The killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has been spotted carrying the body of her dead calf, echoing her display of grief from ...
Mother orca Tahlequah has been carrying her dead calf, a daughter, for at least 11 days, according to local news outlets.
The orca who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent act ... was first spotted on Dec. 20 swimming along with J pod in the Puget Sound area for the past several days.
Its birth was doubly poignant: its mother, known as J35, attracted worldwide attention in 2018 when she carried the body of her dead ... orca swimming with the J pod, which they named J62. This ...
the orca's favorite food. Researchers are worried for Tahlequah herself. While she mourns, she isn’t foraging and is expending a great deal of energy on carrying her dead calf. After her ordeal ...