Scientists spot killer whales rolling kelp between them in drone footage
Behavior in orca population off coast of US and Canada captured by scientists using drone observation
Orcas have been filmed using kelp as a tool to massage each other
In what could be the first evidence of marine mammals making their own tools, the whales are said to have been seen breaking off bits of the algae to groom one another.
Orcas, also known as killer whales, have been observed creating seaweed tools in order to massage each other, a study suggests. In a routine researchers are calling allokelping,…
Scientists observed the surprising social behaviour, dubbed allokelping, in drone footage of killer whales