The post this week also says researchers were able to confirm the adult female J35, or Tahlequah, is no longer carrying the body of her dead calf, which she started pushing around Jan. 1.

During the February sighting researchers also confirmed that orca J35 is no longer carrying the carcass of her dead calf, J61. The calf’s birth was confirmed in late December, and within a week ...

An endangered southern resident orca ... her for several days. The Center for Whale Research noted this behavior was seen previously by J35 in 2018 when she carried the body of her previous calf ...

They identified J-41 as the baby orca’s likely mother a couple of ... The grieving mother, Tahlequah, then carried her dead calf’s body, McClatchy News reported. Tahlequah famously carried ...

Mother orca Tahlequah, orca J35, shocked the world back in August 2018 by carrying her dead calf ... long Tahlequah carried the baby this time; she had been carrying the calf for at least 11 ...