{"id":40206,"date":"2026-01-29T14:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:50:35","slug":"are-whales-mammals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/es\/blog\/son-las-ballenas-mamiferos\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfLas ballenas son mam\u00edferos? Descubra la verdad sobre los mam\u00edferos m\u00e1s grandes del oc\u00e9ano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Si alguna vez se ha preguntado, <em>\"\u00bfLas ballenas son mam\u00edferos?\"<\/em> no est\u00e1s solo. Parece una de esas preguntas con una respuesta obvia, hasta que te lo piensas dos veces. Al fin y al cabo, las ballenas viven bajo el agua, tienen aletas y un sospechoso aspecto de pez... Entonces, \u00bfson peces o mam\u00edferos?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u00e9jenme decirles que las ballenas son mam\u00edferos 100%. Pero espere, no se deje enga\u00f1ar pensando que esto es s\u00f3lo otra clase de biolog\u00eda, qu\u00e9dese. El mundo de las ballenas est\u00e1 lleno de curiosidades, desde la leche con textura de pasta de dientes hasta los ombligos y el sue\u00f1o con el cerebro dividido. Est\u00e1s a punto de ver a estos gigantes del oc\u00e9ano de una forma totalmente nueva.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/tours\/whale-watching-in-ponta-delgada-sao-miguel-azores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13.jpg 815w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13-18x6.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-whales-are-mammals\">\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 las ballenas son mam\u00edferos?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sao-Miguel_Species_Baleen-whales_Fin-whale_fin-whale-copy-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sao-Miguel_Species_Baleen-whales_Fin-whale_fin-whale-copy-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sao-Miguel_Species_Baleen-whales_Fin-whale_fin-whale-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sao-Miguel_Species_Baleen-whales_Fin-whale_fin-whale-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sao-Miguel_Species_Baleen-whales_Fin-whale_fin-whale-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sao-Miguel_Species_Baleen-whales_Fin-whale_fin-whale-copy-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sao-Miguel_Species_Baleen-whales_Fin-whale_fin-whale-copy-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Futurismo <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/fin-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rorcual com\u00fan\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"845\">Rorcual com\u00fan<\/a> en <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/islands\/sao-miguel-island-azores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"S\u00e3o Miguel\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"848\">S\u00e3o Miguel<\/a> Costa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A pesar de pasar toda su vida en el oc\u00e9ano, las ballenas tienen m\u00e1s en com\u00fan con los humanos que con los peces. Las ballenas pertenecen al orden <em>Cetacea<\/em>que tambi\u00e9n incluye a delfines y marsopas. Pero \u00bfqu\u00e9 es exactamente lo que los convierte en mam\u00edferos?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vamos a desglosarlo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Respiran aire a trav\u00e9s de los pulmones: estas criaturas respiran igual que los humanos y no utilizan branquias como los peces.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Son de sangre caliente: mantienen una temperatura corporal estable como todos los mam\u00edferos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tienen pelo (\u00a1s\u00ed!): normalmente s\u00f3lo unas pocas cerdas cuando son beb\u00e9s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Producen leche y amamantan a sus cr\u00edas, una caracter\u00edstica que define a los mam\u00edferos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Y s\u00ed, tienen ombligo: se\u00f1al de que han nacido vivos a trav\u00e9s de la placenta, como nosotros.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As\u00ed que para responder a la pregunta <em>\"\u00bfLas ballenas son mam\u00edferos?\"<\/em> - es un fuerte y orgulloso \u00a1s\u00ed!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Art\u00edculos relacionados<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/do-whales-and-dolphins-lay-eggs-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00bfPonen huevos las ballenas y los delfines?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-do-dolphins-mate-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comportamientos de apareamiento y v\u00ednculos sociales en los delfines<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-fast-can-whales-swim-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Velocidad m\u00e1xima de nataci\u00f3n de las ballenas<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-do-whales-and-dolphins-communicate-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sistemas de comunicaci\u00f3n entre ballenas y delfines<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/is-the-fin-whale-endangered-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Estado de conservaci\u00f3n mundial de los rorcuales comunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/portuguese-man-o-war-jellyfish-physalia-physalis-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hombre de guerra portugu\u00e9s (Physalia physalis)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-is-a-group-of-dolphins-called-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sustantivos colectivos para los distintos grupos de delfines<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-do-dolphins-eat-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 comen los delfines?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-whales-mammals\/\">\u00bfLas ballenas son mam\u00edferos?