Recent Examples on the WebThe humpback whale is approximately four times larger than the closely related common minke whale, and the orca whale can be 20 times larger than the closely related bottlenose dolphin. Athena Aktipis, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2021 That breaks down to 150 bryde's whales, 52 common minke whales and 25 sei whales. Ivan Watson, CNN, 2 July 2019