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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A grieving orca carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018. Now she's again carrying the body of her latest child.
J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah ... While it's not common, J35 isn't the only whale to have carried a dead calf, Dr. Michael Weiss, research director at the Center ...
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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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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'She has lost someone dear': Professor hopes orca's 'grief swim' spurs ethics rethink
As the female orca known as Tahlequah once again carries the body of a dead calf through waters near Vancouver Island, for ...
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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 ...
Anglers glimpse rare moment of orcas 'coordinating' attack on whale
While fishing off the coast of Honduras in 2023, a group of anglers stumbled upon a rare sight: a pod of orcas hunting down a ...
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Orca still pushing body of her dead calf near Vancouver Island, 10 days after death
The calf was reported to have died around New Year’s Eve and the mother was seen pushing the remains, just as she had done in ...