Two orcas from the Pacific Northwest were spotted with dead salmon on their heads, an act first documented in the 1980s.
Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it’s the 1980s, but researchers still ...
In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has ...
An especially popular killer whale put a dead fish on his head, in a throwback to a fashion last seen in the 1980s.
A recent photo of an orca swimming with a salmon on its head has fueled speculation that the fad, first observed in the 1980s ...
The fashionistas of the ocean have spoken, and it’s official -- salmon hats are making a comeback among orcas.
Orca whales have been spotted wearing dead salmon as hats, simultaneously charming and confounding scientists around the ...
About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and ...
In the cold waters of Puget Sound, Washington, a peculiar fashion statement has resurfaced after nearly four decades. Orcas, ...
The salmon hat craze was first observed in 1987 when a female orca in the Puget Sound area of the northeast Pacific was seen ...
Experts say it may just be a "fad" that has emerged as the whales find more time to goof around. Read more at ...
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks orca researcher Deborah Giles about behavior she witnessed recently: whales wearing salmon as hats.