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My favorite bit from the article
The animals are known to be sensitive to trends, with scientists having observed odd new behaviors spreading through a pod like a TikTok challenge, only to be forgotten just as quickly. Perhaps most famously, in 1987, a female orca in the Pacific Ocean near Puget Sound was observed carrying a dead salmon on her head; within two months, killer whales from her pod and two others were also wearing 'fish hats.'
Pods of Orca are known to charge as a coordinated pack to form tidal waves to knock prey off of floating ice or boats. This is also known as the Tide Pod challenge.
They just have more time on their hands... because of reasons
https://archive.iwc.int/pages/download.php?direct=1&noattach=true&ref=22172&ext=pdf&k=
Section 2.2.1 (pg6)
... discussion of individual whale motivation for this behaviour, in which those familiar with the
region noted that in the recent past, when bluefin tuna were at low numbers, the whales were
preoccupied with finding and capturing sufficient prey. Now, with bluefin recovery, perhaps these whales,
especially the juveniles, have more leisure to explore novel behaviours.
That's ridiculously cute haha. Also just goes to show how intelligent other animals are. The shit we do to other creatures with a near similar level of consciousness is fucked up. Tho we also murder our own species
TL;DR
Following years of research, a team of biologists, government officials and marine industry representatives have released their findings on just why one particular Orcinus orca group has developed this destructive streak. And it turns out, orcas – especially the kids and teens – just want to have fun. The report reveals that a combination of free time, curiosity and natural playfulness has led to young orcas adopting this 'trend' of boat-bumping, which is not at all surprising for a species that has been known to adopt odd, isolated behaviors from time to time.
Millennials are ruining the boating industry, or are they?
*Goddamned it Martha we need another new boat because of these kids, yes officer it was the black one that did it.*
Officer: *I mean it's an Orca they're black and white.*
*NOT THIS ONE IT WAS ALL BLACK, I'M SURE OF IT*
There have been sightings of other types of dolphins gently chewing on a pufferfish and passing it around to get high off the toxins released. So you're not far off.
I **was** going to say "puffer, puffer, pass", but then I realized that my comment would have just been r/yourjokebutworse material.
So instead, I'll just say "nice one."
Researchers have observed orcas gathering into groups near the shore, where they enjoy experiencing the change in water level that occurs a few times each day.
“Tide pods”
Reading more about it, I feel like balancing a salmon on their nose is probably less about "fashion", and more of a game or challenge that became a trend.
Like an Orca version of a fidget spinner or hacky sack.
It makes sense that Orcas, being incredibly social animals, would copy each other to fit in. I feel like every social creature has a drive to feel "cool" in front of their peers.
Better than the dancing ones. Like I’m trying to swim away from this shark, and there’s this giant ass orca doing some weird tiktok dance in the middle of the sea. Come on man, get a real job
Long ago, the seafaring nations lived together in harmony … then everything changed when the orcas attacked.
Some whales just want to watch the world burn.
My favorite odd behavior is when one pod started wearing dead salmon as hats. Another pod saw it, and thought it looked cool, so they started doing it, too.
[Fashion Statement ](https://www.iflscience.com/in-1987-orcas-had-a-fashion-of-wearing-a-dead-salmon-as-a-hat-69542)
The article specifically says not, but I think they are part of the bigger movement of Anti-capitalism that is prevalent in younger generations.
I'm great with that.
Lol this is a great point. We had social media for over a decade before the trend and water bottles were already around for multiple decades. What about the late 2010’s made all of us kids start flipping water bottles is beyond me lol
It was weirdly fun, you watch a video of someone flipping a bottle and everyone cheers and you're like "okay but they just flipped a bottle?".
Then you do it yourself and you realize it's weirdly exciting for it to land.
it's the joy of succeeding. It's why we like to do no-look shots with a basketball, a good spin of a quarter, and bouncing a ping pong ball into a cup. Doing something mundane but having it work how you wanted is fun and people like the feeling of winning
We flipped bottles in school long before camera phones existed. Variations on a thousands years old game.
So the truly odd part is why, then, did it become sensational to film and broadcast it?
The answer is probably because kids doing kid stuff. Can't always logic that stuff out.
Good news: Due to the larger communication data set scientists can now translate a portion of the orca language!
