NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks orca researcher Deborah Giles about behavior she witnessed recently: whales wearing salmon as hats.

A killer whale was spotted balancing a salmon on its head. It’s not clear what the behavior means, but orcas were observed ...

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For the first time in 37 years scientists have observed orcas wearing dead salmons as hats, but no one knows what's behind this fishy behavior.