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-from-land-to-sea-how-whales-became-ocean-giants\">De la tierra al mar: c\u00f3mo las ballenas se convirtieron en gigantes oce\u00e1nicos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gran pregunta. Hace mucho tiempo, los antepasados de las ballenas eran mam\u00edferos terrestres parecidos a los ciervos que poco a poco cambiaron los senderos del bosque por las olas saladas. Con el tiempo, sus patas se convirtieron en aletas, sus narices se trasladaron a la parte superior de la cabeza (hola espir\u00e1culo) y sus cuerpos se adaptaron para deslizarse por el agua con gracia. Esta transici\u00f3n se produjo hace unos 50 millones de a\u00f1os. As\u00ed que s\u00ed, podemos decir que las ballenas son primos m\u00e1s cercanos de las vacas que de los tiburones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-underwater-nursing-how-whale-calves-drink-milk\">Lactancia subacu\u00e1tica: C\u00f3mo toman leche los ballenatos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Si pensabas que amamantar era complicado, prueba a hacerlo a 20 metros de profundidad. Las madres ballena producen una leche extremadamente espesa, con la consistencia de la pasta de dientes (sin sabor a menta, suponemos), y m\u00e1s de 30% de grasa. Esto permite que la leche se pegue bajo el agua, para que no se disuelva antes de llegar a la boca del beb\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las cr\u00edas de ballena saben instintivamente d\u00f3nde amamantarse. Aunque no hay pezones visibles, las ballenas madre tienen surcos especiales que liberan leche cuando son estimuladas por la lengua de la cr\u00eda. Esto evita que la leche se desperdicie en el agua y permite alimentar adecuadamente a las cr\u00edas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-whale-sleep-secrets-resting-one-half-of-the-brain-at-a-time\">Secretos del sue\u00f1o de las ballenas: Descansar una mitad del cerebro a la vez<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-two-blow-holes-of-a-blue-whale-Balaenoptera-musculus-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-two-blow-holes-of-a-blue-whale-Balaenoptera-musculus-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-two-blow-holes-of-a-blue-whale-Balaenoptera-musculus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-two-blow-holes-of-a-blue-whale-Balaenoptera-musculus-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-two-blow-holes-of-a-blue-whale-Balaenoptera-musculus-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-two-blow-holes-of-a-blue-whale-Balaenoptera-musculus.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Futurismo | Blow Hole of a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/sperm-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Cachalote\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"846\">Cachalote<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lo hacen, pero no como nosotros. Como necesitan respirar conscientemente en la superficie, s\u00f3lo la mitad de su cerebro duerme a la vez. La otra mitad permanece despierta para controlar la respiraci\u00f3n y vigilar el peligro. As\u00ed que s\u00ed, una ballena nunca duerme del todo. Imag\u00ednate poder echarte la siesta y contestar correos electr\u00f3nicos al mismo tiempo (en realidad... no le des ideas a tu jefe).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Art\u00edculos relacionados<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/is-the-fin-whale-endangered-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00bfEst\u00e1 en peligro el rorcual com\u00fan?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/sperm-whale-diet-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dieta del cachalote<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/sperm-whales-scars-scientific-explanation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cicatrices de cachalote<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/whale-watching-in-azores-when-is-the-best-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Temporadas altas para avistamiento de cet\u00e1ceos en Azores<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-does-a-whale-penis-look-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 aspecto tiene el pene de una ballena?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-does-whale-milk-taste-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Caracter\u00edsticas y sabor de la leche de ballena<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conclusion\">Conclusi\u00f3n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As\u00ed, la pr\u00f3xima vez que alguien pregunte: \"\u00bfLas ballenas son mam\u00edferos?\" tendr\u00e1s algo m\u00e1s que un simple s\u00ed, tendr\u00e1s historias, ciencia y unos cuantos datos curiosos para que la conversaci\u00f3n fluya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Estos incre\u00edbles seres demuestran que ser mam\u00edfero no consiste s\u00f3lo en vivir en tierra, sino en prosperar en los lugares m\u00e1s inesperados, formar profundos lazos sociales y recordarnos constantemente lo poco que sabemos realmente del oc\u00e9ano.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/tours\/whale-watching-in-lajes-do-pico-azores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2.jpg 815w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2-18x6.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>\u00bfQuiere saber cu\u00e1les son las mejores horas para avistar cet\u00e1ceos?<\/strong><br><br>Eche un vistazo a nuestro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/whale-watching-azores-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calendario de avistamiento de cet\u00e1ceos<\/a> y planifique su pr\u00f3xima aventura. No pierdas la oportunidad de avistar estas majestuosas criaturas en aguas de las Azores. \ud83d\udc0b \ud83c\udf0a<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faqs\">Preguntas frecuentes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1752575258143\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">\u00bfLas ballenas son mam\u00edferos o peces?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-whales-mammals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Las ballenas son mam\u00edferos<\/a>Las ballenas son mam\u00edferos, no peces. Respiran aire con los pulmones, son de sangre caliente, dan a luz vivas y alimentan a sus cr\u00edas con leche. Los peces, en cambio, tienen branquias, ponen huevos y son de sangre fr\u00eda. Las ballenas est\u00e1n m\u00e1s emparentadas con las vacas que con los tiburones.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1752575277437\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">\u00bfC\u00f3mo respiran las ballenas si viven bajo el agua?