Did you know that there are around 90 types of whales in the world? Well, you do now! We should add 90 that we know of, as there may be plenty of other species hiding in the depths of the ocean that we’ve yet to discover… In fact, it was only last year that scientists came across a new species in the tropical waters of Mexico. It is called Rice’s whale, after Dale Rice, the biologist who first discovered it.
All whales, dolphins and *porpoises are part of the same order, which is a bit like a family! Just as humans
