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List of killer whales missing from Puget Sound

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader

Seattle : WA : USA | about 1 year ago

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L-67, "Splash," female, born 1985, mother of "Luna," a juvenile killer whale that made headlines in 2001 when he turned up in Canadian waters, missing September 2008; L-101, "Aurora," male, brother of "Luna," born 2002, missing summer 2008; L-111, born Aug. 12, 2008, believed to have lived only a week,...

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