The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it over her head and gripping its tiny fin with her teeth, to stave off the inevitable. Just as she did in 2018 — when she spent 17 ...

Tahlequah, the mother orca denoted as J35 who captured hearts ... which weighs around 300 pounds (136 kilograms), with her snout to keep it close and prevent the ocean from pulling the carcass ...

The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35 ... said J35 was draping the dead calf across her snout or on top of her head, and that she appeared to dive for it when it sank from the surface.

An endangered orca mother has been carrying her dead newborn calf on her snout for nearly a week around Washington’s Puget Sound. Whale watchers and researchers spotted the whale known as J35 ...

The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it over her head and gripping its tiny fin with her teeth, to stave off the inevitable. Just as she did in 2018 — when she spent 17 days ...

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 ... said J35 was draping the dead calf across her snout or on top of her head, and that she appeared to dive for it when ...

The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35 ... said J35 was draping the dead calf across her snout or on top of her head, and that she appeared to dive for it when it sank from the surface.