Bereaved whale spotted pushing another dead calf

A slayer whale, which captured the world's attraction successful 2018 erstwhile it was spotted pushing the dormant assemblage of its newborn calf for 17 days, appears to beryllium grieving again.

The whale, known arsenic Tahlequah, has mislaid different calf and is again pushing the body, according to the Center for Whale Research.

Tahlequah has this clip been spotted disconnected the seashore of the US authorities of Seattle.

Killer whales person been known to transportation dormant calves for a week but scientists successful 2018 said Tahlequah had acceptable a "record".

The Center for Whale Research said the decease of immoderate calf was a "tremendous loss" but added that the decease of Tahlequah's newborn was "particularly devastating" fixed its history.

The centre, which studies the Southern Resident slayer whale and works connected its conservation, said Tahlequah had present mislaid 2 retired of 4 documented calves - some of which were female.

Both Canada and the US database Southern Resident slayer whales arsenic endangered.

The whales beryllium connected Chinook salmon - which person been successful melodramatic diminution successful caller years - for food.

Failures to reproduce are linked to nutrition and entree to these salmon, according to research from the University of Washington.

Whales tin question an mean of 120km (75 miles) a day.

The 2018 sighting of Tahlequah pushing a dormant calf happened erstwhile it was disconnected the shores of Victoria, British Columbia.