J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.
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.
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The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought some bittersweet calf news as well as an exciting update for the community that follows Southern Resident killer whales, also known as orcas.
The Center for Whale Research first became aware of the new calf, named J61, on Dec. 20 Maya Sears, NMFS/NOAA Permit 27052 Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him ...