Not again...Orca Mourns Second Calf Since 2018

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In 2018, an orca designated as J35 of

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the Southern Resident Orca Population captured global attention

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when she carried her deceased calf for 17 days, traversing over

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1,000 miles in a profound display of grief. This behavior highlighted the

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deep emotional bonds these creatures share and brought to light the

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precarious state of the Southern Resident Orca Population. Fast

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forward to December 2024, researchers from the Center of Whale Research confirmed

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that J35 had given birth to a new calf designated J61.

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Fantastic! The birth of the calf was a beacon of hope for

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the endangered Southern Resident Orca population, currently numbers only

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73,000. individuals. However, this optimism, unfortunately, was short

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lived. By January 1st, 2025, observations had

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revealed that J61 had passed away and

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J35 was once again seen carrying her deceased offspring.

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We're going to talk about the significance of this. We're going to talk about why this

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particular orca is found doing this twice and

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for so long on this episode of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast. Let's

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start the show. Hey

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everybody, welcome to a somber episode of the How to

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Protect the Ocean podcast. I'm your host, Andrew Lewin. This is the podcast where you find out

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what's happening with the ocean, how you can speak up for the ocean, what you can do to live

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for a better ocean by taking action. And on today's episode,

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we're going to be talking about the death of J61. Not

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a very enlightening episode, not a hopeful episode, but

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one of cautionary tale to say, hey, you

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know what? these orca pop this or southern resident orca population

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is in trouble. We're going to talk about why it's in trouble. We're

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talking about why it's so fragile and why these calves continue

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to die. There's only a 20% success rate in their

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survival a lot to cover today. But before we do, I just want to

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remind people if this is your first time here. I know it's the beginning of 2025. This

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to protect the ocean, what you can do more to protect the ocean. Just stay tuned

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So if you want to do that, all you have to do is go to speakupforblue.com forward

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slash community. That's speakupforblue.com forward

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slash community. There's going to be a link in the description below. So look

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And when we release and launch the community, you'll

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be able to be a part of it, one of the first ones. So join that community, speakupforblue.com forward

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slash community. Because it's a community that is going to be required to

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protect not only these orcas, but the ocean, and

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we're gonna help you do that. So unfortunately, the recurrence of

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this tragic event has prompted the reflection within the

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scientific community. Dr. Michael Weiss, Research

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Director of the Center of Whale Research, noted that while it's

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not uncommon for orcas to carry their dead calves, the

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duration observed in J35's case is

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exceptional. So it's a little bit unique. Michael Weiss stated, it's

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interesting that it's the same whale doing the same behavior again.

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It seems to suggest that there's something about her as an individual that

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makes this behavior more prominent. So the southern resident

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orca population faces multiple threats. The primary prey

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Chinook salmon is really, really low. Exposure to

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pollutants and disturbances from vessel noises also affect their

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population. These factors contribute to a high calf mortality, with

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studies indicating that only 20% of orca calves survive their

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first year. I want you to think about this for a little bit. We have orcas

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that are a long-lived species. They live in the wild. They can live for

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like 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, even 80 years old. They're a very long-lived species.

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It takes a while to get to sexual maturity. And for this population to

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continue to thrive, they have to be reproducing one,

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two, three, maybe even four calves a year. But if their population

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is only allowing 20% of these calves to survive to

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adulthood or pass even the first year, not necessarily to adulthood, then

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we are in trouble. Because eventually, this population, which

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stands at about 73 individuals, the older ones

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are going to start to pass away. And with all the disturbances that

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are happening, the noise, the lack of Chinook salmon, pollutants

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in the ocean, plastic pollution in the ocean, and

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climate change, of course, they're at risk of getting

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even, you know, even lower in numbers. So obviously this

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is something that we need to do and we need to take action. So conservation organizations

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emphasize the need for urgent action and the Center

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of Whale Research advocates for salmon habitat restoration, removal

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of dams that impede salmon migration. We got to get that Chinook

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salmon population up. This is what helps. sustainable fisheries management to

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ensure an adequate food supply for these orcas

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they assert every single birth every single

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birth counts and these whales need enough fish to

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be able to support themselves and their calves they are large

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individuals even as calves are large individuals but they grow to be even larger

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they grow to be 65 feet long, maybe even bigger

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at times, they have to be able to feed. They have to be

