In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has ...
Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it’s the 1980s, but researchers still ...
Orcas Wear Dead Fish as Hats After 40 Years, Scientists Unclear Why They Are Sporting the Unusual Fashion Trend Again Killer ...
In the 1980s, an orca on the West Coast of the United States started a strange trend that was quickly adopted not just by her ...
An especially popular killer whale put a dead fish on his head, in a throwback to a fashion last seen in the 1980s.
Deborah Giles told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm that while this "salmon hat" phenomenon is certainly noteworthy, it's likely not a ...
About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and ...
On October 25, a viral photo of a Southern Resident orca at Point No Point, Washington, was spotted with a salmon on its head ...
The fashionistas of the ocean have spoken, and it’s official -- salmon hats are making a comeback among orcas.
It’s a very sophisticated thing to do something for no purpose other than that it amuses you,” on researcher said.
West Coast killer whales were last spotted sporting expired salmon in the 1980s, according to Live Science. After a nearly 40 ...
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks orca researcher Deborah Giles about behavior she witnessed recently: whales wearing salmon as hats.