The calf was female, and the killer whale population is endangered ... Most dolphins and whales bear the body on their nose or fin for a day or two, not 17. Tahlequah’s demonstration was ...
A mother killer whale whose calf died more than two weeks ago has recently been spotted still carrying the newborn’s carcass ...
A mother killer whale who famously pushed the body of her dead newborn for 17 days in 2018 has lost another calf, and researchers say she is again carrying the body in an apparent act of grief ...
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.
The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident population, a federally protected endangered group of fish-eating killer ... infant whale’s body with ...
A Pygmy killer whale — rarely seen in the shallow waters that surround the Florida Keys — was found injured, sick and ...
The mother whale ... the body of her calf around the Salish Sea for 17 days. Experts suggest that carrying the dead calves is most likely an expression of grief from the mother killer whale.
A killer whale that is part of a population struggling to survive appears to be grieving, carrying the carcass of her dead calf on her head, echoing the mourning behaviour she exhibited for 17 ...