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Killer whales groom each other with pieces of kelp

killer whales also share food, carrying various food items in the mouths, aaaaaand they are trying to share, with us.....like , in the open ocean, wild whales, not some marine land stunt, nope, they are throwing food at US!, to see what WE do....awsome freeky

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals...

https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/wild-orcas-offer-h...

7 months agoby metalman

Nice article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/30/orca-k... These supposedly serious cetaceans have been spotted massaging each other with kelp stalks. This is the sort of performative nonsense you’d expect from dolphins

7 months agoby robaato

Title should be changed from "Killer whales" to "Orcas".

7 months agoby bmitc

>Killer whales groom each other

If they don't do it, who will?

7 months agoby fuzzfactor

Unrelated but as an ESL, I always felt uncomfortable with the name "killer whales".

Not only "whales" is inappropriate according to their scientific classification, but also "killer" seems prejudicial since it inspire unwarranted fear.

7 months agoby wiether