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5 briefings · “orca”
New footage shows orcas “smashing fish to smithereens,” raising a rare question: toollike hunting, or pure play behavior?
A new Frontiers in Ethology paper documents cooperative “ramming” that may be practice, play, or social learning.
A new video shows killer whales shredding a huge meal on purpose, raising fresh questions for scientists and regulators.
Scientists now have footage of the first confirmed “exploding” sunfish attacks, raising questions about hunting, play, and cooperation.
Two Gulf of California observations show coordinated hold-and-release smashing, with scientists calling it “ram-to-fragment.”