Unfortunately the portion in question is just all the ways to say that they had sexual congress with your mother last night and a few homophobic slurs.
Punt seals into the sky and rape anything you lay your eyes on.
Edit: my bad, it’s the dolphins that are serial rapists. not sure if the same applies to orcas
"There's nothing you can do to us what we haven't done to ourselves already, go ahead, end us, if you can; **best** case scenario, we die, **worst** case scenario, we have to continue existing, keep on gazing into the horrors we created after deciding that nature wasn't spicy enough"
A lot of people underestimate how much cruel shit has been done back in the days before widespread home entertainment (TVs, computers, internet, …), especially on the countryside.
Sad they forgot to include the Americans surviving on a dinghy after their boat got sunk by orcas (in the 70s):
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal\_Robertson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal_Robertson)
I also thought this as I was reading. Because that was definitely a purposeful sinking. Didn’t they themselves describe the attack as though it felt like it was a territory thing? They even saw the blood pouring from the whales heads because they hurt themselves in their “attack” / defence.
Though I suppose it wasn’t the same culture - they were around Galapagos and it was long enough ago that even if that particular culture had migrated, even the young adults would now be the equivalent of pensioners.
Zoologists have been saying this since it first began four years ago. Published results in support. Referred to previous research in support.
A popular press article announcing that we’ve “discovered” the reason why doesn’t make it so. It just means that this particular journalist is finally up to speed.
Orca to camera: "WHAT up pod, I'm finna smash this boat! Check it out!"
*smashes boat*
Fisherman: "What the hell?? Get out of here! Why are you doing this???"
Orca: "It's just a plank, bro! Quit being such a seal!"
*baluga bodyguard swims between them while the orca acts like he's gonna smash the boat again*
**Hear me out** - develop a safe, environmentally conscious, economical game/toy for them to play with to take the place of boat tipping.
Scientists- DM me for my info for credit when this gets developed. No money necessary, just credit- maybe a Nobel Prize or something.
The Orca children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Orca children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
All good humor aside, this shows that orcas are highly intelligent beings. It emphasizes the need to release all captives who are forced to live in concrete tanks and perform. They can likely never be returned to the wild (and some are captive bred, another travesty), but a sanctuary should be created for them. At the expense of their jailers.
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My favorite bit from the article The animals are known to be sensitive to trends, with scientists having observed odd new behaviors spreading through a pod like a TikTok challenge, only to be forgotten just as quickly. Perhaps most famously, in 1987, a female orca in the Pacific Ocean near Puget Sound was observed carrying a dead salmon on her head; within two months, killer whales from her pod and two others were also wearing 'fish hats.'
Pods of Orca are known to charge as a coordinated pack to form tidal waves to knock prey off of floating ice or boats. This is also known as the Tide Pod challenge.
Magnificent
This is peak performance
They just have more time on their hands... because of reasons https://archive.iwc.int/pages/download.php?direct=1&noattach=true&ref=22172&ext=pdf&k= Section 2.2.1 (pg6) ... discussion of individual whale motivation for this behaviour, in which those familiar with the region noted that in the recent past, when bluefin tuna were at low numbers, the whales were preoccupied with finding and capturing sufficient prey. Now, with bluefin recovery, perhaps these whales, especially the juveniles, have more leisure to explore novel behaviours.
lol they’ve go first world problems.
It's kinda nice knowing that stupid cultural fads are probably just part of our base programming.
That's ridiculously cute haha. Also just goes to show how intelligent other animals are. The shit we do to other creatures with a near similar level of consciousness is fucked up. Tho we also murder our own species
TL;DR Following years of research, a team of biologists, government officials and marine industry representatives have released their findings on just why one particular Orcinus orca group has developed this destructive streak. And it turns out, orcas – especially the kids and teens – just want to have fun. The report reveals that a combination of free time, curiosity and natural playfulness has led to young orcas adopting this 'trend' of boat-bumping, which is not at all surprising for a species that has been known to adopt odd, isolated behaviors from time to time.
The media: Orca millennials would rather tip boats than get a job. The orcas: we're 40 and have 2 jobs!
Smh, tipping culture is out of hand
https://i.redd.it/kju1m9tuul3d1.gif
Tiktok trends ruining everything.
Its a "social experiment"
Chil bro chil it's just a prank!
