After carrying her deceased calf for over a thousand miles in 2018, J35, a renowned orca, has welcomed a new female calf named J61 in the Puget Sound. Scientists are hopeful that J35's experience as a mother will help J61 survive the perilous early weeks of life.
The mama orca, named J35 by researchers, was unable to let her calf go in 2018, carrying her baby’s lifeless body with her along a one-thousand-mile grief journey.
“My first reaction to seeing the calf was complete shock. I was just looking through my photos to see who the whales were that passed close to the port side of the ferry I was on and noticed a much smaller dorsal on one of the photos,” the person told the news outlet. The brand new baby will need help from her mom to survive the perilous first weeks of life for baby whales.
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