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Baby Orca Research Paper

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A baby orca was recently spotted near the San Juan Islands. The orca was born in the J-Pod. Michael Harris is the executive of the Pacific Whale Watch Association. He has stated that the new addition is great news. The newest orca has been named J53. It is the fourth orca to be born into the J-Pod this year.

Experts were surprised to see J-53 because it is the fourth orca to be born to J17. J17 is 38 years-old. She is also a grandmother to two orcas, J46 and J47.

Maya's Legacy took photos of the baby orca. Maya's Legacy is one of the whale watch associations in Washington and British Columbia. The photos showed that J53 had folded skin. The folded skin indicates that the baby orca had been born a few days ago.

L-Pod, which is another pod,
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