In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia's Pacific coast: a severed killer whale fin marked with the teeth of another killer whale. In 2024, it ...
Scientists found evidence that killer whales may hunt and eat other killer whales, revealing new insights into how ...
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Chewed-up orca fins on Russian beach point to cannibalism, and scientists say it may explain why some pods are so tight-knit
Detached orca fins scored with distinctive tooth marks suggest that killer whale cannibalism is happening — and it might explain some complex orca societies.
Two severed fins bearing the tooth marks of other killer whales have raised a troubling question: are some orcas hunting ...
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Do these severed orca fins covered in tooth marks mean killer whales are cannibals? It's complicated, scientists say
In August 2022, a large, bloody fin covered in orca tooth marks washed up on a beach on Bering Island in eastern Russia. The same thing happened again a little more than a mile away in July 2024.
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