Tahlequah
Tahlequah is an orca whale known for her extraordinary display of maternal grief after the loss of her calf, which she carried for 17 days and nearly 1,600 kilometers without eating, showcasing profound emotional depth and social behavior in marine mammals.
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Vietnam:
In 2018, a killer whale named Tahlequah carried her dead calf over 1,600 km across the Salish Sea near British Columbia, Canada for more than 2 weeks.
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Paraguay:
Tahlequah is an orca who mourned her dead calf by keeping it afloat for 17 days.
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