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ScienceActually<p>There are more than 5,000 mammal species and only six are known to go through menopause; humans, narwhals, belugas, orcas, false killer whales and short-finned pilot whales.</p><p>Some researchers are investigating whether other species, such as certain elephants or primates, may exhibit menopause-like traits, though these are not confirmed.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sciencefacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefacts</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/menopause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>menopause</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mammals</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humans</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/narwhals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narwhals</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/belugas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>belugas</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/falsekillerwhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>falsekillerwhale</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/shortfinnedpilotwhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortfinnedpilotwhale</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Of all the days to not be on-site at work, today is the day that three orcas are visible from one of our office buildings ;/</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marine</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orcas</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Monterey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monterey</span></a></p>
Matthew Sheffield<p>Have <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a> brought back the dead salmon hat? Some scientists are skeptical: <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/no-orcas-probably-arent-reviving-the-dead-salmon-hat-trend-despite-a-viral-photo-experts-say-heres-why-180985559/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/</span><span class="invisible">no-orcas-probably-arent-reviving-the-dead-salmon-hat-trend-despite-a-viral-photo-experts-say-heres-why-180985559/</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Orcas are into salmon hats (again).</p><p>Live Science: "Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years</p><p>Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it's the 1980s, but researchers still aren't sure why they do it."</p><p> h/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@knowattitude" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knowattitude</span></a></span> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fashion</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hats</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/@Sarah/113560803718139923" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zirk.us/@Sarah/113560803718139</span><span class="invisible">923</span></a></p>
smeg<p>Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years | Live Science<br><a href="https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-start-wearing-dead-salmon-hats-again-after-ditching-the-trend-for-37-years" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/animals/orcas/</span><span class="invisible">orcas-start-wearing-dead-salmon-hats-again-after-ditching-the-trend-for-37-years</span></a><br><a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/marinelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marinelife</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/orca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orca</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/animalfashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animalfashion</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fashion</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/trends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trends</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/seamammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seamammals</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/oceanmammal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceanmammal</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/animalintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animalintelligence</span></a></p>
Mike McCaffrey<p>It looks like the <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/1980s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1980s</span></a> are back again, at least in the ocean.</p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-start-wearing-dead-salmon-hats-again-after-ditching-the-trend-for-37-years" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/animals/orcas/</span><span class="invisible">orcas-start-wearing-dead-salmon-hats-again-after-ditching-the-trend-for-37-years</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orcas</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/OrcaHats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrcaHats</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fashion</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fashion</span></a> </p><p>'Last month, scientists and whale watchers spotted orcas (Orcinus orca) in South Puget Sound and off Point No Point in Washington State swimming with dead fish on their heads.</p><p>This is the first time they've donned the bizarre headgear since the summer of 1987, when a trendsetting female West Coast orca kickstarted the behavior for no apparent reason. '</p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-start-wearing-dead-salmon-hats-again-after-ditching-the-trend-for-37-years" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/animals/orcas/</span><span class="invisible">orcas-start-wearing-dead-salmon-hats-again-after-ditching-the-trend-for-37-years</span></a></p>
Andy B (she/her)<p>Salmon hats could be making a comeback amongst fashionable orcas!</p><p>Note to self: If you decide to immitate the trend, use a crochet fish, not a real one.</p><p><a href="https://www.iflscience.com/wearing-a-salmon-on-your-head-is-back-in-fashion-for-orcas-after-a-37-year-break-76971" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iflscience.com/wearing-a-salmo</span><span class="invisible">n-on-your-head-is-back-in-fashion-for-orcas-after-a-37-year-break-76971</span></a></p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orcas</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/SalmonHat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalmonHat</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orcas</span></a> start wearing dead <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/salmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salmon</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/hats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hats</span></a> again after ditching the trend for 37 years<br>Orcas off the coast of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it's the 1980s, but researchers still aren't sure why they do it. <a href="https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-start-wearing-dead-salmon-hats-again-after-ditching-the-trend-for-37-years" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/animals/orcas/</span><span class="invisible">orcas-start-wearing-dead-salmon-hats-again-after-ditching-the-trend-for-37-years</span></a></p>
Tinsel Tats 🇬🇧🥧<p>Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years | Live Science</p><p>Salmon hats are a perfect example of what researchers call a "fad" </p><p>🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I just can't read this article and keep a straight face </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SalmonHat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalmonHat</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-start-wearing-dead-salmon-hats-again-after-ditching-the-trend-for-37-years" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/animals/orcas/</span><span class="invisible">orcas-start-wearing-dead-salmon-hats-again-after-ditching-the-trend-for-37-years</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@sarahdalgulls" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sarahdalgulls</span></a></span> Orcas squeaking "It's just like when we were kids, hurrah!" </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orcas</span></a></p>
MicronH☮️⚖️😷<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@davidho" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davidho</span></a></span> Also, bicycles are far less toxic than electric cars <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Welcome to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SalishSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalishSea</span></a> Assembly!</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a>, and allies, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> and philanthropic organizers and organizations, we are<br>requesting your presence at the Salish Sea Assembly </p><p>Wednesday November 6 from 5 pm to 10 pm<br>Thursday November 7 from 11 am to 10 pm<br>Friday November 8 from 11 am to 10 pm</p><p>At Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, Unceded Coast Salish Territories, Seattle, Washington. </p><p>We will host 3-days of organizing space where we will have panel discussions, workshops and seafood feasts.</p><p>The panel discussions: </p><p>- Asserting indigenous jurisdiction and territorial authority to the Salish Sea</p><p>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a>: Protecting the Salish Sea / Stopping extractive infrastructures for export of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGas</span></a>, such as tankers </p><p>- Creating international indigenous trade networks focused in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSovereignty</span></a>, health and wellness, and traditional economic protocol</p><p>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orcas</span></a> fighting back as an international symbol of resistance and protection of the ocean We have to challenge what exists and formulate the plan to move forward. We will stand together and<br>continue to build a strong alliance, as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeople</span></a>."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/today-salish-sea-assembly-in-seattle.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/today-salish-sea-assembly-in-seattle.html</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Zuckerberg has long needed a visit from the Orcas....he may be able to kill goats but can he best an Orca in the sea? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orcas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoBillionaires</span></a></p>
michael<p>19-Sep-2024<br>What’s for dinner? Scientists unearth key clues to cuisine of resident killer whales</p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1058669" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">058669</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a></p>
S. K. Riley<p>Orcas sighted off Sydney coast for the first time since 2018</p><p>Hide your yachts!</p><p>A group of Orcas have been spotted off the coast in Sydney – first sighting since 2018.</p><p>Ted Lamb of Whale Watching Sydney took these pictures of the pod.<br>- Guardian Australia.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orcas</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OrcaPod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrcaPod</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KillerWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillerWhales</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WhaleWatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhaleWatching</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Sealife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sealife</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
David O'Brien<p>This is what my daughter does for a living. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iceland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iceland</span></a></p>
Bobsee<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gabrielesvelto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gabrielesvelto</span></a></span> Not to mention all the reports near Gibraltar of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orcas</span></a> taking back their habitat. <br>Or all the poor souls forced into slavery before they even get to cross the sea.</p>
Niklas Pivic<p>A friend may have said it best:</p><p>'got rich making face recognition software for the police, cool</p><p>wonder if they can recognise his face from the bottom of the med'</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DarkHumour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkHumour</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiCapitalism</span></a></p>
Bobsee<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>breadandcircuses</span></a></span> After hundreds of years of commercial whaling <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orcas</span></a> are fighting back.</p>