black, white, and red all over, oil on wood, 16x16”, 2025

#oilpainting #selfportrait #realism #salmonhats #orcas #red

A colorful, humorous illustration of an orca walking the catwalk with a salmon on its head while a manatee and dolphin look on admiringly.

Soon everyone will want one.

#salmonhats #orcas #j27blackberry #illustration #kidlitart #nonfiction #kidlit #kidlitsky

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Scientists baffled as orcas seem to revive an 80s trend: dead salmon hats At least one of the marine mammals was recently spotted in Washington wearing the multipurpose fishy accessory

Holiday shopping? Looking for the hottest new trend? Dead salmon hats are BACK 🐟

#fashion #orcas #salmonhats

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Orca Spotted Doing Something Really Weird In Puzzling Throwback To The 1980s A killer whale in the waters off Washington state is making a big splash by reviving an old trend.

If full tummies are why they are doing this it is such great news. Salish Sea/Puget Sound Resident Orcas
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Chuffed to hear the news that Orcas are reviving the 80’s trend of wearing salmon as hats. #yyj #salmonhats #pugetsound

#salmonhats #retroorcas #wtf

Screenshot of news article from live science Title: “Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years” By Sascha Pare published 12 hours ago “Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it's the 1980s, but researchers still aren't sure why they do it.”

An orca whale floats just above the surface of the waves, balancing a dead salmon on its head above the water

ANNOUNCEMENT: photo & ID by jim Pasola, October 25, 2024 j Pod arrived in Puget Sound on October 19 and have stayed for eleven days straight. Observations indicate they are likely finding plenty of salmon during their stay and may be why they have remained inland so long. Check out this photo of j27 Blackberry sporting a salmon hat, taken from Point No Point! May they continue to find lots of fish during their stay here in inland Puget Sound. Meanwhile, on October 29, all of K pod & L pod made their way north in Haro Strait; perhaps they will visit inland Puget Sound in the near future!

Orca #whales wearing #Salmonhats after decades of the behavior vanishing

Are there any #marinebiology experts who have any speculation as to what this behavior might mean or how it might be transmitted over such long periods of time ?

Is this superstition? Fashion? Comm?

Look I got no beef with the orcas. They’re doing God’s work in the ocean and if they think they need salmon hats to continue sinking yachts, they can have at it. #TeamOrca #SalmonHats

I find social behavior of Orcas fascinating!
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