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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- Angelofdarkness7년 이하well life is sometimes sad and hard but you should always move on i felt that way with my best friend amira (shes a human)
- orca lover7년 이하i love orcas so that was really, really sad
- Noah Oak 3rd 7년 이하So sad !😥
- some 7년 이하that vary vary sad
- Kyler 7년 이하so so sad
- Baker frost 7년 이하that was sad
- bill10007년 이하its so sad
- sad boi7년 이하oof this is sad :(
- kazutywohanite7년 이하that is so SAD😢
- Forever Wind7년 이하😢😢 i am balling my eyes out right now. Don't say i'm over dramatic, I am just very sympathetic/emotional or empathetic i can't normally tell these two apart