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able to eat. And if this southern resident orca population

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only eats Chinook salmon, they need their Chinook salmon. They need

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lots of it. So they can't handle when Chinook salmon come

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back, and they come back 15 million individuals

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less than what they left, or what they were proposed to come back as,

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or predicted to come back as, which has happened in the past. Food

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scarcity is a problem. It's not allowing them

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to grow and to be healthy. They need the fatty acids,

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they need the protein, they need everything they can to get from

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this Chinook salmon. They're not like the transient orca population where

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they can have sharks or whales or other fish or whales

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or marine mammals of that sort, seals and so forth. They're not like

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that. They need Chinook salmon. So they're very, very specific in

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their diet. In addition to food scarcity, chemical contamination

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poses a significant risk. Orcas are among the most

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contaminated marine mammals due to bioaccumulation of toxins

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like PCBs and DDT, which can impair reproductive

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and immune function. So there could be a reason why You

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know, these orca calves are not surviving past the first

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year. It could just be that they don't really have a chance once they're born because

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of the amount of chemicals, the amount of PCBs, the amount of DTDs

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that are in their system when they're born. Addressing pollution

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sources is crucial for their survival. So this loss

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of J61 is a stark reminder of the fragility of

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this southern resident orca population. However, there is

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a glimmer of hope. Another calf, J62, has

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been born in the J pod, and it appears to be doing

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quite well. We're gonna cross our fingers on that, knock on wood, knock

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on everything. The mother and sex of the calf are yet to be identified, but

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its birth offers a beacon of optimism amidst the

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challenges. Even though there's still a small chance that this

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orca calf will live past the first year, it looks like it's doing pretty well.

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And hopefully this jaypod can grow by

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this other calf, just by one. Even if they grow by one, it

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helps. Now you gotta remember, this is a long-lived species, so hopefully it's a

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female. so that it has some reproductive ability later on, and

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it could birth a number of different individuals. But

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as we reflect on J35's story, it's imperative to recognize the

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broader implications for marine conservation. Protecting

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the ocean requires a multifaceted approach. You can't just go out

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protecting one species. Addressing issues from habitat restoration

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to pollution control is extremely important. By supporting

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conservation initiatives and advocating for sustainable practices, each

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of us can contribute to the preservation of these majestic

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creatures and health of our ocean. I can't tell you

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enough how hard and how complex it is to protect the

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ocean. I say this every episode. It's not an easy thing. You can't

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just go out and protect these wonderful species.

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It's not just that easy. They're in danger. They're already protected. There's

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no need to further protect just that species. You

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have to address the pollution. You have to address the

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changes in their environment from climate change to ocean noise.

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With climate change brings more ocean noise, believe it or not. There's

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more shipping going on. There's shipping going on north of Canada through

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the Northwest Passage, but there's also increased shipping along

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the West Coast where these orca resident populations are. They

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are vulnerable, and we need to protect them. They are an apex predator.

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They are very smart. We can learn a lot from them. We still don't know very

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much about these species. We still don't know very much

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about this species. We still have so much more

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to learn. And what comes with learning about

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them could help us in the future as humans. They're very similar

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to us. And there's strong cultural connections to indigenous populations within

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the area, within Puget Sound, right within the BC coastline. This

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is very important for the people who have a cultural tie to

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the species. In some indigenous populations, their ancestral

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souls will go into orcas, and they're believed to

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become orca populations. Very similar to Avatar 2, where

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they cover that. where the souls of the indigenous people within,

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like the water people within that movie, went to the whale

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population of whatever they called those whales. I forget what they called those

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whales. And so a death of those whales meant a death of

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one of their ancestors. And that deep connection was

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lost. And that obviously isn't good. Not

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only from a cultural perspective, but also from a biological and ecological perspective.

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So protecting these species requires not only do we protect the

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species themselves and observe them and find out what we can, but we also

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have to protect what's around that. We have to protect the water. That

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means controlling what goes into the water and keeping certain harmful

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things out. There are ports along that coastline that are not

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only in the U.S. but in Canada, very important ports, all

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up and down that coastline. And there are chemicals that

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come out of that. There are spills that happen, oil spills. There are

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spills from whatever's being shipped. There's potential non-point

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sources and point sources. So point sources are where we know what's coming out

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or a pipeline of some sort of what's going in. So it

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could be wastewater, it could be anything, right? Sewage water, it doesn't matter.

