The killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has been spotted carrying the body of her dead calf, echoing her display of grief from 2018.
for carrying around the body of her dead offspring has lost another calf, and seems to be repeating her prior show of grief.
The killer whale mother is widely known as Tahlequah, a name given to her by the Whale Museum in Washington state. She is also called J35 by researchers, which refers to her status as a member of a pod of orcas in the Pacific Northwest known as the J Pod.On Christmas Eve, the Center for Whale Research had confirmed that Tahlequah had given birth to a new female calf, J61, afterin the Puget Sound area.
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