Tahlequah, the Southern Resident killer whale who famously carried her deceased calf for 17 days in 2018, has tragically lost her newest offspring. Tahlequah, a female orca born around 1998, endured ...
J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.
The killer whale, named Tahlequah or J35 to researchers, was spotted swimming with a new calf in the Puget Sound waterway off Washington State on Friday, scientists have said. In a Facebook post ...