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Orcas often share food with each other—it’s a prosocial activity and a way that they build relationships with each other,” ...
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New Scientist on MSNWhat does it mean when an orca wants to share its lunch with you?Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they ...
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Live Science on MSNWild orcas offer humans food. Could they be trying to make friends — or manipulate us?Researchers have documented orcas dropping prey and other marine life in front of humans, as if offering us food. The orcas' ...
They amuse us by wearing salmon hats, enrage us by sinking our expensive yachts, and now they have been documented sharing their meals with us – why?
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IFLScience on MSNOrcas Sometimes Give Humans Presents Of Food And We Don’t Know WhyFar from the fearsome reputation implied by their name, “killer whales”, orcas sometimes offer people gifts of food. Why ...
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Discover Magazine on MSNSome Killer Whales Share Their Lunch with Humans, and May be Trying to Build RelationshipsLearn why some orcas, commonly known as killer whales, are sharing their prey with humans.
A study published in the journal Oceans details the remarkable chance encounter between a group of citizen scientists on a ...
Like a proud cat leaving a bird on its owner's doorstep, orcas—also called killer whales—may sometimes offer to share their ...
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ScienceAlert on MSNOrcas Caught 'Kissing' For Two Minutes With TongueWe've recently seen orcas foray into the world of fashion by wearing dead salmon as hats. Now a pair of orcas has been caught ...
Other animals including some early humans, non-human primates, sea otters, elephants, and bird species are known to use ...
Killer whale pod via Shutterstock The prey of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Arctic is little studied, except of course by native Inuit peoples. New research has used a novel technique to ...
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