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Orca mom is carrying a dead calf for the second time, raising concerns among scientists
Her newest calf, a female known as J61 to researchers, was first spotted on December 20 in the Puget Sound area on Washington state’s northwest coast by members of the public. The National Oceanic and ...
Tahlequah mourns loss of another calf as Center for Whale Research confirms death of J61
The CWR said this behavior was seen previously in 2018 when she carried the body of her dead calf for 17 days.
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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 ...
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.
Orca who carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 doing so once again
An endangered orca who carried her dead calf for over two weeks in 2018 is doing so once again following the death of her new calf.
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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 ...
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Researchers Believe Mother Orca Known for Grieving 2018 Newborn's Death Has Lost Another Calf
The Center for Whale Research first became aware of the new calf, named J61, on Dec. 20 Maya Sears, NMFS/NOAA Permit 27052 Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him ...
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Endangered orcas’ circle of life: one baby dies, another is born
They mistakenly believed it was J61, the newest member of the Northwest’s endangered killer whales. She had not been seen for nearly a week. On Dec. 24, researchers had expressed concern that ...
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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.
In December, the center determined Tahlequah had given birth again, identifying the newborn girl as J61. "New Year's Eve 2024 was a day of extreme highs and lows," the center wrote in a Wednesday ...
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Orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days and 1,000 miles has a new baby
The calf, a girl, was given the designation J61. It's not all good news for the mom and baby though. "The team, including multiple experienced killer whale researchers, have expressed concern ...
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Newborn southern resident orca calf confirmed, another feared dead
"New Year's Eve 2024 was a day of extreme highs and lows. We have confirmation of another new calf in J pod, but sadly, this was combined with the devastating news that J61 has not survived." The ...
Famous mother orca still carrying body of 2nd dead calf
The same whale that made world headlines in 2018 for pushing her dead newborn calf around for 17 days, has now spent at least ...