I wonder if it’s a religious ceremony.
It’s a badly understood fertility ritual.
Spotted the pre-historic archeologist
I may or may not have played Heaven’s Vault recently…
Her name was Lola, she was a show girl…. With a salmon on her head
She was a show girl With a salmon on her head Her name was Lola
Unintentional haiku?
Unintentionally yes.
Everything old becomes new again.
Does that include me?
I saw a girl wearing parachute pants on Tuesday. Looks like orcas follow the same fashion cycle.
Retro fashion.
Maybe they’re wearing them ironically.
And then the younger orcas won’t get why it’s ironic and will think it’s actually cool and wear them sincerely, and it will slowly become unfashionable again. Until another 30-40 years pass.
Maybe they’re celebrating the damage humans are doing to themselves and are excited about a time where they’re once again the biggest brained, smartest mammal on earth.
Maybe.
They try to say “So long and thank you for the fish”
I just don’t understand how they wear them as hats and none of the articles have a picture.
mvp
I’m assuming it’s just on the surface then? Seems like it would fall off if they went under water.
rapidly abandoned after their parents start wearing it
thank you Lemmy user “Dumbass” for your valued contribution
planking
Well now I gotta go change.
They’re Warning us about over fishing and the damage we’re causing to their habitats
Or just a way to carry the snack for later.
Sometimes it’s ok to just have some curious/silly news without it being used as an opportunity to remind people how terrible they are…
Can they live that long? Maybe one of them remembered and had a nostalgia moment, then the rest of the pod caught up
Grandpa orca trying to amuse a baby
So I wore an salmon on my head, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. “Gimme five bees for a quarter,” you’d say. Now where were we… oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an salmon on my head, which was the style at the time. I didn’t have any pink salmon, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big white ones…
– Grampa Orca
I just hope the young orcas are doing it ironically.
50-90 year life span
is the 40 year gap a natural phenomenon or human contributed?
Sex gap, female orcas live up to 90 years while male orcas live around 50. Older female orcas help take care of the calfs in the pod and so therefore live longer. Some really old male orcas have been spotted but they are a very rare exception.
Why was my first thought “ur mom has a 50-90 year life span (hope she joyfully exceeds/ed it)”
Anyway that’s cool, thanks for the SeaFax
Maybe it makes them taste neat? Also orcas are smart enough to just do stuff for the hell of it, so there’s always that yeah
Many men have been decorating their necks with colorful ropes for many decades, especially on official and celebratory occasions, there is also no logical scientific explanation.
I read “Orcas” as “Oscar” for a second was very surprised as to what gad happened to the academy awards
Hipster orcas
Waiting for us to nuke each other so they can reclaim the earth.
I remember a biologist commenting about weird orcas behavior “They’re smart enough that they could just be fucking with us”
Finally, some good news
