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Is it normal to use baby about a whale calf in English, or is it only used in the title to trigger emotions?

• spicymaki 8y ago
  Yes it is normal in fact for whales. English speakers use calf for the young, cow for female, and bull for males. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_names https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_names English speakers do the same for other sea mammals such as dolphins and walruses.
  • jazoom 8y ago
    I could be wrong but I think you read the comment backwards.
    • rypskar 8y ago
      You are right, for me calf is the natural word to use for a young whale. So using the word baby seems to be to trigger an emotion in readers to set a state for the rest of the text. Indicating that it is more wrong to kill a whale than to kill a cow
      • jazoom 8y ago
        I think that's exactly why they called it a "baby".
    • spicymaki 8y ago
      You are right! Misread the comment.