31 Whale and Dolphin Facts That Challenge What Most People Assume

31 Whale and Dolphin Facts That Challenge What Most People Assume

Most people know whales are large and dolphins are clever. That’s roughly where the popular understanding stops — and where things start becoming genuinely interesting. The cetacean family, which includes every whale, dolphin, and porpoise on the planet, contains some of the most complex, surprising, and poorly understood creatures in the animal kingdom. Some of what scientists have discovered in recent decades actively contradicts what seemed l…