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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Claire Rush

An orca that carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing so once again

Orca Mother-Dead Calf-Washington - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over two weeks is doing so once again following the death of her new calf, in another sign of grief over lost offspring, researchers said.

The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.

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