$A$ student enters the museum and observes the animal specimens. He looks at the one marked 'whale' and calls it a type of fish. How will you explain to him that whales and fishes belong to two different classes? List any three distinguishing features to justify your statement.

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(N/A) Whales belong to the class $Mammalia$, while fishes belong to the class $Pisces$. Here are three distinguishing features:
$Whale$$Fish$
$(i)$ It is a warm-blooded animal (homeothermic).$(i)$ It is a cold-blooded animal (poikilothermic).
$(ii)$ It has a four-chambered heart.$(ii)$ It has a two-chambered heart.
$(iii)$ It breathes through lungs.$(iii)$ It breathes through gills.

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