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 ...
A recent photo of an orca swimming with a salmon on its head has fueled speculation that the fad, first observed in the 1980s ...
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 ...
I n late October, observers off the coast of Washington State witnessed an unusual sight: orcas swimming with dead salmon ...
Orca whales have been spotted wearing dead salmon as hats, simultaneously charming and confounding scientists around the ...
A resident orca off the coast of Washington state was recently spotted sporting a dead salmon on its head. The phenomenon was ...
The salmon hat craze was first observed in 1987 when a female orca in the Puget Sound area of the northeast Pacific was seen ...
On October 25, a viral photo of a Southern Resident orca at Point No Point, Washington, was spotted with a salmon on its head ...
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks orca researcher Deborah Giles about behavior she witnessed recently: whales wearing salmon as hats.
It’s a very sophisticated thing to do something for no purpose other than that it amuses you,” on researcher said.