Orca grieves for calf
Mother orca balances dead baby on her nose. (Photo by (Ken Balcomb/Centre for Whale Research)
This mother orca, known as J-35, has been balancing the body of its dead calf on its nose for seven days as of Monday.
The calf died shortly after it was born on Tuesday off the coast of Kellett Bluff, WA, in yet another loss for the population that hasn’t had a successful birth since 2015.
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