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Why do killer whales keep handing us fish? Scientists unpack the mystery

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    acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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    “Offering items to humans could simultaneously include opportunities for killer whales to practice learned cultural behavior, explore or play and in so doing learn about, manipulate or develop relationships with us,” the researchers wrote. “Giving the advanced cognitive abilities and social, cooperative nature of this species, we assume that any or all these explanations for, and outcomes of such behavior are possible.”

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      “Offering items to humans could simultaneously include opportunities for killer whales to practice learned cultural behavior, explore or play and in so doing learn about, manipulate or develop relationships with us,” the researchers wrote. “Giving the advanced cognitive abilities and social, cooperative nature of this species, we assume that any or all these explanations for, and outcomes of such behavior are possible.”

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      broadfern@lemmy.world
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      So…they’re researching us?

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        catty@lemmy.world
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        I think it could actually be more like the “horse’s head in the bed” warning from the God Father.

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          “Offering items to humans could simultaneously include opportunities for killer whales to practice learned cultural behavior, explore or play and in so doing learn about, manipulate or develop relationships with us,” the researchers wrote. “Giving the advanced cognitive abilities and social, cooperative nature of this species, we assume that any or all these explanations for, and outcomes of such behavior are possible.”

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          catty@lemmy.world
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          The wolves of the seas. Ten thousand years from now, everyone will have a pet killer whale.

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            So…they’re researching us?

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            murmurations@lemmy.sdf.org
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            After humans have been genociding them and jamming their frequencies, their instinct in research is to gift humans food

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              The wolves of the seas. Ten thousand years from now, everyone will have a pet killer whale.

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              hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works
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              That’s ridiculous. We won’t have oceans that far in the future.

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                Whales and dolphins have speech, too.

                🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖M 1 Reply Last reply
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                  Whales and dolphins have speech, too.

                  🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖M This user is from outside of this forum
                  🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖M This user is from outside of this forum
                  🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖
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                  We absolutely should be working harder on building a translation imo

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                    lurch (he/him)
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                    probably bait to lure more humans into the water 😆

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                      mobiuthuselah@mander.xyz
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                      Has anyone tried playing fetch?

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                        slartybartfast@sh.itjust.works
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                        They’re paying tribute

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