Hundred-year-old Orca has pretty much seen it all

pscot

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Thu Jul-16-09 10:05 AM
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Hundred-year-old Orca has pretty much seen it all

Edited on Thu Jul-16-09 10:06 AM by pscot

http://blog.seattlepi.com/candacewhiting/archives/169288.asp

http://blog.seattlepi.com/candacewhiting/library/2009_18_1,jpg_J1_J2,jpg

These two whales were the first of their pod to be identified by Ken Balcomb back in the late 70s when scientists realized that every Orca has a distinct pattern of markings. J1 is the impressive male with the characteristically tall dorsal fin, and J2 is tucked in behind him. Because of their relative ages and the fact that the pair is together so often, most likely they are mother and son.

J1 is 58 years old, and his mom (J2) is almost 100.

On edit: the picture didn't show, but it's at the link.

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Thu Jul-16-09 10:19 AM
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1. wonderful :)

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Thu Jul-16-09 10:21 AM
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2. wow

cool

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Thu Jul-16-09 11:04 PM
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3. Because this is pretty cool

:kick:

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