Center for Whale Research announces the birth of a new calf, J62, in the J pod while mourning the loss of J61.
The Center for Whale Research announced the addition of a new calf in J pod along with the news of the recent passing of one of its female calves Wednesday. The CWR said they received reports on the evening of Dec. 30 that a new calf may be traveling with the J19s and J16s. Their colleagues Maya Sears, Mark Sears, Candice Emmons, and Brad Hanson got on the water with J pod and confirmed this new calf , designated J62.
According to the CWR, the calf was among multiple females throughout their encounter, but they're still unsure of its mother. The center is also working to determine the calf's sex, which is still unknown, but the team reported that the calf appeared 'physically and behaviorally normal.' Sadly, this was followed by the team finding that the other recent J pod calf, female J61, had not survived. Researchers from CWR, NOAA, and other research groups will conduct follow-up observations of J35, as well as new calf J62 when conditions and the movements of the whales allow. The CWR said the death of any calf in the Southern Resident Killer Whale population is a tremendous loss, but the death of J61 is especially devastating. The death of J61 is particularly devastating, not just because she was a female, who could have one day potentially led her own matriline but also given the history of her mother J35, who has now lost two out of four documented calves – both of which were female.
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