LOADING ERROR LOADING Dead salmon hats for fall? In the summer of 1987, orcas from the Pacific Northwest’s “southern resident” population started doing something that fascinated and perplexed human observers: wearing dead salmon on their heads. “We saw one with a fish on its head,” Deborah Giles, the research director for the nonprofit Wild Orca, told New Scientist. “So that …
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LOADING ERROR LOADING There’s a glimmer of hope for a once anguished orca. Two years ago, the internet watched with a heavy heart as an grief-stricken killer whale named Tahlequah mourned the loss of her newborn calf by carrying its dead body with her for 17 days. https://t.co/3Z281G79aK pic.twitter.com/mUo4KnWWZE — SR3 July 26, 2020 In 2018, Tahlequah, referred to by …
