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Orcas Are Now Hunting Whale Sharks For Their Livers

Orcas are endlessly fascinating creatures. Their antics have been the focus of the internet's interest in recent years. Now, they're hunting whale sharks.

Yahoo · 10h

New images show how orcas hunt whale sharks

An orca pod in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico has devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks — the world’s largest fish that can grow up to 18 meters (60 feet) in length — new research has revealed.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Orcas have learned how to hunt and kill huge whale sharks, video shows

Off the coast of Mexico, scientists have observed a pod of killer whales adapting new skills to help them hunt these docile giants of the sea.

WA orcas are wearing dead salmon on their heads

cbc.ca on MSN · 24m

Why orcas wear dead salmon as 'hats' remains a mystery, scientists say

In what may seem like a call-back to 1980s whale culture, a resident orca off the coast of Washington state was recently spotted sporting a dead salmon on its head.

Yahoo Style Canada · 2h

So hot right now: WA orcas are wearing dead salmon on their heads in latest fashion fad

Washington orcas have reportedly revived a macabre fashion trend: dead-salmon hats. West Coast killer whales were last spotted sporting expired salmon in the 1980s, according to Live Science. After a nearly 40-year hiatus,

ZME Science on MSN · 16h

After 40 Years Orcas Make Salmon Hats Trendy Again

In the cold waters of Puget Sound, Washington, a peculiar fashion statement has resurfaced after nearly four decades. Orcas, the ocean’s charismatic black-and-white predators, are donning “salmon hats” again—balancing dead fish on their heads as they swim.

Orcas observed preying on massive whale sharks

The method of hunting may imply that some orcas in the Gulf of California have acquired a special set of skills–like going ...

NDTV10h

Killer Whales Are Hunting Whale Sharks And Scientists Have The Evidence Now

Orcas, better known as killer whales, have been spotted hunting whale sharks, the world's largest shark species, that can ...

Science News1d

Videos capture orcas’ tricks for taking down the largest fish on Earth

Orcas’ physiology should hamper their ability to catch whale sharks. “They have lungs,” says Pancaldi. The whale shark, with gills, can do infinite lurks and dive 2,000 meters deep, while its mammal ...

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