Heartbroken whale seen pushing another dead calf

an orca, that captured the world’s attention in 2018 when he was seen pushing the corpse of his newborn calf for 17 days, he appears to be grieving again.

The whale, known as Tahlequah, has lost another calf and is pushing the body again, according to the Whale Research Center.

This time Tahlequah has been spotted off the coast of the US state of Seattle.

Orcas have been known to carry dead calves for a week, but scientists said in 2018 that Tahlequah had set a “record.”

The Whale Research Center said The death of any calf was a “tremendous loss,” but he added that the death of Tahlequah’s newborn was “particularly devastating” given its history.

The center, which studies the southern resident killer whale and works on its conservation, said Tahlequah had lost two of every four documented calves, both females.

Both Canada and the United States consider southern resident killer whales to be endangered.

The whales depend on Chinook salmon, which have declined dramatically in recent years, for food.

Failures in reproduction are related to nutrition and access to these salmon, according to research from the University of Washington.

Whales can travel an average of 120 kilometers (75 miles) a day.

The 2018 sighting of Tahlequah pushing a dead calf occurred off the coast of Victoria, British Columbia.