Blackberry, his brother Mako (J-39) and sister Tsuchi (J-31) lost their mother in 2008. They travel closely with the J22 and the J17 family groups. A one-year symbolic orca adoption includes: A personalized adoption certificate with a 3" x 5" photo of your whale. A personal biography of your whale. A genealogy chart.

2010年7月14日 · Here's J27, the 19 year-old older brother, surfacing in front of what we call the Coal Docks - whenever we see the Coal Docks we know we are a long way from our home port! It was the kind of day where we could just cut our engines and watch as the whales zig-zagged about and looked for fish.

J27 "Blackberry" (pronounced BLAK-beh-ree) is a 32-year-old male Southern resident killer whale. Blackberry was first seen on November 2nd, 1991 with his mother J11 "Blossom."

J27 is one of the most popular Southern Resident killer whales and is easily recognized by his tall dorsal fin and fully open saddle patch on the left side, while the saddle on the right is only slightly open with a short, pointed finger.

2024年12月9日 · In 1987, a group of killer whales off the northwestern coast of North America briefly donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads for weeks. Recently, a male orca known as J27, or...

In 1987, a group of killer whales off the northwestern coast of North America briefly donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads for weeks. Recently, a male orca known as J27, or “Blackberry,” was photographed in Washington’s Puget Sound with a salmon on his head, and many observers declared that the trend had returned.

Scientists in Washington recently observed a male orca, J27 Blackberry, balancing a salmon on his head in Puget Sound. This quirky behaviour, first documented in 1987, saw several orcas adopting...

2024年12月2日 · Photographer Jim Pasola captured an image of a male orca known as J27 Blackberry wearing a dead salmon on his head near Washington state's Kitsap Peninsula on …

2021年6月4日 · Out of the blue, this huge orca bursted out of the water with a gunshot sounding breath that knocked the wind out of the people sitting on shore. He was even closer than the first whale, and we all sat frozen on the rock as he slipped back into the sea.

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