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Orcas use kelp as a tool to groom and bond with each other
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with orca expert Michael Weiss about his research on how orcas in the Salish Sea use kelp to groom and bond with each other, a behavior he’s never seen before. This article was originally published on WBUR.
Killer whales turn kelp stalks into tools that they use to groom each other while cleaning their own skin, too, observations ...
A study published in the journal Current Biology describes a new example of tool use by a critically endangered population of ...
The orcas clearly liked this activity because different whales were recorded preparing the stems eight times and rolling the ...
Researchers using a new drone say they have observed killer whales finding and modifying stalks of kelp to preen each other.
The whales use quick body movements to tear pieces of bull kelp for use as tools, perhaps the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal.
Killer whales are known for their intelligence and power, even an inclination to sink yachts. Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can. Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of ...
The adult male killer whale Moctezuma and five other killer whales (two adult females, two juveniles, one calf), in the vicinity of the juvenile whale shark, measuring around 6 meters.
This orca has never had a calf of her own. It is possible that she adopted the pilot whale as a substitute. Pilot whales and orcas both have close-knit families in the wild, meaning their ...
Tahlequah, the killer whale who made headlines for mourning her dead calf in a unique two-week "tour of grief" seven years ago, is reacting to her latest deceased newborn the same way, a heart ...
Researchers are concerned about the new orca whale calf born last month, describing it as "emaciated." This photo from Oct. 5, 2024, shows L128 and L83.
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