Mother Orca Still Carrying Dead Calf After 11 Days — Over 6 Years After Her First 'Tour of Grief' with Different Baby
Mother orca Tahlequah has been carrying her dead calf, a daughter, for at least 11 days, according to local news outlets.
Where is Tahlequah? What we know about the mother orca and her calf
This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 tour of grief, during which she carried her dead calf for 17 ...
This orca is carrying around another dead calf. Here’s what we know about how orcas grieve
Tahlequah previously carried another dead newborn for 17 days in 2018. Here's what she's taught us about how orcas deal with death.
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Tahlequah The Killer Whale Carried Her Dead Calf For 17 Days. Now She Has Given Birth Again
In 2018, Tahlequah the killer whale made headlines and broke hearts after she was spotted carrying the body of her dead calf for 17 days. This month, sightings of the orca show she has recently ...
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Tahlequah, Orca Who Carried Dead Calf’s Body For 1,000 Miles, Has New Baby
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.
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Tahlequah, the Grieving Orca Who Carried Her Dead Newborn 1,000 Miles, Gives Birth to a New Calf
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 ...
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This orca’s grief stunned the world. Now she’s mourning the loss of another calf.
Or the infant whale may have simply been unlucky, perhaps catching an infection in the womb that she couldn’t fend off. Whatever the cause, the death of Tahlequah’s daughter is a tragedy for ...
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Mother orca known as Tahlequah is again spotted carrying a dead calf
The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.
Mother orca Tahlequah still carries dead calf after 11 days
Tahlequah is the orca whose story shocked the world in 2018 when she carried a calf that lived only half an hour for 17 days ...
Southern Resident orcas face uncertain future despite groundbreaking research efforts
It's a race against the clock for scientists and researchers to learn more about two Southern Resident whale calves and their ...
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Mother orca Tahlequah who once carried dead calf 1,000 miles is grieving the loss of another newborn
research director at the Center for Whale Research. Tragically, by New Year’s Eve, the calf was confirmed dead, he said. Researchers have reported as of January 5 that Tahlequah is still carrying the ...
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PAM FRAMPTON: Striking stories of animal grief and cruelty
I was struck by two poignant news stories involving animals. One happened on Canada’s West Coast, the other on the East. Juxtaposed, they are starkly different. One says something about the complexity ...