Orca Mother Carries Dead Calf For Weeks

Other Southern Resident orcas have been seen carrying dead calves but not for as long as Tahlequah did. In 2018, she carried ...
The Center for Whale Research announced the addition of a new calf in J pod along with the news of the recent passing of one ...
The southern resident killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has now lost another calf in what the Center for Whale Research called “devastating” news.
In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days, propping it up for more than 1,000 miles.