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We know that it's coming at a specific point. It's at a pipe or

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something like that, but it's at a specific point. Non-point sources is where

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we just can't track where they're actually coming from. But we have to take water

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samples all up and down the coast to find out where these contaminants are coming from.

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Now, we have to look at the prey. Bioaccumulation in

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orcas happens because they're eating

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so many fish. So bioaccumulation is happening in the fish. So

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it's going all the way down the food web. And when it comes up the food web, it

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accumulates in each of the bodies. So as the bodies get bigger and bigger, they eat more

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and more prey that are contaminated. they get that contamination

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goes into the tissues and when it gets up to the orcas, then that's how they

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start to deteriorate. They're not as healthy and they're not as fit

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to not only give birth but also to nurse a newborn, a

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newborn calf in this situation. I'm not blaming J35 for

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anything, right? She is just a product of her environment. But

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that could be one of the reasons, we don't know for sure, but that could be one of the reasons why

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J61 passed away. but there is new hope and they're going to be

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looking at J62 to be that new hope. Hopefully J62

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survives. In the meantime we are observing J35 mourning

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the loss of her young, her second, now

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called J61 and she's going to be carrying this around for

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a few weeks and she's going to be showing the world that hey

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you know what there's something wrong here and my calf has

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died because of it. We are doing something wrong. Now there's a lot of

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people out on social media who are looking at

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different aspects of what is happening

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here, the significance of the mourning process. Scientists

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are looking at this as a mourning process. It's very unique to

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J35 in this situation that we know of, where she floats

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the calf for more than two to three weeks. but

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you know it's a process and some people are looking into it they're anthropomorphizing it

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they're making it seem like it's more of human abilities or

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human characteristics that you know they're mourning this process we don't know

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exactly why they do it we assume that they're mourning the process the

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songs that are coming out the noises that are coming out of the orcas seem like it's

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a somber sort of it's a somber conversation that's that's happening

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but and this is how they get over it they're extremely sensitive species and

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they definitely have that emotional intelligence but we can't look too

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far into it and we can't get too down in what we see happening

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right now there are ways that you can mourn there are ways that you can help

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and i'll put some of the conservation organizations especially the organizations

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that I've mentioned in here, which is the Orca

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Whale Research, I believe. What's it called? Sorry, the Center of

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Whale Research. And we will find out how you can donate to

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support this organization in observing not only the southern resident

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orca population, but other orca populations in the region. to make

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sure that they're doing well as well. You got to remember these orca

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populations for the southern residents have had a really traumatizing

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past number of decades. Going back to the 1970s where

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many of them were taken, many of them died in the process of being

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taken for marine theme parks and they still haven't been

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put back. A lot of them have died in that process. The big

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loss was when they took about 50 individuals from

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that population. Now there's only 73 left. They've had a really tough

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time recuperating because of the lack of prey, there's ways

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to get around that, there's ways to increase the Chinook population, and

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that is to tear down dams, that is to make sure that

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pollution is in better control, and that comes to government,

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that comes putting pressure on government to make better policies. and

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make sure they follow the policies that they have already. So that's a big thing

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that we need to find out when you hear these stories. It's not

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only that you feel sad for these orcas, but there's action to

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be taken, and there's action that you can go through organizations like

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the Center for Whale Research, but also other nonprofit organizations local

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to the area that have a really good beat on

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what's happening in that area, what's happening with the policy. They can inform

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you better, and they can show you where you can put your action into use.

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check those out in the links below. That's it for the episode today. Sorry to

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start off the week with such a bad episode in terms of topic wise, but

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I feel like it's something that we need to discuss. It's something that needs to be addressed.

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It's being covered all over the place. And what I, again, what I don't want

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people to do is just to look at this and be like, oh man, these orca species, they're

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done for. They're not done for. We can save them. We need to save

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them. And you can help by starting by looking at these organizations,

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finding out more, and just, you know, you already started by looking

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at this video and listening. and showing that you can take

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action and then that's what's necessary on these on these types

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of topics so check that out in the link below if you want to

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find out more about not only the orca the southern resident orca

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population but anything regarding the ocean Make sure

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listening to this episode of the How To Protect The Ocean podcast. I'm your host, Andrew