The orca, known as Tahlequah, swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent act of grieving. 9News
Tahlequah, known to researchers as J35, gave birth to a calf last week, according to aThe two orcas were spotted swimming with their pod in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, between Washington state and Vancouver Island, near North America, over the weekend, the release said.
Tahlequah, known to researchers as J35, gave birth to a calf last week. The baby appears happy and healthy, researchers say. Tahlequah made headlines in 2018 when she swam about 1600 kilometres of ocean with the body of her dead calf. The calf died a few hours after birth, but the mother prevented it from sinking for more than two weeks."She was still capable of producing a live calf after an approximate eighteen-month gestation! Hooray!" the release said. "Her new calf appeared healthy and precocious, swimming vigorously alongside its mother in its second day of free-swimming life.
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