It's a girl! Biologists confirm rare new orca calf is female
Seattle (UPI) Jan 8, 2015 - With seas momentarily calm in the Strait of Georgia off British Columbia, scientists have finally been able to get close enough to determine the sex of the newly birthed orca calf, J-50. The new baby killer whale is female, biologists confirmed Wednesday. "Good News! It is a Girl!" scientists at the Center for Whale Research announced in a blog post. J-50 is the 78th orca in the populat ... more

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