One group uses kelp stalks as exfoliating brushes
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Drone footage reveals orcas making tools from kelp to groom each other
Watch: Orcas use seaweed tools to scratch each other’s backs
Watch: Scientists discover surprising Orca behaviour in drone footage
Killer whales seen grooming each other with kelp in first for marine tool use
Making waves with tools: killer whales ‘groom each other with seaweed’
Scientists observed the surprising social behaviour, dubbed allokelping, in drone footage of killer whales
The clicks that the animals make share at least one property with human language
Their slimy shenanigans might have applications for humans, too
Scientists spot killer whales rolling kelp between them in drone footage
Orcas, also known as killer whales, have been observed creating seaweed tools in order to massage each other, a study suggests. …
They have got much bigger than their mainland cousins
