Huffington Postさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Huffington PostInstagram)「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.⁠ ⁠ Tahlequah, a killer whale living a pod of whales in Pacific Northwest waters, gave birth in early September.⁠ ⁠ Researchers determined this week that her new calf is a boy, after examining images from a photographer who observed the orca pod on Tuesday near Point Roberts, Washington.⁠ ⁠ The calf, known as J57 to researchers, was frolicking alongside Tahlequah (also known as J35) with other orcas close by, photographer Sara Hysong-Shimazu said in a news release from the Pacific Whale Watch Association.⁠ ⁠ “It was really touching to see how active and social they were together and to see J57 surfacing with both his mom and surrounded by others in the community,” Hysong-Shimazu said. “He certainly seemed spunky and energetic!”⁠ ⁠ Tahlequah made headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf, which had died minutes after being born, for 17 days.⁠ ⁠ Deborah Giles, a research scientist at the University of Washington’s Center for Conservation Biology, told HuffPost at the time that she felt it was accurate to describe the behavior as grieving.⁠ ⁠ “This is completely unprecedented, and honestly your guess is as good as ours as far as what is going on here,” Giles said. “I think it’s really easy to put human emotions on it, but personally I think it’s accurate. I think she is grieving.”⁠ ⁠ Tahlequah isn’t the only whale in her pod to have given birth recently. J41, also known as Eclipse, gave birth to a “rambunctious little bundle of baby” on Thursday, naturalist Leah Vanderwiel said in a release from the PWWA. Eclipse’s calf’s sex and overall health are still unknown. Read more at our link in bio. // 📷 Katie Jones, Center for Whale Research」9月30日 7時41分