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Meet the Whales

Northern Resident Killer Whales

A CLAN
A1 POD

A30 Matriline (10 whales in 2012)
 

Tsitika (A30) - adult female thought to have been born in 1947 with two male offspring; Blackney (A38) and Pointer (A39) 

Blackney (A38) - adult male born in 1970 

Pointer (A39) - adult male born in 1975

Clio (A50) - adult female born in 1984 with two offspring; Bend (A72) and Klaoitsis (A84)

Blinkhorn (A54) - adult female born in 1989 with three offspring; Cedar (A75), Cutter (A86) and Cypress (A93)

Bend (A72) - young female born in 1999

Cedar (A75) - young whale of undetermined gender born in 2001

Klaoitsis (A84) - young whale of undetermined gender born in 2005

Cutter (A86) - young whale of undetermined gender born in 2006 

Cypress (A93) - young whale of undetermined gender born in 2009

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Photo: Lance Barrett-Lennard
Cedar (A75) in front with Cutter (A86) surfacing behind.