Nick Petrichow
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224 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 5 Aug
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This is not how they're actually killing the sunfish in the first place.
But they have some other ideas of why they might be doing this as well.
So for example, the
Sunfish have this layer underneath their skin, it's like a fatty layer called the capsule, which is very rich in a very unique microbiome and all the rest of it.
Which is
And so one of the other ideas could be that the orcas are trying to get access to that.
They're trying to access this unique microbiome and that microbiome could be useful for the orcas, it could help them be healthy, or it could intermingle with their own microbiome.
and you know, change things in a way that's advantageous to them.
The other idea though is that maybe the orcas are just doing it for fun.
Well, yes, orcas are known to play with their food.
So for example, in the nineteen eighties it was observed that orcas would wear dead salmon as hats, essentially.
Okay.
Like a group of orcas would just do this for fun.
And they are like playful creatures.
So it could be that they're just doing it for fun.
But ultimately the researchers think this shows a great deal of cooperation and coordination.
As well.
Like it's not easy to hold the sunfish in such a way and then ram it with another orca in order to do this.
And this combined with other behaviours that have been observed, as I mentioned, they are known to work together to like ram whale sharks and things to get access to food.
And they do a bunch of other like cooperative behaviours as well.
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