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Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. They are an informal grouping within the infraorder Cetacea, usually excluding dolphins and porpoises. Whales, dolphins and porpoises belong to the order Cetartiodactyla, which consists of even-toed ungulates. Their closest living relatives are the hippopotamuses, having diverged about 40 million years ago. The two parvorders of whales, baleen whales and toothed whales, are thought to have split apart around 34 million years ago. Whales consist of eight extant families: Balaenopteridae, Balaenidae, Cetotheriidae, Eschrichtiidae, Monodontidae, Physeteridae, Kogiidae, and Ziphiidae.



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Water Touches Everything – NASA
Spelljammer Whaleship, art by DimlitDestiny
Sperm whales and their mysterious vertical sleep.
GOP Whales Gone MAD
Does calling the Purrgil “space whales” imply normal water whales exist somewhere in Star Wars canon?
Cloud away [1920×1080]
Dream of Aurora, by Alex Shuper, Blender 3D