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Orcas and dolphins caught on video collaborating to hunt salmon - Orcas listen to dolphin echolocation, dolphins feed on salmon scraps: new study (www.cbc.ca)

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Dolphins have often been considered “pesky critters” who steal fish from the orcas, according to Sarah Fortune, assistant professor of oceanography at Dalhousie University in Halifax and Canadian Wildlife Federation chair of large whale conservation.

But that’s not what was happening — on deep, deep dives below, the dolphins and orcas were communicating.

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[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago

That is fucking interesting