An orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days has let it go, said researchers on Aug. 11.
The killer whale, called J35 and is also known as Tahlequah, was seen chasing salmon with other orcas in the Haro Strait near the U.S.-Canada border. The whale was no longer carrying around her dead calf—something she had done since July 24, the Center for Whale Research in Washington state wrote on its website.
