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An orca who made headlines in 2018 after she carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks and a distance of 1,000 miles has given birth again, according to the Center for Whale Research.
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 (J47 "Notch") in 2010, a female (Tali) in 2018, another male (J57 "Phoenix") in 2020, and another female (J61) in 2024.
The orca who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent act of grieving recently gave birth to a new baby, according to Michael Weiss, research director of the Center for Whale Research.
The local tidal conditions meant that there were only 30 minutes each day in which the orca could leave. [6] A nearby sandbar also made it difficult for the calf to travel into open ocean. [7] While rescue efforts were unsuccessful, the orca eventually left the lagoon unaided by following a boat at night in April 2024. [1]
A baby orca has apparently been born to an endangered killer whale population in the Pacific Northwest, scientists reported. The Center for Whale Research announced the baby orca Friday on ...
Morgan (born c. 2007) is a female orca who was rescued in the Wadden Sea, off the northwestern coast of the Netherlands in June 2010. She was found in an unhealthy condition, severely underweight and malnourished.
Whether they're born in the wild or in captivity, all orcas born have the same innate drive to swim far and dive deep. This is what they do. They can't do this when they are kept in a tank, no ...
Springer's family was traced through analysis of her vocal dialect. Her mother was "Sutlej," who probably died in 2001. Although there were possible sightings in early January 2002 of either a juvenile orca or false killer whale in northern Puget Sound near the town of La Conner, Washington, Springer was first confirmed by researchers and reported to news media on January 14 when she was ...