Ailing killer whale declared dead, but feds to keep looking

[PHDNM]

Ailing killer whale declared dead, but feds to keep looking

Efforts to find a sick young orca from a critically endangered population of killer whales in the Pacific Northwest came up empty Thursday, and a scientist who tracks the animals declared her dead — though federal authorities said they’d keep looking.

https://www.wwlp.com/world/ailing-ki...ing/1446926750


J50 was declared dead 2 days ago by another agency

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has called off the active search for a killer whale that was earlier declared dead by another agency.

The southern resident killer whale known as J50 hasn't been seen for several days, and was declared dead on Thursday by Washington state's Center for Whale Research, but NOAA and Fisheries and Oceans Canada hadn't given up hope.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...-j50-1.4825577

[Iloko]

whales swallow rather than eat lol

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this is really something we all needed to know about