Scientists can't help distraught orca holding dead calf — but they can try to keep it safe
Wednesday, August 1, 2018 - 07:00
in Biology & Nature
For more than a week, a whale known as J-35 has been holding up its deceased calf, a process that requires tremendous energy from the mother. Orca observers have seen this behaviour before — but not for this long — and that has some scientists worried.