Fluke of Madonna Confirmed in the catalog

Madonna @697

Madonna was part of an extended Humpback Whale - Bigg's (Transient) Killer Whale - Gray Whale encounter also in these videos: video 1, video 2, video 3 and part of this paper by Pitman et al. Between 2012 and 2016, Madonna lost a piece of the tail trailing edge. And we know Madonna visits breeding grounds in coastal Mexico, thanks to a sighting in Sayulita We know of Madonna from research conducted by Cascadia Research Collective and collaborators. This whale is known as a female from observation with a calf. Mother of 2020-2021 calf of Madonna (California) and from research by NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Monterey Bay · North Pacific

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