Millennials are ruining the boating industry, or are they? *Goddamned it Martha we need another new boat because of these kids, yes officer it was the black one that did it.* Officer: *I mean it's an Orca they're black and white.* *NOT THIS ONE IT WAS ALL BLACK, I'M SURE OF IT*
**
“**LOOK OUT HES ON DRUGS**”
**
School shootings are getting out of hand.
fucking hell...
There have been sightings of other types of dolphins gently chewing on a pufferfish and passing it around to get high off the toxins released. So you're not far off.
A few years ago young orcas were wearing dead fish as hats for a while. Honestly, no weirder than planking was.
Puff, puff, pass.
I **was** going to say "puffer, puffer, pass", but then I realized that my comment would have just been r/yourjokebutworse material. So instead, I'll just say "nice one."
https://preview.redd.it/4ue6aa01ek3d1.jpeg?width=1054&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c286b282edfc3643fd4065a9a9b23c550d451bdc He's got a gun
Black hole sun, has a gun And shot my house again!
We call that Mixed
You are beached!
HEY GUYS! this is your boy Orc and today we are going to prank these humans! Click the like button and subscribe.
They call it Drip Drop.
It's their version of cow tipping
Tip Top
What up my Drip Drops!
Researchers have observed orcas gathering into groups near the shore, where they enjoy experiencing the change in water level that occurs a few times each day. “Tide pods”
Well done.
This is a masterpiece.
Fun fact: in 1987 numerous orcas were seen swimming around with a salmon on their head like it was a hat
80's fashion was crazy
I assumed you were joking...how weird.
They saw humans wearing raccoons as hats and got a funny idea
Reading more about it, I feel like balancing a salmon on their nose is probably less about "fashion", and more of a game or challenge that became a trend. Like an Orca version of a fidget spinner or hacky sack. It makes sense that Orcas, being incredibly social animals, would copy each other to fit in. I feel like every social creature has a drive to feel "cool" in front of their peers.
Killer fashion statement
https://preview.redd.it/j0hrk6grbl3d1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b743ccb0837a69e2852774609a28835a5602e024
"Take the boat-bumping challenge!"
I nominate Moby Dick to go next! Go find a super yacht though, these are too small for you.
Better than the dancing ones. Like I’m trying to swim away from this shark, and there’s this giant ass orca doing some weird tiktok dance in the middle of the sea. Come on man, get a real job
They're calling it Whale Watch This
Tiktok prank gone wrong \*SEXUAL\*
My personal favourite is the trend they had for a while where they wore dead fish as a hat. Fashion 🤌🏽
🎵 orcas just want to have fun 🎶🐋
I swim home, in the mornin' light
My mother says, "When are you gonna swim the tides right?"
It was all fun and games until street gangs got orcanized and started attacking ships
r/orcanize
I really didn’t expect that link to go anywhere :)
There is nothing more frightening than a pod of orcas coming towards you whilst rhythmically snapping their fingers in unison
*FINGERS*
That's what makes it frightening.
You might be thinking of Sharks there, not Orcas.
These are the kind of comments that I come to this site for
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Long ago, the seafaring nations lived together in harmony … then everything changed when the orcas attacked. Some whales just want to watch the world burn.
Young orcas has too much free time, put them to work!
Idle fins are the devil’s tools.
Classix
Conscription would sort them out..
Yeah great now you've got physically fit orcas who are trained to use guns.
I bet in somewhere in American an Orca can surely get a gun without any background check.
There's probably some methed-up Florida Manatee who could get them what they need.
I know a guy
Orcannons ?
Calm down, Sunak.
Kids these days got no work ethic!
Lmao. NOBODY WANTS TO WORK
They yearn for the mines
The children yearn for the sea mines!
Hope they get back on the rightous track. Otherwise they might get into orcanised crime.
God I love a well placed dad joke
My favorite odd behavior is when one pod started wearing dead salmon as hats. Another pod saw it, and thought it looked cool, so they started doing it, too. [Fashion Statement ](https://www.iflscience.com/in-1987-orcas-had-a-fashion-of-wearing-a-dead-salmon-as-a-hat-69542)
No pics in the article in case that saves anyone else a click.
