Orca Party
Jul 19, 2023 ·
58m 58s
Killer whales have been making the news lately for attcking boats. This is particularly notable because they seem to have spread this trend to other orcas. But orcas have been...
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Killer whales have been making the news lately for attcking boats. This is particularly notable because they seem to have spread this trend to other orcas. But orcas have been demonstrating a few interesting difficult-to-explain trends since people have started paying attention. We describe what orcas have been doing, why it's interesting, and what we understand about it so far.
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- https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/head-to-head-orca-vs-great-white-shark/
- https://movementecologyjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40462-017-0094-0
- https://hswri.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwwISlBhD6ARIsAESAmp6Xvm1Z5XmAWbDCOnUdY9qRS7avBr1P09Pv1WpWyAfRdh-v7iynXNQaAldDEALw_wcB
- https://cascadiaresearch.org/user_page/foraging-behavior-and-ecology-transient-killer-whales-orcinus-orca/
- https://www.whaleresearch.com/orca-behaviors
- https://www.killer-whale.org/killer-whale-social-structure/
- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/killer-whale-orca-trends
- https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/attacking-boats-may-be-a-new-social-trend-for-juvenile-orcas
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/understanding-orca-culture-12494696/
- https://www.iflscience.com/in-1987-orcas-had-a-fashion-of-wearing-a-dead-salmon-as-a-hat-69542
- https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-have-sunk-3-boats-in-europe-and-appear-to-be-teaching-others-to-do-the-same-but-why
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