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.
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Killer whale mom who carried dead calf’s body for weeks seen grieving again
The Center of Whale Research and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) witnessed the mother carrying her deceased child on her nose across Puget Sound. Scient ...
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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.
An orca who made headlines in 2018 after she carried her dead ... carrying the body of her newborn, just days after researchers confirmed she'd given birth. J35, a southern resident killer whale ...
Mother orca Tahlequah still carries dead calf after 11 days
Mother orca Tahlequah is continuing to carry her burden of grief: a dead calf that she now has been refusing to let go of for ...
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Southern Resident orca seen carrying deceased calf once again: what we can learn from Tahlequah’s second tour of grief
In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...
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Grieving mother orca pushing dead calf's body for over 10 days: US research center
Mother orca 'appeared to be trying to keep it (calf) from sinking' off Canada's Vancouver Island, says Center for Whale ...
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Southern Resident whale continues to carry her dead calf, highlighting orca grief process
has been seen carrying her deceased calf for at least 11 days, drawing attention to the critically endangered southern resident killer whales. Researchers say this behavior is a sign of grief.
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Mother orca still pushing body of dead calf off Vancouver Island, 10 days after death
A mother killer whale whose calf died more than two weeks ago has recently been spotted still carrying the newborn's carcass ...
Where is Tahlequah? What we know about the mother orca and her calf
This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 tour of grief, during which she carried her dead calf for 17 ...
Orca mother still pushing dead baby 11 days after death; newest calf appears healthy
Researchers said J35, also known as Tahlequah, was spotted Jan. 10 in Haro Strait off San Juan Island with the body of her ...
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‘It’s heartbreaking’: Grief-stricken orca continues to carry dead baby off B.C.
The mother orca that has been carrying her dead calf in the waters of B.C. was spotted earlier this week, making it at least ...