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.
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Southern Resident orca seen carrying deceased calf once again: what we can learn from Tahlequah’s second tour of grief
In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...
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 ...
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Orca mom is carrying a dead calf for the second time, raising concerns among scientists
While some female killer whales have been known to grieve the loss of their calves in ways similar to Tahlequah, the distance and time that she carried her newborn in 2018 made her an exception. Her ...
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Killer whale mom who carried dead calf’s body for weeks seen grieving again
The Center of Whale Research and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) witnessed the mother carrying her deceased child on her nose across Puget Sound. Scient ...
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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 ... The population of southern resident killer whales — three pods of fish-eating orcas that frequent the waters between ...
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A grieving orca carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018. Now she's again carrying the body of her latest child.
J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.
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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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Grieving mother orca pushing dead calf's body for over 10 days: US research center
Mother orca 'appeared to be trying to keep it (calf) from sinking' off Canada's Vancouver Island, says Center for Whale ...
Orca mother still pushing dead baby 11 days after death; newest calf appears healthy
Researchers said J35, also known as Tahlequah, was spotted Jan. 10 in Haro Strait off San Juan Island with the body of her ...
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Mother orca still pushing body of dead calf off Vancouver Island, 10 days after death
A mother killer whale whose calf died more than two weeks ago has recently been spotted still carrying the newborn's carcass ...
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Orca's 'grief procession' for dead calf marks 11th day in Victoria waters
For at least 11 days, a mother killer whale has been carrying the body of her dead newborn calf. Only a handful of days old, ...