Orcas discovered making tools from seaweed to ‘massage’ each other

Mongabay
Jun 25, 2025, 11:18 am648 ptsHotTop
“We were amazed when we first noticed this behavior,” said Michael Weiss, research director at the Center for Whale Research in the U.S. state of Washington. What started as a puzzling observation in drone footage revealed something unexpected: killer whales are making tools from a type of seaweed called…

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