Orcas wear salmon hats again

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A recent orca sighting recalls a mystifying 1980s phenomenon. Is it happening again?

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A male orca known as J27 , or “Blackberry,” was photographed in Washington ’s Puget Sound wearing a salmon on his head.

In 1987 , a group of killer whales off the northwestern coast of North America briefly donned salmon “hats” The behavior spread to the other Southern Resident pods over the next six weeks , then disappeared.

The Southern Resident clan gorged on salmon in Puget Sound in October .

It’s possible that there was simply so much food that the orca couldn’t resist having some fun with his dinner.

It could be that the orcas kept the fish on their heads so they could eat later or share them with a podmate.

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