{"id":2945,"date":"2025-07-03T10:09:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/killer-whales-filmed-kissing-in-remarkable-footage\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:09:19","slug":"killer-whales-filmed-kissing-in-remarkable-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/killer-whales-filmed-kissing-in-remarkable-footage\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer whales filmed kissing in remarkable footage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-07-03 10:09:16<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Killer whales have been filmed kissing for the first time.<BR><br \/>\nThe smooch was caught on camera by scientists on a snorkelling trip in Norway.<BR><br \/>\nIn a two-minute clip, the orcas &#8211; also known as killer whales &#8211; are seen engaging in three separate &#8216;kisses&#8217;, lasting 10, 26, and 18 seconds each.<BR><br \/>\nOne orca extends its tongue while the other appears to gently mouth or nibble it.<BR><br \/>\nAfter the last &#8216;kiss&#8217;, the animals part ways and swim off in different directions.<BR><br \/>\nScientist Dr. Javier Almunia explained that &#8220;tongue-nibbling is exceptionally rare&#8221; and said that the behaviour had only been seen in orcas in human care.<BR><br \/>\nAlthough tongue-nibbling has not been recorded in other species, the expert did state that mouth-to-mouth contact has been spotted between Beluga whales.<BR><br \/>\nHe told Live Science: &#8220;This behaviour appears to serve affiliative purposes and may play a role in reinforcing social bonds or resolving conflicts, akin to grooming or reconciliation behaviours in other highly social species.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-07-03 10:09:16 Killer whales have been filmed kissing for the first time. The smooch was caught on camera by scientists on a snorkelling trip in Norway. In a two-minute clip,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2947,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2945\/revisions\/2947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}