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Getting the Gull: Baiting trick spreads among killer whales

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

A young male orca that started regurgitating fish and then ambushing seagulls attracted by the mess seems to have set off a wave of cultural transmission in his neighborhood.

GAME’S AFOOT. As an orca leaps, it spits out water containing bits of fish. It will then lurk within striking distance, waiting for a gull to investigate.