This orca is carrying around another dead calf. Here’s what we know about how orcas grieve
Tahlequah previously carried another dead newborn for 17 days in 2018. Here's what she's taught us about how orcas deal with death.
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Orca who carried dead calf’s body for weeks has lost another offspring
The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound last month was cause for celebration. The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident ...
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J pod orca who pushed dead calf for 1,000 miles gives birth to new baby
Nearly 70% of pregnant orcas end with a miscarriage or ... according to Southern Resident Orca Recovery. The two types of mammal-eating orcas are transient whales—also called Bigg's—and ...
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This orca’s grief stunned the world. Now she’s mourning the loss of another calf.
Though the baby was no longer breathing, the mother couldn’t bring herself to let go. She nudged her nose under her lifeless newborn, laboring to keep it above the gray water of Puget Sound.
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Heartbreaking photos show orca carrying her dead calf, just as she did for weeks in 2018
0:33 Southern resident orca that carried dead calf for 17 days is pregnant again Brad Hanson, who leads the Southern Resident Research Team at NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center ...
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Orca that carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing so again after death of new calf
In this photo provided by NOAA Fisheries, the orca known as J35 (Tahlequah) carries the carcass of her dead calf in the waters of Puget Sound off West Seattle, Wash., on Wednesday, Jan. 1 ...
The New York Times23d
Orca That Carried Dead Calf for Weeks Appears to Be in Mourning Again
By Adeel Hassan The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it over her head, and gripping its tiny fin with her teeth, to stave off the inevitable. Just as she did in 2018 ...
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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 calf for more than two weeks was again spotted carrying the body of her newborn, just days after researchers confirmed she'd given birth.
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Famous orca mom carries another dead calf around Puget Sound
An orca pregnancy typically lasts 17 months. Orca researchers say there’s no shortage of southern resident orcas getting pregnant, yet most young orcas die in the womb or shortly after birth.
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Southern Resident whale continues to carry her dead calf, highlighting orca grief process
SEATTLE — The mother orca known as J35 ... "69.8% of the females in this population who are getting pregnant aren’t able to carry their calf to term so they’re spontaneously miscarrying ...
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An orca that carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing so once again
An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over two weeks is doing so once again following the death of her new calf, in another sign ...