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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 ...
An orca who made headlines in 2018 after she carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks and a distance of 1,000 miles has given birth again, according to the Center for Whale Research.
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 a new unnamed calf in 2024.
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.
From 1990 to 2023, 61 southern resident orca calves have survived beyond birth, while 107 southern residents have died. [ 63 ] 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 ]
Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died from old age and multiple chronic illnesses, according to a report released Tuesday by the Miami Seaquarium. Lolita — 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.
Wikie (born 1 June 2001) is a female Orca who lives at the Marineland of Antibes in Antibes, France.Her mother was Sharkane (1985 – 3 January 2009) and her father was Kim II (1981 – 23 November 2005).