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The Strange Ways Southern Resident Orcas Socialize
Orcas are brilliant creatures. Their brains are highly developed when it comes to problem-solving skills, cognition, and ...
Orcas are spotted SNOGGING in the wild for the first time – and they even use tongues
A surprising new study now shows that orcas have a softer, possibly even romantic, side as they are caught kissing on film ...
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"Allokelping": Hot New Wellness Trend For Critically Endangered Orcas Showcases Impressive Tool Use
Animals using tools is always a pretty cool facet of their behavior, from monkeys cracking nuts to elephants sabotaging their ...
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How Norway Achieved Nearly a 100 Percent Recycling Rate
The team ran experiments offering people who returned bottles the option of getting a typical ten-cent payout—or the small ...
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Orcas filmed making out in the wild for first time
Footage captures a pair of orcas nibbling each other's tongues in the Kvænangen fjords in northern Norway. Scientists think ...
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These Killer Whales Make Tools From Kelp to Massage Each Other in a Newly Discovered Grooming Behavior
Dubbed "allokelping," it might be a unique cultural phenomenon that's as endangered as the orca population itself ...
Orcas play by shore in Commencement Bay near Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. — A pod of orca whales was spotted playing in Commencement Bay near Tacoma. Video shared with KOMO News by ...
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Orcas discovered making tools from seaweed to ‘massage’ each other
We were amazed when we first noticed this behavior,” said Michael Weiss, research director at the Center for Whale Research in the U.S. state of Washington. What started as a puzzling observation in ...
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Orcas filmed making out in the wild for first time
Footage captures a pair of orcas nibbling each other's tongues in the Kvænangen fjords in northern Norway. Scientists think this rarely seen behavior could play a role in social bonding.