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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 51 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah it's a recent trend in orca culture - wearing fish as hats.

No, I'm not joking.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's called fashion. Look it up.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was popular in the eighties.

[–] NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I heard about that on the radio, I guess it's happened a few times before and the guess is they do it when there's lots of available food and they save a fish for a friend or something like that

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They just take it for a ride.

/s