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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...
Tags: San Juan Island, puget sound, killer whale, Center for Whale Research, orcas missing
Seattle Times staff reporter Whale researchers discovered a new baby orca Tuesday afternoon in the San Juan Islands. The calf was only hours old when spotted by staff of the Center for Whale Research in Friday Harbor, who designated the newborn L111.
Tags: San Juan Islands, Center for Whale Research, orcas calf
One of the oldest orcas in Puget Sound pods is missing and presumed dead. Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research at Friday Harbor says a whale known as K-7 or Lummi has not been seen since the K pod returned in June. As the oldest female it was...