Southern Resident orca whale again carries her dead calf through Puget Sound-area waters
On the low side, they learned that a Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) calf, J61 died. Just a week earlier, researchers had proudly announced this new member of J pod, delivered by J35, Tahlequah. She is the whale who carried the body of her deceased calf for 17 days, traveling 1,000 miles, back in 2018.
The Center for Whale Research announced the addition of a new calf in J pod along with the news of the recent passing of one ...
Orca mom seen mourning latest dead calf in same heartbreaking way she did in 2018, new photos reveal
The baby, J61, an endangered Southern Resident killer whale, only lived about a week and has been dead for several days, according to officials. It marks the second loss out of four births for ...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it believes J61 only lived about a week and has been dead for a few days. While it's not common, J35 isn't the only whale to have carried a ...
Tahlequah, the Southern Resident killer whale who famously carried her deceased calf for 17 days in 2018, has tragically lost her newest offspring. Tahlequah, a female orca born around 1998, endured ...
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