Porpoise: Profile and Information
Porpoises are often mistaken for dolphins, but they are a group of fully aquatic mammals that have a striking resemblance to a dolphin.
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Discover the world of mammals — warm-blooded vertebrates that nurse their young with milk, spanning from the tiniest shrews and bats to elephants, whales, and primates, across every habitat on Earth.
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