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Orca who carried dead calf's body for weeks has lost another offspring
The calf was born Dec. 24. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led them to worry for the young whale's health.
This orca is carrying around another dead calf. Here’s what we know about how orcas grieve
Tahlequah previously carried another dead newborn for 17 days in 2018. Here's what she's taught us about how orcas deal with death.
Orca That Carried Dead Calf for Weeks Appears to Be in Mourning Again
Mr. Hanson said on Thursday that he did not know why the female calf, who lived for a few days during the last weeks of December, had died. The mother, one of only a few dozen of its type of orca, was seen carrying the dead female calf on Wednesday, though might have been doing so for longer.
Mourning orca mother carries a dead calf for second time since 2018
An orca that made headlines for carrying a dead calf for more than two weeks in 2018 is doing it again after the death of her new calf.
Orca that carried dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing so again
The entire team at the Center for Whale Research is deeply saddened by this news and we will continue to provide updates when we can.”
Tahlequah the Orca Has Lost Another Calf, and She’s Carrying It With Her Again
In December, news broke that Tahlequah, the orca who famously carried her dead calf for 17 days, had given birth. Sadly, it appears that the new calf has died.
Orca who carried dead newborn for weeks has lost another calf and is traveling with it
Tahlequah, an orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles in 2018, lost another calf recently and is grieving the death in a similar way.
Orca seen carrying dead calf in repeat of scene from 2018
There appears to be new heartache for the orca nicknamed Tahlequah after researchers spotted her on Wednesday carrying her new calf on her head, much the way she did another calf six years ago.
Mother orca Tahlequah once again carrying her dead calf
Tahlequah is once again carrying a dead calf, researchers said, as she did in 2018 in a 17-day, 1,000-mile tour that shocked the region and world.
Orca who carried dead newborn for weeks has lost another calf and is carrying it again
An orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018 seems to be repeating the behavior with a newly deceased baby whale. Researchers say it's a show of grief.
Famous grieving mother orca from endangered pod loses another calf
The same southern resident orca that famously carried her dead calf for over two weeks in 2018 has lost another one. Marine biologists fear inbreeding is weakening the endangered pod of some 30 orcas struggling to find enough Chinook salmon.
Orca Tahlequah’s new baby dies
J61’s birth was of symbolic importance to the region. Her mother was Tahlequah, who 2018 carried her dead calf 1,000 miles ...
Only about half of Southern Resident orca calves survive. Here's why
Orca researchers hope the Southern Resident population can grow to 80 to 90 whales in the next 50 years, which experts say will help them breathe a sigh of relief.