More And More Orcas Have Started Using Fishing Lines As Free Buffets

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Takeaways:

  • A new study analyzing killer whales near the Crozet Islands in the Indian Ocean are finding that these animals tend to eat fish that people have caught in lines or nets.
  • The researchers found that these occurrences have increased over time because these whales were learning these habits from one another.
  • Another reason for these habits have to do with overfishing, whereby fish have become more difficult for the whales to catch themselves.

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