Ocean conservation organisation Oceana published a brief obituary of Yakat, a female orca whose remains were found on the Canadian coastline in January. The article sheds some light on wild orca family structures, and how orcas can be identified from one another. Yakat was first identified in 1972, at which time she was already leader of her pod, which makes her well over 40 years old at the time she died.
Reading something like this makes me want to weep for the orcas held in captivity in various entertainment venues and zoos around the world. The wildness, complexity and subtlety of the life Yakat lived is something beautiful.
Read the article here.
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