Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:16:43 UTC No. 16497017

>>16496994
For the same reason dolphins huff neurotoxins from pufferfish - for shits and giggles

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:20:27 UTC No. 16497019

Orcas are the Humans of the sea

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:29:14 UTC No. 16497045

Marine biologists are too busy having sex to do any real science.

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:40:05 UTC No. 16497058

>>16496994
Fashion darling, salmon hats are so IN this season

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:30:52 UTC No. 16497088

>>16496994
>social species does goofy social trend
The answer is whimsy, prestige from trendsetting.

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:35:05 UTC No. 16497090

>>16496994
Scientists can't figure out why zoomies zoom around with broccoli heads either but they be doin dat. Orcas are a social and intelligent animal, they have trends and like gimmicks and games just as much as humans do.

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 19:04:40 UTC No. 16497421

>>16496994
Scientists are retards, the whales do it because it's funny.

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 19:28:25 UTC No. 16497436

>>16496994
All fashion trends are circular.
Whatever they're hoping to bait has a 37 year cultural memory.
Bears, maybe. Orcas baiting bears into the shallows. Fucking Nature rocks!

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:26:38 UTC No. 16497513

>>16497090
>Orcas are a social and intelligent animal, they have trends and like gimmicks and games just as much as humans do.
I really want it to be this. Such intelligent creatures.

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:48:33 UTC No. 16497540

>>16496994
Maybe it attracts baitfish, which attract bigger fish that they can eat.

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:51:41 UTC No. 16497543

>>16497090
Makes me wonder how accurate this movie poster is.

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:49:22 UTC No. 16497655

>>16496994
>don't observe orcas doing something for a while
>conclude that they stopped doing it and then continued it when they observed it again
did they fail to develope object permanence?
would they get tricked by playing peek a boo with them?

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:57:56 UTC No. 16497660

>>16497019
Honestly it makes me feel better that as a human that other intelligent species do retarded shit for their amusement too

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:12:07 UTC No. 16497671

>>16497436
>pic
they're both trying to think of ways to eat the other

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:13:15 UTC No. 16497673

>>16497671
Only the orca has a realistic chance

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:23:31 UTC No. 16497678

>>16497671
A bear that treats an orca the same way it treats a beluga won’t live long

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:24:45 UTC No. 16497680

>>16497671
If the orca was wearing a rotten salmon carcass hat it would win.

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:46:21 UTC No. 16497694

Clearly, it's to show off to other killer whales.

Anonymous at Sat, 30 Nov 2024 05:31:32 UTC No. 16497950

>>16496994
I’m sure one day soon we’ll be able to just ask them why they do it.

Anonymous at Sat, 30 Nov 2024 05:37:36 UTC No. 16497955

>>16497950
You can do that now. It takes some learning but people can talk to animals

Anonymous at Sat, 30 Nov 2024 15:04:38 UTC No. 16498247

>>16496994
It means there is enough Salmon, and humans can fish salmon again.

Anonymous at Sat, 30 Nov 2024 16:38:20 UTC No. 16498306

>>16497045
People always mention people fucking dolphins, but we never see any actual video evidence.

Anonymous at Sat, 30 Nov 2024 22:16:40 UTC No. 16498615

>>16496994
They aren't sure because they start with the assumption that everything the orca does must be functional.

Anonymous at Sun, 1 Dec 2024 02:40:15 UTC No. 16498817

>>16496994
Because we can't know literally everything, it takes time, and effort???

Anonymous at Sun, 1 Dec 2024 13:06:12 UTC No. 16499161

Orcas be like

Anonymous at Tue, 3 Dec 2024 00:05:38 UTC No. 16500700

>>16497436
my money's on the big one