Meet the Whales
Northern Resident Killer Whales
A CLAN
D1 POD
D7 Matriline (7 whales in 2012)
Takush (D9) - adult female born in 1971
Winchester (D10) - adult female born in 1978
Hakai (D12) - adult female born in 1982 with one offspring, Whisky (D20)
Cascade (D13) - adult female born in 1984 with two offspring; Gypsy (D19) and Nowish (D23)
Gypsy (D19) - young whale of undetermined gender born in 1998
Whisky (D20) - young whale of undetermined gender born in 2000
Nowish (D23) - young whale of undetermined gender born in 2005
Whale News
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Photo: Lee Barrett-Lennard
The D7 matriline traveling off Goose Bank, central coast of British Columbia.
Photo: Lee Barrett-Lennard
A member of the D7 matriline about to dive.