For more than a thousand miles, a Southern Resident killer whale known as Tahlequah carried the body of her dead calf on a ...

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In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...

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NOAA Fisheries West Coast An orca whale mother has kept her dead calf by her side for at least 11 days. Tahlequah (who is also known as her alpha-numeric designation, J35) previously made ...

Tahlequah has two living sons. But this baby lived only a week ... research director for the Center for Whale Research, who also confirmed the mother is J41. Both mother and calf appeared to ...

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by Karina Vargas, KOMO News Reporter TOPICS: SEATTLE — The mother orca known as J35, or Tahlequah ... a lifetime like it does with humans when a baby is lost," researchers added.

Tahlequah is known to be the mother of another orca, J47, who is now around 14 years old, and also J57, a baby born two years ... exclusively fish-eating killer whale communities in the northeast ...