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Meet the Whales

Southern Resident Killer Whales

J CLAN
J POD

J2 Matriline (1 whale in 2012)
 

Granny (J2) - adult female thought to have been born in 1911. Sadly Ruffles (J1), who was possibly Granny's son, died in 2011

*Southern Resident ID photos provided by the Center for Whale Research 

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Photo credit: Joan Lopez
Ruffles (J1) surfacing.

Photo credit: Joan Lopez
Granny (J2) breaching.