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Drone footage reveals orcas using tools in a stunning 1st

CNN International on MSN · 16h

Drone footage reveals orcas using tools in a stunning first

Orcas were spotted using kelp as a grooming tool on each other, the first known use of tools among cetaceans for something other than hunting prey.

The Canadian Press on MSN · 17h

Orcas use kelp tools to groom, researchers say

Researchers say higher quality drones helped them spot the whales regularly breaking off pieces of kelp to use as a tool, pressed between their bodies.

The Conversation on MSN · 15h

Drone footage captured orcas crafting tools out of kelp – and using them for grooming

For the first time, orcas have been seen making and using tools out of seaweed. The reason? Most likely as a form of social grooming.

Kelp, Killer whales

Scientific American · 20h

Orcas’ Killer Skin-Care Routine Relies on Kelp—And Help

Thanks to new drone footage, killer whales have joined an exclusive club: the short list of animals that make and use tools. Scientists have discovered that southern resident killer whales—an extended family of orcas that live off the coast of the Pacific Northwest in the Salish Sea —incorporate seaweed into a social grooming technique,

Science News · 22h

Killer whales may use kelp brushes to slough off rough skin

The whales use quick body movements to tear pieces of bull kelp for use as tools, perhaps the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal.

Killer whales 'massage' each other using kelp

Orcas in the North Pacific have been seen "massaging" each other - rubbing pieces of kelp between their bodies. Using drones, researchers filmed the animals selecting and biting off the kelp, then placing the tube-shaped piece of seaweed onto the back of another whale.

salish sea, killer and whales

The Portugal News · 2h

Orcas make seaweed tools to scratch each other’s backs

Orcas make seaweed tools in order to scratch each other’s backs, a study has suggested. The animals, also known as killer whales, were observed detaching lengths of seaweed and massaging each other with it.

PA Media on MSN · 22h

Killer whales make seaweed ‘tools’ to scratch each other’s backs

Killer whales have been seen detaching lengths of seaweed and using them to massage each other – the first evidence of tool-making by marine mammals. Scientists spotted this behaviour in drone footage of 'southern resident' killer whales in the Salish Sea,

Daily Journal · 21h

Scientists reveal how killer whales groom each other

Killer whales "groom" each other using tools made from seaweed, reveals new research.

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These dolphins have orca ‘friends.’ They may have an ulterior motive.

Scientists have documented what might be the first case of friendly interactions between killer whales and smaller cetaceans.

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Orcas filmed making tools out of kelp to give each other massages on the move

For the first time, researchers say they have captured footage of killer whales making tools out of seaweed to seemingly ...

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Pod of killer whales spotted in extremely rare sighting in the Channel by stunned pals on fishing trip

PALS on a fishing trip were stunned when they spotted what appeared to be a pod of killer whales in the Channel. David Hilton ...

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Orcas Use Seaweed To Massage Each Other

Killer whales have been seen detaching lengths of seaweed and using them to massage each other – the first evidence of ...

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Abandoned Marineland Antibes closed down leaving two living orca whales to rot to death

France's last remaining orcas, Wikie and Keijo, spend their endless days swimming around a cramped concrete tank after ...

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Annual whale and dolphin count underway

An annual count of whales and dolphins is underway, with people across the motu keeping an eye out for sea mammals - big and ...

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