Kenneth C. Balcomb, of the Center for Whale Research, last saw J2 “Granny,” the orca matriarch of J-Pod, on Oct. 12, 2016 “as she swam north in Haro Strait far ahead of the others. Perhaps other dedicated whale-watchers have seen her since then, but by year’s end she is officially missing from the SRKW population, and with regret we now consider her deceased.” (whaleresearch.com).
World’s Oldest Known Orca Presumed Dead (National Geographic)
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The Whale Menopause (BBC)
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The Resident Orcas of J-Pod
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Meet the Whales
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Moby Doll of the Salish Sea (North Shore News)
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Paul Spong’s OrcaLab
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Center for Whale Research
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Salish Sea hydrophone network
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Southern Resident Killer Whales
(United States Environmental Protection Agency)
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J-Pod Facebook page
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