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The southern resident orcas, also known as the southern resident killer whales (SRKW), are the smallest of four communities of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean. The southern resident orcas form a closed society with no emigration or dispersal of individuals, and no gene flow with other orca populations. [1]
Lolita was member of L Pod of the southern resident orcas, an endangered orca community that lives in the northeast Pacific Ocean. She was a close relative of L25 "Ocean Sun", who is the oldest member of the pod. After Lolita's death, L25 "is the only living whale from the 1960s and 1970s capture era."
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 (Notch) in 2010, a female (Tali) in 2018, another male (Phoenix) in 2020, and an unnamed female calf in 2024.
Tahlequah, the Southern Resident orca who carried her dead calf for 1,000 miles over 17 days in 2018, is mourning the loss of another newborn, raising concerns about her health.
The baby, J61, an endangered Southern Resident killer whale, only lived about a week and has been dead for several days, according to officials. It marks the second loss out of four births for ...
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Tahlequah is one of 73 endangered Southern Resident orcas, a killer whale population that lives in three pods − J, K an L − along the Salish Sea near British Columbia and Washington State ...
J50 Scarlet was a juvenile female member of the endangered southern resident orca community in British Columbia and Washington state. She was born near South Pender Island, British Columbia around Christmas Day, 2014. [1] In late June, 2018, Scarlet appeared emaciated and was feared near death. [2]