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The southern resident orcas, also known as the southern resident killer whales (SRKW), are the smallest of four communities of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean. The southern resident orcas form a closed society with no emigration or dispersal of individuals, and no gene flow with other orca populations. [1]
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.
The Yukon Harbor orca capture operation was the first planned, deliberate trapping of a large group of orcas (killer whales). 15 southern resident orcas were trapped by Ted Griffin and his Seattle Public Aquarium party on 15 February 1967, in Yukon Harbor on the west side of Puget Sound. [1]
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Resident (fish-eating) orcas: The curved dorsal fins are typical of resident females. Resident: These are the most commonly sighted of the three populations in the coastal waters of the northeast Pacific. Residents' diets consist primarily of fish [6] and sometimes squid, and they live in complex and cohesive family groups called pods. [7]
"Killer whales can easily travel 25 miles an hour," she said. "To punch a hole in the side of a dolphin and hit it so hard that it's jumping so high out of the water — the force is tremendous."
Education programs are conducted for both children and adults. Programs include Southern Resident Killer Whales, Whale Acoustics Lab, The Gray Whale Project, Cetaceans of the Salish Sea, The Orca ID Lab and Puget Pinnipeds. The Marine Naturalist Training Program is held twice a year, and is an in-depth review of the natural history of the ...
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