Famous Orca Mother Carrying Another Dead Calf After Losing Second Infant: Researchers

Famous Orca Mother Carrying Another Dead Calf After Losing Second Infant: Researchers
A killer whale calf is shown travelling with her mother, J35, also known as Tahlequah, in the Puget Sound area in this December 2024 handout photo. The Canadian Press/HO-Center For Whale Research-Maya Sears
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A mother killer whale who famously pushed the body of her dead newborn for 17 days in 2018 has lost another calf, and researchers say she is again carrying the body.

The Center for Whale Research says in a New Year’s Day post on social media that the mother known as Tahlequah, or J35, has now lost two of her four documented calves.