Meet the Whales
Southern Resident Killer Whales
J CLAN
J POD
J4 Matriline (6 whales in 2012)
Spieden (J8) - adult female thought to have been born in 1933
Shachi (J19) - adult female born in 1979 with one offspring, Eclipse (J41)
Blackberry (J27) - adult male born in 1991
Tsuchi (J31) - teenage female born in 1995
Mako (J39) - young male born in 2003
Eclipse (J41) - young female born in 2005
*Southern Resident ID photos provided by the Center for Whale Research
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Photo: Joan Lopez
Shachi (J19) tail slapping with Spieden (J8) swimming behind.
Photo: Joan Lopez
Blackberry (J27) tail slapping.