L25 "Ocean Sun" (pronounced OW-shn SUN) is an approximately 96-year-old female Southern resident killer whale. She is considered the oldest living Southern resident and is believed to be the mother of Tokitae (Lolita). She is the sole survivor of …

2023年10月18日 · L25 is the world’s oldest known living wild orca, the uncontested reigning matriarch of the southern resident orcas that frequent Puget Sound. She ascended to that post after the death of J2, in...

2023年6月21日 · Today we highlight a living legend, L25 Ocean Sun. She is currently the oldest orca in the Southern Resident population, estimated at 95 years old. Along with Tokitae/Lolita, who is still being held at the Miami Seaquarium, Ocean Sun is the only Southern Resident alive today who experienced the capture era.

2023年3月1日 · L25/Ocean Sun is the oldest living Southern Resident Killer Whale, is the last remaining member of the L25s, and is frequently seen with the L11s/L12s. It’s also suspected that L25/Ocean Sun is the mother of Tokitae/Lolita, who was the only SRKW member still in captivity until her sudden death in August of 2023.

2019年5月28日 · The oldest Southern Resident orca, Ocean Sun L25, estimated to be over 90 years old, is considered to be Lolita's possible mother based on analysis of the calls Lolita continues to make in her tank. Like most, probably all, orcas, Lolita yearns to bond with another caring, sentient being.

Ocean Sun (estimated birth year 1928) has outlived her immediate family. She spends most of her time with Mega (L-41) and his sisters. A personalized adoption certificate with a 3" x 5" photo of your whale. A personal biography of your whale. A genealogy chart. A 16-page informational booklet about the Southern Resident Orcas.

2024年11月7日 · Among the L pod whales was L25, a female named Ocean Sun estimated to be 96 years old. She is said to be the only orca still alive who could have been among the whales that were rounded up in Penn Cove years ago.

2024年11月12日 · After more than 50 years of avoiding Penn Cove, the southern resident orcas finally returned to the site of the tragic whale roundup. Earlier this month, crowds of emotional whale chasers and...

2021年7月7日 · And this year, with its record heat and drought, is testing even the toughest survivors, including winter-run Chinook that L25 and her family still travel all the way to the coast of Central...

2024年3月20日 · The Seattle Times reports that L25 is the world’s oldest known living wild orca, the uncontested reigning matriarch of the southern resident orcas that frequent Puget Sound. She ascended to that post after the death of J2, in 2017 at an estimated age of 105.