LOADING ERROR LOADING Dead salmon hats for fall? In the summer of 1987, orcas from the Pacific Northwest’s “southern resident” population started doing something that fascinated and perplexed human observers: wearing dead salmon on their heads. “We saw one with a fish on its head,” Deborah Giles, the research director for the nonprofit Wild Orca, told New Scientist. “So that …
A two-year-old orca that has spent weeks circling a Canadian lagoon where its mother died will soon be airlifted out and released into the Pacific Ocean. A baby orca named kʷiisaḥiʔis was stranded in a Canadian lagoon last month after a mistimed attack by her mom. kʷiisaḥiʔis has refused to leave the site where her mom died, even as rescuers …
LOADING ERROR LOADING A female orca known best for carrying her dead calf with her for more than two weeks in apparent grief is now mother to a healthy male. J35's new calf appeared healthy and precocious, swimming vigorously alongside its mother in its second day of free-swimming life.https://t.co/6bSnvzRAju pic.twitter.com/ctxRQqPnn8 — Whale Research September 6, 2020 Researchers determined this week …
