In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has ...

Two orcas from the Pacific Northwest were spotted with dead salmon on their heads, an act first documented in the 1980s.

With their bellies full and still more salmon at the ready, whales could be storing them to eat later or saving them for a particular killer whale they might see later. But, Giles added ...

Killer whales in the Pacific Northwest resume the habit of balancing salmon on their heads, puzzling scientists and observers ...

Fashion is fickle and styles come and go — even for orcas, apparently. In 1987, a group of killer whales off the northwestern coast of North America briefly donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on ...

It could be that the orcas kept the fish on their heads so they could eat them later or share them with a podmate, Giles said. “These animals cooperatively hunt and share food. They’ll literally bite ...