Mother orca Tahlequah has been carrying her dead calf, a daughter, for at least 11 days, according to local news outlets. Tahlequah first made headlines in 2018 after taking a different dead calf on a 'tour of grief,

Tahlequah, the Southern Resident orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is mourning the loss of another newborn, raising concerns about her health.

For at least 11 days, a mother killer whale has been carrying the body of her dead newborn calf. Only a handful of days old, the female calf was confirmed dead on New Year's Eve. The next day, the southern resident orca mom, known as Tahlequah or J35, was seen with the dead calf “draped across her snout” or placed on top of her head.

The calf was born in late December. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led them to worry for the young whale’s health.

Tahlequah is the orca whose story shocked the world in 2018 when she carried a calf that lived only half an hour for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles.

This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 tour of grief, during which she carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles.

The same whale that made world headlines in 2018 for pushing her dead newborn calf around for 17 days, has now spent at least nine days doing the same with her calf that died around New Year's Eve.

A mother killer whale whose calf died more than two weeks ago has recently been spotted still carrying the newborn's carcass in waters off Victoria.