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Via BuzzFeed

Albatross Cams Capture Birds Foraging Behind Killer Whales

An albatross drafting on a killer whale dorsal fin

An albatross drafting on a killer whale dorsal fin

Scientists have mounted lipstick-sized cameras on the backs of some brown-backed albatrosses and have been piecing together new information about their lives from nearly 30,000 photos.

In the photo above, some albatrosses follow a killer whale, a previously undocumented behavior – although, the birds have been known to follow fishing boats and schools of tuna.

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