The CWR said this behavior was seen previously in 2018 when she carried the body of her dead calf for 17 days.
The killer whale mother, who made headlines with her display of grief in 2018, has given birth again. But researchers have some worries for her new offspring.
The Center for Whale Research has named the newborn killer whale female J61 Dave Ellifrit/Center for Whale Research Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 ...
research director of the Center for Whale Research. The calf born to Tahlequah, known to researchers as J35, was first spotted on December 20 swimming along with J pod in the Puget Sound area for ...
The entire team at the Center for Whale Research is deeply saddened by this news and we will continue to provide updates when we can.” ...
As a result of this most recent death, Tahlequah has lost two out of four documented calves – both of which were female, according to the Center for Whale Research. Tahlequah last gave birth to ...
research director of the Center for Whale Research, which catalogs the southern resident population, on Christmas Eve confirmed the birth to Tahlequah and named the baby J61. The southern ...
Mother orca 'appeared to be trying to keep it (calf) from sinking' off Canada's Vancouver Island, says Center for Whale ...