With salmon hats, Orca fashion goes back to 1980s

Orca spotted wearing 'dead salmon hat,’ experts say it's a good sign
A resident orca off the coast of Washington state was recently spotted sporting a dead salmon on its head. The phenomenon was first documented in 1987, when whales from three separate pods were seen wearing salmon like hats.
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.
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.
Killer whale in Washington state revives '80s trend of dead salmon hats
Researchers recently observed a killer whale (Orca) wearing dead salmon on their heads as hats, and believe it or not it's not the first time. It's something that the Orcas were doing back in the 1980s.
Are Orca Whales Wearing Dead Salmon As Hats For Fashion? An Investigation
Orca whales have been spotted wearing dead salmon as hats, simultaneously charming and confounding scientists around the world. On October 25, an Orca whale from a group of whales called the J pod was spotted with a dead salmon perched on top of its head as it swam through Puget Sound in Washington State, USA.
Trendsetting orcas bringing ‘80s fashion back to the Puget Sound: salmon hats
It’s a very sophisticated thing to do something for no purpose other than that it amuses you,” on researcher said.
Salmon Hats Are Back in Fashion Among Orcas
The fashionistas of the ocean have spoken, and it’s official -- salmon hats are making a comeback among orcas.
Orcas Are Wearing Dead Salmon as Hats, And Scientists Are Stumped
A group of orcas off the west coast of North America has brought back a bizarre fashion trend not seen since the late 1980s: wearing a single dead salmon on their heads as if it was a hat. Experts are at a loss to explain why orcas would want to wear fish in the first place,
With salmon hats, Orca fashion goes back to the 1980s
I n late October, observers off the coast of Washington State witnessed an unusual sight: orcas swimming with dead salmon perched on their heads. This behavior, first noted in 198
Strange Trend Returns After 40 Years: Orcas Are Wearing Salmon “Hats”
Sometimes, nature surprises us with behavior that feels more like a quirky human trend than an animal instinct. That’s exactly what’s happening off the Pacific Northwest coast, where orcas are once again donning “hats” made from dead salmon.
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