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It is unsurprising and perhaps genealogically significant that it is K Pod that 'pairs' with the other two pods, while J Pod and L Pod are vocally far apart. [82] [74] Because it is unique to a particular group of orcas, a dialect makes it possible to identify which orcas are present from acoustic evidence without visual detection. [83]
Tahlequah (born c. 1998), also known as J35, is an orca of the southern resident community in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. She has given birth to four known offspring, a male (Notch) in 2010, a female (Tali) in 2018, another male (Phoenix) in 2020, and an unnamed female calf in 2024.
Granny (born c. 1936-1951 approx, died c. 2016), also known as J2, was a female orca of the J pod of southern resident orcas notable for her long life. Early estimates placed her birth in 1911, putting her at 105 years old at the time of her death.
Tahlequah is one of 73 endangered Southern Resident orcas, a killer whale population that lives in three pods − J, K an L − along the Salish Sea near British Columbia and Washington State ...
As of December 2023, the J-pod of whales had 75 members, according to whale researchers who have been monitoring the pod of whales since the 1970s. Show comments Advertisement
A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf’s corpse with her for more than two weeks in a harrowing tale of grief, has lost another baby, scientists revealed.. The orca ...
The fact that all three pods (J, K, L) interbreed and interact regularly creates additional genetic challenges for the survivors, and no pod maintains its historical diversity. In 1970, the notorious Penn Cove capture resulted in the deaths of five calves and the capture of seven more, including the female Lolita (Tokitae) who died in 2023 ...
Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 days in 2018, has likely suffered another loss.. Per The Seattle Times, researchers believe the mother orca's newborn ...