Why are orcas wearing salmon hats?
It’s been a cold winter so far. It’s the time you might bust out your warm winter hat.
Our friends, the Southern Resident Killer Whales, have been doing it too… They’ve been wearing “salmon hats” in Puget Sound lately.
Wild Orca Science and Research Director Deborah Giles told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm all about it.
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Jeannie Yandel
Special Projects Editor
Jeannie Yandel is a special projects editor focusing on podcasts and broadcast shows. She created and co-hosted the KUOW podcast Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace and ran and edited KUOW's podcast about local curiosity, SoundQs. She also co-created and co-hosted KUOW's YouTube interview series, Are We Going To Be OK?. Previously, she was senior producer for The Conversation and KUOW Presents, and was Executive Producer for The Record.
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Vaughan is a podcast producer for KUOW's daily news podcast, Seattle Now.
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