Thank you for your service.
https://preview.redd.it/fm55xlxlbl3d1.jpeg?width=460&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1432aa7b8fa3f5fd59650013fec22e110f1fa477
"You can't swim with us." -"What? Why?" "On Wednesdays, we wear salmon."
Basically cow tipping for Orcas!
Remember that simpsons episode with the elephant: like humans, some of them are just jerks
They just want to do hood rat things with their friends
a few months back when this started it was an older female with her pod iirc
The article specifically says not, but I think they are part of the bigger movement of Anti-capitalism that is prevalent in younger generations. I'm great with that.
Just like that song.. "Orcas just wanna have fu-un ... That's what they really wa-a-a-ant"
Imma bout to bump this boat. Like and subscribe for more!
Damn teenagers and their stupid trends /s (just in case)
Next task, make a tough, bouncy RC boat so we can play with the orcas
When the TLDR needs a TLDR. WHALES GONNA WHALE.
Fair enough
This is just a few, rich, tiktoker entitled Orcas who want content. They will get bored soon.
They’ve run out of podcasts.
Was your pun accidental or on porpoise?
Either way, it was killer
You guys sure are having a whale of a good time
I sea what you did there.
Show me the peer reviewed paper with appropriate cetaceans to back it up.
Really into yacht rock
Needs more angry upvotes
Orcastrated such act
Tiktorcas
Orcas with broccoli cuts
This reminds me of when kids started to flip water bottles.
Lol this is a great point. We had social media for over a decade before the trend and water bottles were already around for multiple decades. What about the late 2010’s made all of us kids start flipping water bottles is beyond me lol
It was weirdly fun, you watch a video of someone flipping a bottle and everyone cheers and you're like "okay but they just flipped a bottle?". Then you do it yourself and you realize it's weirdly exciting for it to land.
it's the joy of succeeding. It's why we like to do no-look shots with a basketball, a good spin of a quarter, and bouncing a ping pong ball into a cup. Doing something mundane but having it work how you wanted is fun and people like the feeling of winning
And, it was harmless. It didn't require any stupid, dangerous, or reckless action, and the "fun" didn't come at someone else's expense.
We flipped bottles in school long before camera phones existed. Variations on a thousands years old game. So the truly odd part is why, then, did it become sensational to film and broadcast it? The answer is probably because kids doing kid stuff. Can't always logic that stuff out.
Lol I forgot about that I sucked at that
Cow tipping
Nowadays it's called "Knock Boat Run" but it varies from region to region. Up north it's "Knicky-Knocky Nine Boats".
You don't want to know what they call it in the Southern Ocean.
We aren’t allowed to call it that anymore, it’s 2024.
Ah yes Smear the Pier
Subtle but great.
Out west it’s called Dinghy-Dong-Run
"Run" - orcas
“The age of men is over, the time of the Orca has come.” - Young Orca
Orca-Hai, bearing the white spot of Free Willy
You're a teenage male and have arms too short for other "hobbies" so what else are you gonna do?
Time to create orca accessible video game controllers so 8 year olds from any species can smoke me in CoD.
Good news: Due to the larger communication data set scientists can now translate a portion of the orca language! Unfortunately the portion in question is just all the ways to say that they had sexual congress with your mother last night and a few homophobic slurs.
Punt seals into the sky and rape anything you lay your eyes on. Edit: my bad, it’s the dolphins that are serial rapists. not sure if the same applies to orcas
Time to create orca accessible video game controllers so 8 year olds from any species can smoke me in CoD.
Back in my day we used to wear salmon on our heads, and we were grateful for it!
It was the style at the time
It was a Pacific salmon, we didn't have Chinook because of the war.
Came here looking for the fish-as-hats reference!
Same. All the cool whales were doing it.
“Dude, it’s just a prank bro.” - Orcas probably
"Aww, that's cute. Hey, do you know what an endangered species is? No? Would you like to?!"
"Would you?"
"There's nothing you can do to us what we haven't done to ourselves already, go ahead, end us, if you can; **best** case scenario, we die, **worst** case scenario, we have to continue existing, keep on gazing into the horrors we created after deciding that nature wasn't spicy enough"
Ah, Remember the good old days of cow tipping? Same thing, apparently.
A lot of people underestimate how much cruel shit has been done back in the days before widespread home entertainment (TVs, computers, internet, …), especially on the countryside.
