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11 ways orcas show their terrifying intelligence
Orcas have their own dialect, greeting ceremonies and even wore salmon as hats in a weird fad during the 1980s.
Orcas are learning terrifying new behaviors. Are they getting smarter?
From sinking boats and feasting on shark livers to dining on whale tongue and tossing porpoises around for fun, orcas are displaying some fascinating — and sometimes terrifying — behaviors.
Orcas that hunted alongside humans might be extinct
Researchers used DNA analysis and traditional knowledge to learn about an orca named Old Tom and his family's remarkable relationship with humans.
Orcas are harassing and playing with baby porpoises in deadly game that has lasted 60 years
Scientists may have finally figured out why a population of orcas in the Salish Sea have been tossing porpoises around and taking them into their mouths without eating them.
Scientists investigate mysterious case of orca that swallowed 7 sea otters whole
The female orca was found far from her normal hunting ground with six whole sea otters in its stomach and one lodged between its oral cavity and the esophagus.
Opportunistic orcas have developed a new feeding behavior that appears to be killing them
More orcas have died entangled in fishing gear in Alaska this year than in previous years, which may be linked to a "new behavior" where they feed in front of ascending fishing nets.
Lolita, the 2nd-oldest orca in captivity, who was set to be released to the wild, has died
Lolita, also known as Tokitae, died before she could be returned to her native waters in the Pacific Northwest.
Watch orca tear open whale shark and feast on its liver in extremely rare footage
The orca "slurped in the liver and then the whale shark just fell and descended down, with no movement," James Moskito of Ocean Safaris told Live Science.
