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Off the coast of British Columbia, killer whales are tailing dolphins, and both seem to be rewarded with fishy meals. But not everyone is convinced it\u2019s teamwork\u2014and the behavior may hint at other ocean stressors<\/h2>\n
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Orcas and dolphins might hang out together off the coast of British Columbia to hunt for food as a team, new research suggests.
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Orcas and dolphins are often seen sharing the waters off the coast of British Columbia. Sometimes, the creatures swim mere feet away from one another. Now, multiple observations of orcas, also called killer whales, trailing behind dolphins on salmon hunts suggest that the two predators sometimes team up to capture meals.<\/p>\n

The findings were published in the journal\u00a0Scientific Reports<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>on December 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese whales are top salmon hunting specialists. They\u2019re highly specialized and highly skilled predators. To see them following dolphins as though they were leaders was really counterintuitive\u2014and really exciting,\u201d study co-author\u00a0Sarah Fortune<\/a>, a marine scientist at Dalhousie University in Canada, tells Leyland Cecco at the\u00a0Guardian<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fortune and her colleagues wanted to investigate why the whales and dolphins hang out together so much. So, in August 2020, the team tracked nine northern resident orcas (Orcinus orca<\/em>) and observed how they interacted with Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens<\/em>) during hunts for Chinook salmon around Vancouver Island. While the whales are top predators of this type of salmon, these fish are generally too big for the dolphins to catch and eat on their own.<\/p>\n

Data trackers attached to the orcas with suction cups recorded the times and depths of dives, as well as underwater audio and video. Aerial videos filmed with a drone also helped the researchers monitor the animals\u2019 behaviors.<\/p>\n

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First-Ever Footage: Killer Whales and Dolphins Hunt Together | Dalhousie University<\/p>\n

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