Drone footage reveals orcas making tools from kelp to groom each other
Scientists observed the surprising social behaviour, dubbed allokelping, in drone footage of killer whales
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Orcas observed making seaweed tools ‘to massage each other’
Scientists observed the surprising social behaviour, dubbed allokelping, in drone footage of killer whales
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Orcas make seaweed tools to scratch each other’s backs, study suggests
Scientists spotted the behaviour in drone footage of orcas in the Salish Sea, in the inland waters of the US state of Washington.
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