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J-Pod
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J6
male
est.1956-1998
J1
J8 female
male
est 1951-2010
Longest lived male known
among the
Southern Residents
J2 female
Key
Possible family lines
Probable family lines
Definite family lines
J12
female
est.1935-1996
J24
?
1972-1972c
J14 female
born 1974
J23
male
1987-1991
J30
J43
male
1995-2012
?
2007-2007
born 2001
J37 female
born 2012
J49male
born 2004
J40 female
born 2009
J45 male
J-Pod
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J4
female
est.1957-1995
J11
female
est. 1972-2008
J15
J21
male
1976-1981
?
1982-1983
J19
born 1979
female
J29
male
1993-1993
J41 female
born 2005
J25
?
1988-1988
J27 male
born 1991
J31 female
born 1995
J39 male
born 2003
J7
female
est.1939-1983
J3
male
est.1953-1995
born 1991
born 1999
J26 male
J33
male
1996-2010
J16 female
J36 female
born 2007
J42 female
J48
unk
2011-2011
J-Pod
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J9
female
est.1917-1985
J10
female
est.1962-1999
J20
J18
female
1981-1998
male
1977-2000
born 1985
J5
born 1996
female
est.1938-1997
born 1998
J13
J22
female
J32 female
J34
male
born 2003
J38 male
born 2009
J44 male
female
est.1971-1980
J17 female
born 1977
born 1993
J28 female
born 1998
J35 female
born 2009
"Star"
J46 female
born 2010
"Looker"
J47 male
2012, Center for Whale Research
K-Pod
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K7
female
est.1910-2008
K1
K2
male
est.1955-1997
male
est.1953-1974
K11
K30
female
est.1929-1982
female
1933-2010
K19
male
est.1953-1984
K25 male
born 1991
born 1986
K20 female
K13 female
born 1994
K27 female
born 2011
"Flasher"
K44 male
born 2001
K34 male
born 2004
born 2004
K38
male
K-Pod
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K4
female
est.1933-1999
K28
female
1994-2006
K12
female
K31
male
1999-2005
K39
?
2006-2006
born 1987
K22 female
K37 male
born 2003
born 2010
"Speedy"
K43 female
K41
?
2006-2006
K18
born 2001
female
est.1948-2004
K33 male
K17
male
est.1966-1994
K46
?
1974-1981
K40
female
est.1963-2012
born 1986
K21 male
K-Pod
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K8
female
est.1930-1989
K3
female
est.1957-1998
K15
K5
male
est.1953-1991
K29
?
est.1971-1975
male
1996-1998
born 1985
K16 female
born 2002
K35 male
K32
?
2000-2000
born 1977
born 1993
K23
?
1988-1988
K14 female
K26 male
born 2003
K36 female
born 2008
K42 male
K24
?
1990-1990
L-Pod
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L28
female
est.1949-1994
L32
female
est.1955-2005
L38
male
est. 1965-1998
L69
?
1984-1985
L85 male
born 1991
L44
male
1974-1998
L56
L63
?
1978-1981
male
1984-1995
L22 female
L87 male
L87 has been traveling with J pod since 2010 and
with K pod from 2005 to 2009 after L32 died.
born 1992
L75
female
1986-1993
L79 male
born 1989
L89 male
born 1993
Dorsal fin
Blowhole
Melon
Caudal
peduncle
Saddle
patch
Eyepatch
Rostrum
Fluke
Eye
Genital slit
Anus
Pectoral fin
Artwork by Kelley Balcomb-Bartok
L-Pod
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L12
female
est.1933-2012
L11
female
est.1957-2000
L25 female
L23
female
est.1952-1982
L10
male
est.1959-1997
L14
male
est.1972-1989
L42
born 1995
L77 female
born 1987
L41 male
born 1977
L49
?
1979-1980
L94 female
L64
male
est.1973-1994
?
1985-1985
L114
?
2010-2010
born 2009
"Molly"
born 2012
L119
L113
female
female
L6
L67
L39
L78
female
1985-2008
male
1975-2000
L98
male
1999-2006
"Luna"
In Nootka Sound
from ~ July 2001 until his
death Mar. 10, 2006
L2 female
male
est.1962-1983
male
1989-2012
L101
male
2002-2008
born 1993
L88 male
2012, Center for Whale Research
L-Pod
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3 of 6
L60
female
L71
L52
female
est.1972-2002
Washed up on
Long Beach,
WA 4/2002
L26
male
1986-2006
?
1980-1983
L90 female
born 1993
L81
male
1990-1997
L92 male
born 1995
L37
female
est.1933-1984
L16
male
est.1949-1978
L7
female
est.1961-2010
L43
female
1972-2006
L76
?
1987-1987
L104
born 1977
L53
male
2004-2006
female
born 1986
L72 gave birth to stillborn calf
September 2010
born 2004
L72
female
born 1996
L95
male
L105 male
2012, Center for Whale Research
L Pod
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L4
female
est.1949-1996
4 of 6
L61
male
est.1973-1996
L86
born 1991
L27 female
L62
male
1980 - 2000
L68
L80
male
1985-1995
?
1990-1993
female
L112
female
2009-2012
L93
"Victoria"
female
1995-1998
born 2005
born 1977
L112 washed up in
WA, February, 2012
L106 male
L55 female
L96
male
1996-1997
L103 female
born 2003
born 1990
born 2010
born 2007
L109
male
born 2011
L118 unk
L82 female
L116
male
L-Pod
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L66
female
est.1924-1986
L15
female
est.1930-1981
L20
L13
L45
L8
male
est.1955-1982
male
est.1952-1980
female
est.1938-1995
male
est.1958-1977
L36
?
1975-1975
L57
male
1977-2008
L21
female
1950-2008
L48
L47
born 1974
born 1990
L83
female
born 1995
L91
L99
?
2000-2000
born 2007
"Flapper"
L110
female
?
1977-1983
female
L102
?
2002-2002
born 2010
"Hope"
L107
?
2005-2005
L115
male
L111
female
2008-2008
male
L-Pod
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L9
female
est.1931-1996
L3
L5
femle
est.1964-2012
L58
male
1980-2002
female
est.1948-2002
L73
L33
male
1986-2010
male
est.1963-1995
L51
female
est.1973-1999
L59
?
1979-1979
L74
male
1986-2009
L97
?
1999-1999
L84 male
born 1990
L35
female
est.1942-1996
L50
L1
male
male
1973-1989
est.1959-2000
L65
L50
female
1984-1994
male
est. 1973-1989
born 1977
born 2001
L100 male
L54 female
born 2006
L108 male
born 2010
"Spooky"
L117 unk
SRKW
Population
as of
October 2012
J-pod 26
K-pod 19
L-pod 39
Total: 84
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At the onset of sexual maturity, the dorsal fin of a male orca begins to "sprout". At age 20 to 22 it may attain a
height of up to six feet. Due to their height and distinctive markings, sightings of males help identify pods and
family groups.
J pod
born 1991
K pod
born 1986
L pod
born 1977
J27 male
born 1991
K21 male
born 1993
L41 male
born 1989
p.2
J34 male
p.3
p.5
L85 male
L89 male
p.7
K26 male
born 1991
L79 male
born 1990
p.6
p.7
born 1992
L87 male
p.7
p.7
born 1993
born 1998
p.2
p.8
born 1991
J26 male
born 1995
L92 male
p.9
K25 male
p.4
L84 male
p.12
born 1993
L88 male
p.8
born 1996
L95
male
p.9
2012, Center for Whale Research, USPO Box 1577, Friday Harbor, WA 98250