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The orca died while the book was in preparation and Capó Crucet, whose research led her to believe that orcas may be more intelligent than humans, hopes the novel will call attention to "the plight of captive marine mammals everywhere" and serve as a memorial to Lolita.
The orca who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an ... The mother first made headlines in 2018 when she swam about 1,000 miles of ocean with the body of her calf, which died a few hours after ...
Lolita, Miami Seaquarium’s beloved orca, died Friday after more than 50 years in captivity, her caregivers announced in a statement late Friday afternoon. The endangered killer whale — also ...
Lolita, a Miami Seaquarium whale with her own fan club, died Friday from an unspecified ailment related to her kidneys, a nonprofit group dedicated to her care announced.
In late 2014, J50 Scarlet was born into the J pod; her mother J16 Slick was 42 years old, the oldest recorded age for an orca mother. [64] In August 2018, the pod attracted international attention after the death of a female calf born to J35 Tahlequah , who carried the body for 17 days.
The calf weighed in at 152 kg (335 lb) and measured 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) long. Vicky calf was also rejected by her mother, resulting in another hand-reared orca. Vicky died unexpectedly on 16 June 2013. Her cause of death was later revealed to be intestinal problems.
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Corky was born in 1965. Her mother, designated A23, nicknamed "Stripe", was born in 1948 and she died in 2000. Corky, along with a young unnamed male and a young female later named Patches, were sold to Marineland of the Pacific, in Palos Verdes, California. As of 2022, Corky is the only surviving captured orca from her family group.