogs where you mate two different breeds of dogs to get a new one. There are other hybrids though, like the Liger, a lion tiger hybrid.

Fun important fact: Whales are dolphins, and dolphins are mammals, not fish!

It is time you learn the truth...

DOLPHINS ARE NOT FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!! (DUN DUN DUUUUUN!!!!!!)

Well, unless you trace back far into the vertebrate family tree, all tetrapods (all non-fish animals with a backbone) are fish! Including you!