Grieving Salish Sea Orca Whale Carries Dead Calf For 17 Days
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While whales are known to grieve the loss of their loved ones, the recent story of an orca mom clinging to her dead calf for over two weeks demonstrates unprecedented evidence of the strength of the species’ familial bonds. The heart-wrenching saga began on July 24, 2018, after a female calf born to J35, aka Tahlequah — a member of the endangered Southern Residents Killer Whales (SRKW) pod — died 30 minutes after birth. Instead of letting the carcass sink into the ocean, the grieving mother began carrying the lifeless body by balancing it on her forehead or nudging it along the water surface with her nose.
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- x_goddess_x약 4년That is so sad! (omg I am like crying now.) Wow, that is so sad.
- unipug2약 4년Poor baby.
- unipug2약 4년Life in the animal kingdom is harsh. Let's remember that humans are animals too, so we are basically extended family here in the animal kingdom.
- chemistry24년 이하Humans arent animals we are related to animals but we are not them animals only think about now not what hapens tomorrow or the next day we think about what happens in the future
- bday_summergirl약 4년Aww! I feel so bad for the mama whale T-T
- dream_beyond약 4년That is so sad : (
- gold3nglare4년 이상Oh poor thing.
- ggmickeyayla4년 이상That's horrible that the whale thinks she's helping it.
- chemistry24년 이하ik but its the circle of life and that calf will make it so other animals could live too
- gerububy-1605020673834년 이상Thats so sad
- zalylato-1605020673834년 이상So sad :(
- catqueen21225년 이하#sadlife