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For Orcas, Dead Salmon Hats Are Back in Fashion
No, Orcas Probably Aren't Reviving the 'Dead Salmon Hat' Trend, Despite a Viral Photo, Experts Say. Here's Why
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 pod, but by individuals from other pods, too: wearing dead salmon hats. And yes,
For Orcas, Dead Salmon Hats Are Back in Fashion after 37 Years
Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it’s the 1980s, but researchers still aren’t sure why they do it
Orcas Are Wearing Salmon Hats. Again.
An especially popular killer whale put a dead fish on his head, in a throwback to a fashion last seen in the 1980s.
So hot right now: WA orcas are wearing dead salmon on their heads in latest fashion fad
West Coast killer whales were last spotted sporting expired salmon in the 1980s, according to Live Science. After a nearly 40-year hiatus, whale watchers and scientists witnessed the resurrected fad last month off Point No Point in Kitsap County and in South Puget Sound.
Southern Resident orcas have been seen wearing salmon ‘hats.’ What are they up to?
Deborah Giles told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm that while this "salmon hat" phenomenon is certainly noteworthy, it's likely not a hopeful sign of long-term recovery.
Orcas Bring Back Fashion Trend From Decades Ago: Salmon Hats
Orcas have been spotted wearing dead salmon on their head like hats, a trend that hasn't been popular with the whales since the 1980s.
Orcas Are Wearing Dead Salmon as Hats, And Scientists Are Stumped
The salmon hat craze was first observed in 1987 when a female orca in the Puget Sound area of the northeast Pacific was seen carrying a solitary dead fish on her nose. Within a few weeks the behavior was picked up by members of other pods, suggesting something about it must have appealed.
Are Pacific Northwest orcas bringing back the ‘salmon hat’ trend?
On October 25, a viral photo of a Southern Resident orca at Point No Point, Washington, was spotted with a salmon on its head — also known as a “salmon hat.” According to the Orca Network – a Washington nonprofit – the salmon hat phenomenon was first spotted in the late 80s among the endangered Southern Resident population.
Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years
Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it's the 1980s, but researchers still aren't sure why they do it.
Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why
About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and now the craze is back
Wearing salmon as hats are in vogue — at least for orcas
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks orca researcher Deborah Giles about behavior she witnessed recently: whales wearing salmon as hats.
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