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-whales-mammals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ballenas<\/a> respiran a trav\u00e9s de un espir\u00e1culo situado en la parte superior de la cabeza. Deben salir regularmente a la superficie para respirar y pueden aguantar la respiraci\u00f3n durante inmersiones prolongadas. A diferencia de los peces, no tienen branquias, por lo que no pueden respirar bajo el agua.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1752575316231\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\"><strong>\u00bfLas ballenas amamantan a sus cr\u00edas?<\/strong><\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">\u00a1S\u00ed! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-whales-mammals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ballena<\/a> S\u00ed. Las ballenas producen una leche espesa y grasa que roc\u00edan en la boca de sus cr\u00edas bajo el agua. La leche es tan densa que no se disuelve f\u00e1cilmente, lo que ayuda al beb\u00e9 a crecer r\u00e1pidamente, a veces ganando m\u00e1s de 90 kg al d\u00eda.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1752575345416\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">\u00bfEvolucionaron las ballenas a partir de animales terrestres?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">\u00a1Lo hicieron! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-whales-mammals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ballenas<\/a> Y lo hicieron. Las ballenas descienden de mam\u00edferos terrestres cuadr\u00fapedos que vivieron hace unos 50 millones de a\u00f1os. Con el tiempo, sus extremidades evolucionaron hasta convertirse en aletas, sus cuerpos se hicieron m\u00e1s aerodin\u00e1micos y se adaptaron plenamente a la vida marina.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1752575371075\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">\u00bfC\u00f3mo duermen?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-do-whales-sleep-scientific-explanation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Las ballenas duermen<\/a> Las ballenas duermen con una mitad del cerebro a la vez, lo que les permite mantenerse parcialmente alerta para respirar y estar atentas al peligro. Es el llamado sue\u00f1o unihemisf\u00e9rico, que las mantiene vivas en un mundo en el que no pueden respirar inconscientemente.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1752575586372\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\"><strong>\u00bfDe verdad cantan las ballenas?<\/strong><\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Las ballenas jorobadas son conocidas sobre todo por sus complejos cantos, que pueden durar horas y recorrer grandes distancias bajo el agua. Estas vocalizaciones pueden tener fines como atraer a sus parejas o coordinarse con otras ballenas.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1752575604270\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">\u00bfCu\u00e1l es el hecho m\u00e1s extra\u00f1o sobre las ballenas?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-whales-mammals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ballenas<\/a> Las ballenas tienen ombligo, se queman con el sol y les salen capas de cerumen que revelan su edad, como los anillos de los \u00e1rboles. Ah, y algunas especies pueden soltar enormes pedos bajo el agua. La naturaleza es muy variada.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-references\">Referencias<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ohta, S., Hattori, R., &amp; Ichihara, T. (1953). <em>Sobre la composici\u00f3n qu\u00edmica de la leche de rorcual com\u00fan<\/em>. Informes cient\u00edficos del Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n de Ballenas, 8, 51-67.<a href=\" https:\/\/www.icrwhale.org\/pdf\/SC010151-167.pdf\"> https:\/\/www.icrwhale.org\/pdf\/SC010151-167.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thewissen, J. G. M., Cooper, L. N., Clementz, M. T., Bajpai, S., &amp; Tiwari, B. N. (2007). Whales originated from aquatic artiodactyls in the Eocene epoch of India. <em>Naturaleza<\/em>, 450, 1190-1194.<br><a>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/nature06343<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pabst, D. A., McLellan, W. A., &amp; Rommel, S. A. (1999). <em>Anatom\u00eda funcional de los mam\u00edferos marinos<\/em>. En J. E. Reynolds III &amp; S. A. Rommel (Eds.), Biology of marine mammals (pp. 15-72). Smithsonian Institution Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trumble, S. J., Robinson, E. M., Berman-Kowalewski, M., Potter, C. W., &amp; Usenko, S. (2013). <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/blue-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ballena azul\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"847\">Ballena azul<\/a> un tap\u00f3n para los o\u00eddos revela la exposici\u00f3n a contaminantes durante toda la vida y los perfiles hormonales. <em>Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias<\/em>, 110(42), 16922-16926.<br><a>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1311418110<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever found yourself asking, \u201cAre whales mammals?\u201d you&#8217;re not alone. It sounds like one of those questions with an obvious answer, until you think twice. After all, whales live underwater, have fins, and look suspiciously fishy\u2026 So, are they fish or mammals? Let me tell you that whales are 100% mammals. 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Unlike fish, they don\u2019t have gills \u2014 so they can\u2019t breathe underwater at all.","inLanguage":"es"},"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/it\/blog\/le-balene-sono-mammiferi\/#faq-question-1752575316231","position":3,"url":"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/it\/blog\/le-balene-sono-mammiferi\/#faq-question-1752575316231","name":"\u00bfLas ballenas amamantan a sus cr\u00edas?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-whales-mammals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Whale<\/a> mothers produce thick, fatty milk that\u2019s squirted into the calf\u2019s mouth underwater. 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