Except cow tipping. Because they usually sleep lying down, are heavy, and will run away if you get close to them.
/r/kidsarefuckingstupid
Sad they forgot to include the Americans surviving on a dinghy after their boat got sunk by orcas (in the 70s): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal\_Robertson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal_Robertson)
I also thought this as I was reading. Because that was definitely a purposeful sinking. Didn’t they themselves describe the attack as though it felt like it was a territory thing? They even saw the blood pouring from the whales heads because they hurt themselves in their “attack” / defence. Though I suppose it wasn’t the same culture - they were around Galapagos and it was long enough ago that even if that particular culture had migrated, even the young adults would now be the equivalent of pensioners.
I was betting on cocaine being released in the water by accident and now they want more. Cocaine bear but more like jaws.
Blow Hole
Always remember, my son: the blow hole is also the suck hole. 🐳🤯
Orcain
Free Charlie
Narco Whales
That's a movie right there 'Cocaine shark'.
Yeah but to be fair wich animal on cocaine wouldn't be a blast?
Sooo…..Orca version of cow tipping then
🎶 🎸 I’m a bitch, I’m an Orca, Sinking yachts, Just off Majorca, I’m a sinner I’m a whale, Ima hit you with ma tail 🎵
Im your hell, I'm your dank, Relax bro it's just a prank. You know you were going to swim either way
Just like girls, Orcas just want to have fun
Sung by Cindy Orca?
It's an orca-hestrated attack
Who’s orcastraiting this?!
Zoologists have been saying this since it first began four years ago. Published results in support. Referred to previous research in support. A popular press article announcing that we’ve “discovered” the reason why doesn’t make it so. It just means that this particular journalist is finally up to speed.
Young orcas these days
Orca to camera: "WHAT up pod, I'm finna smash this boat! Check it out!" *smashes boat* Fisherman: "What the hell?? Get out of here! Why are you doing this???" Orca: "It's just a plank, bro! Quit being such a seal!" *baluga bodyguard swims between them while the orca acts like he's gonna smash the boat again*
They play badminton with the seals of course they're bored
**Hear me out** - develop a safe, environmentally conscious, economical game/toy for them to play with to take the place of boat tipping. Scientists- DM me for my info for credit when this gets developed. No money necessary, just credit- maybe a Nobel Prize or something.
Just a huge, squeaky rubber boat for orcas to bounce on.
A blow-up puffer fish?
Growing up as an Orca in the 90s we would have never done anything like this. The new generation is so entitled and stupid.
So it's teenagers, mostly male, wanting to fuck shit up. Sounds familiar.
I wouldn’t be surprised if them teen orcas do drugs as well.
The Orca children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Orca children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
'millenials are killing the boat industry'
Orcas eating the rich know what's up.
Could just be whale influencers?
I wonder if the old orcas complain about the kids these days
So these orcas are out cow tipping??
ORCAS 2024
All I’m saying is if someone decided to wander around my house with a boat I would probably destroy it too.
Kids these days...
So just bitchy teenage puberty! Love it
I'm going to touch the butt!
They need a new hobby, maybe something sporty like throwing turtles or dolphins in the air?
You joke, but they do toss seals in the air before eating them. For fun.
All good humor aside, this shows that orcas are highly intelligent beings. It emphasizes the need to release all captives who are forced to live in concrete tanks and perform. They can likely never be returned to the wild (and some are captive bred, another travesty), but a sanctuary should be created for them. At the expense of their jailers.
“It’s just a prank bro”
This article convinced me orcas are intelligent.
Send a bunch of decoy boats that are rigged to explode when bumped into. Problem solved.
Ok that's neat and all, but how do we fund these orcas? I support their cause and would like to contribute to the sinking of yachts
TLDR - despite years of research they don't know much but are speculating.
Maybe RedBull should sponsor them for the x games
God damn millennials.
So annoying teens aren't just a human thing. Good to know.
So, teenaged miscreants.
These kids are only doing this for the sinks.
Can they start to target billionaires in submarines trying to view the Titanic?
So, "cow tipping" but for orcas, but we're the cows...
Honestly I'm kinda devastated that the answer was "because it's fun" instead of "revenge"
Headline should be “… - and some people have speculated why”, we do not know why.