open image in gallery Tahlequah carries her dead offspring on her head. Previously, she had carried another deceased baby on her back ... that she is grieving, or mourning,” he added.
This week, mother orca Tahlequah ... new baby for research. "We were taking our calf to see her calf," he said. But as they approached, the parents quickly figured out, "that calf is dead ...
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An orca who made headlines for mourning ... dead calf in a unique two-week “tour of grief” is responding to her latest deceased newborn in the same way, a heart-wrenching photo shows ...
(CNN) — Tahlequah ... in 2018 by carrying her dead calf for 17 days and over 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), is once again displaying a similar act of mourning. Her newest calf, a female ...
While it is known that animals grieve their dead calves, the duration of Tahlequah's mourning is unusual ... like it does with humans when a baby is lost," researchers added.