One fashion trend from the '80s may be making a comeback – at least with killer whales. An orca has been spotted wearing a ...

On October 25, a viral photo of a Southern Resident orca at Point No Point, Washington, was spotted with a salmon on its head ...

Another orca wearing a salmon hat was photographed during a 2019 survey by the marine conservation group Ocean Wise. In a February 2022 Instagram post, researchers wrote that the orca was A99 ...

Another orca wearing a salmon hat was photographed during a 2019 survey by the marine conservation group Ocean Wise. In a February 2022 Instagram post, researchers wrote that the orca was A99 ...

She said the fish-hat fad is likely linked to food availability in a certain place. Giles said there have been healthy salmon runs in Admiralty Inlet in Puget Sound, where all three pods have been ...

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 ...

was spotted with a salmon on its head — also known as a “salmon hat.” According to the Orca Network – a Washington nonprofit – the salmon hat phenomenon was first spotted in the late 80s ...

I’ve heard of a coonskin cap, but this is ridiculous: A whale-watcher recently spotted an orca donning a dead salmon as a hat. What’s even more remarkable? The fashion statement appears to be ...