#orca calf

[pnwander]

[mermaids-and-dastardly-deeds]

A pod of Biggs transient orcas

[fisheatingorca]

Morgan & Teno (clips from Loro Parque offical instagram)

[videogamewhales]

[ID: An image of an orca calf from the Scribblenauts series. End ID.]

Orca calf from the Scribblenauts series (2009-)

[girlwiththeorcatattoo]

Rescuers seek pod sightings after baby orca stranded north of Wellington

An infant orca remains at Plimmerton beach as rescue teams try to locate its family along the coast.

Hoping for a miracle. If the pod is not found, I don't think there are a lot of options.

[merciresolution]

Posted by Marine Mammal Research Unit UBC (MMRU)

“J56 was born May 24th and is now almost 3 months old. We saw her twice over two days next to her mother J31 near the Fraser River --- and on both occasions she was carrying a fish (or part of a fish) in her mouth like a rag doll. She will drink her mother’s milk for over a year, but is presumably learning young that she is a fish eater who is destined to love salmon!”

[rjzimmerman]

Is there hope for the critically endangered orcas that travel the waters between Seattle and BC, Canada?

Maybe some good news, for a change!

Excerpt from this EcoWatch story:

Is there hope for the critically endangered orcas that travel the waters between Seattle and BC, Canada? The southern resident killer whales have added a new member to their shrinking numbers: a baby that Center for Whale Research (CWR) Founding Director Ken Balcomb has named Lucky.

Balcomb confirmed the calf's birth with to The Seattle Times Friday, saying that the baby was healthy.

"It's great news," Balcomb said.

The birth comes at a critical time for the southern resident killer whales. Between June and September of 2018, the population lost three whales, bringing its numbers down to 74. Lucky's birth has bumped that number up to 75, but the new calf's survival is not certain. The last baby to be born to the southern resident orcas lived only half an hour. Its mother, Tahlequah, carried the body for a heartbreaking 17 days this summer, bringing international attention to the whales' plight. The population has not given birth to a surviving calf for three years."

Approximately 40 percent of newborn calves do not survive their first few years, but we hope that this one makes it to maturity, especially if it is female," CWR wrote in a press release announcing the birth.

The new baby was first spotted in a video shot Thursday by Seattle's King 5 News near Washington's Vachon Island, CBC News reported. It was seen beside the whale L77, who had been pregnant.

[the-cetacean]

Corky II, Orky II, and their first calf (World of Discovery: Beautiful Killers)