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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, 2025
The calf was born in late December. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led them to worry for the young whale's health. Orca who carried dead calf's ...
Tahlequah (born c. 1998), also known as J35, is an orca of the southern resident community in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. She has given birth to four known offspring, a male (J47 "Notch") in 2010, a female (Tali) in 2018, another male (J57 "Phoenix") in 2020, and another female (J61) in 2024.
Her newest calf, a female known as J61 to researchers, was first spotted on December 20 in the Puget Sound area on Washington state’s northwest coast by members of the public. The National ...
Springer's family was traced through analysis of her vocal dialect. Her mother was "Sutlej," who probably died in 2001. Although there were possible sightings in early January 2002 of either a juvenile orca or false killer whale in northern Puget Sound near the town of La Conner, Washington, Springer was first confirmed by researchers and reported to news media on January 14 when she was ...
The orca who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent act of grieving recently gave ... was first spotted on December 20 swimming along with J pod in the Puget Sound area for the past ...
Another calf died in late July, 2018 leaving Scarlet "represent[ing] the future" of the declining Southern Residents, thought to number 75, cut off [how?] from their food supply of Puget Sound chinook salmon, [3] themselves listed as a threatened species. [4] Scarlet's mother, known as J16, was born in 1972. [5]
The killer whale calf was spotted in the Puget Sound area off Washington state several days ago. On Tuesday, the center determined J35, also known as Tahlequah, was the baby's mother . The calf, a ...