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‘Mourning the loss’: Another orca carries her dead calf through the sea near Washington
The endangered Southern Resident orca population, numbering fewer than 75, faces high calf mortality due to low reproductive success and declining Chinook salmon prey, researchers say.
- Researchers reported that an orca identified as J36 was pushing a dead calf through the Rosario Strait near Washington on Friday.
- There are only 73 remaining whales in the Southern Resident killer whale population, which is listed as endangered.
- This behavior of carrying dead calves is believed to be a sign of grief and has been observed before, such as with the famous orca Tahlequah in 2018.
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Orca spotted pushing dead calf near San Juan Islands (BC)
An orca was spotted Friday pushing a dead calf in the Rosario Strait, between the San Juan Islands and Anacortes east of Greater Victoria. The Center for Whale Research took to social media on Saturday to announce the death of the calf, whose umbilical cord was still attached to her mother, a southe...
·Kelowna, Canada
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