Grieving Orca Finally Drops Dead Calf After 17 Days: 'She Looks Vigorous and Healthy'

The orca who carried her deceased baby for more than two weeks in a remarkable display of grief has let go of the calf, according to the Center for Whale Research. The center confirmed the news in an update posted online, Saturday. "This afternoon at 1407 Pacific Daylight Time, J35 vigorously chased a school of salmon with her pod-mates in mid-Haro Strait in front of the Center for Whale Research for a half mile -- no longer carrying the deceased baby that she had carried for at least seventeen ...