# @cmaquarium on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbJcCUEmrad
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68344123-cmaquarium-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-23T19:40:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Clearwater Marine Aquarium (@cmaquarium) — https://gondola.cc/cmaquarium

## Caption

Happy World Whale and Dolphin Day! 🐋 🐬 Did you know that all dolphins are actually whales? They are all part of the scientific order Cetacea, which includes whales, porpoises and dolphins! Dolphin species are grouped together with toothed whales (suborder Odontoceti), whereas right whales, humpback whales, blue whales, and many other larger whales you may commonly think of are known as baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti), which have a long fringed plate made of keratin to filter food instead of individual teeth. 

In this photo you can see a pair of juvenile North Atlantic right whales swimming near a group of bottlenose dolphins. This photo was taken earlier this year by the CMA Research Institute aerial survey team, which was coordinating closely with NOAA and other partners on the water to monitor these critically endangered whales and alert marine vessels to stay clear of the whales path as they crossed near a busy inlet off the coast of North Carolina. Vessel strikes are one of the biggest threats to marine animals, and especially for right whales who travel up and down the eastern coast crossing shipping lanes from New England to Florida every year during calving season. 

Whether it's a small dolphin or a larger whale, give all cetaceans plenty of space, stay alert and slow down near any signs of marine life. 

Photo credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #24359. Funded by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

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