When most people imagine whales, they picture enormous creatures with smooth, shiny skin moving silently through the ocean. Unlike seals or sea otters, whales do not appear to have fur, which raises an interesting question: do whales actually have hair?
The surprising answer is yes — but only in very small amounts, and the story is more complicated than it seems. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises belong to a group of marine mammals called cetacean…
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