The orca has never had a calf of her own, meaning she may be looking after the whale as a substitute.
several tell-tale signs showed the orca was looking after the calf.
This orca has never had a calf of her own. It is possible that she adopted the pilot whale as a substitute. Pilot whales and orcas both have close-knit families in the wild, meaning their mother-calf relationships are similar. This could further explain the extraordinary behavior, the study reported.
The two species could have displayed caregiving behaviors such as this before—but this is the first time it has been analyzed by scientists.
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