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Mocha Dick

Mocha Dick was a large sperm whale that resided in the Pacific Ocean near Mocha Island, Chile during the early 19th cent...

19TH Century Historical Wild Folklore

9.5 Brilliant

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Ruffles (J1)

Ruffles was a male Southern Resident orca, specifically part of the J1 matriline. He gained recognition through his dist...

Research Historical Wild Orca

9.2 Excellent

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Tahlequah (J35)

Tahlequah is a wild orca belonging to the Southern Resident killer whale population. She gained international recognitio...

Wild Orca 2010S 2020S Southern Resident

9.1 Excellent

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Ocean Sun (L25)

The Ocean Sun (L25) was a critically important member of the Southern Resident killer whale population. This individual...

Research Historical Wild Orca

9.0 Excellent

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52-hertz whale

A North Atlantic right whale was discovered in the late 1980s through recordings from US Navy hydrophones. This animal e...

Research Hybrid Wild 1980S 2020S

8.8 Great

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Varvara

Varvara is a gray whale extensively studied during the 2010s. Researchers tracked her remarkable migration across the No...

Research Migration Wild 2010S

8.8 Great

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Humphrey

Humphrey was a humpback whale famous for twice swimming into the freshwater San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento River D...

California Rescue Wild 1980S 1990S

8.7 Great

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Granny (J2)

Granny, designated J2 by researchers, was a female killer whale in the Southern Resident community of the northeastern P...

Research Historical Wild Orca

8.5 Great

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Iceberg

Iceberg is the name given to a mature, all-white adult male orca who was first documented by an international team of ma...

Russia Wild 2010S Orca

8.3 Great

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J2 Granny

J2, commonly referred to as Granny, was a female Southern Resident killer whale who functioned as the matriarch of J pod...

Individual Puget Sound Famous Oldest Known

8.2 Great

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Migaloo

Migaloo is an all-white humpback whale first documented off the coast of eastern Australia in 1991. He is one of the few...

Australia Wild Famous Humpback

8.1 Great

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Thames whale

The Thames whale was a female northern bottlenose whale that entered the River Thames in London in January 2006. Its app...

UK 2000S Rescue Wild

8.1 Great

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Kavna

Kavna was a beluga whale who lived at the Vancouver Aquarium in Canada. She is best known as the inspiration for the chi...

Research Historical Captive Beluga

8.1 Great

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Hvaldimir

Hvaldimir is a beluga whale that gained international attention when he appeared off the coast of northern Norway in 201...

Military Russia Wild Beluga

8.0 Great

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Patches

Patches is a North Atlantic right whale closely observed by researchers studying the critically endangered marine mammal...

Research Pacific Wild 2010S 2020S

8.0 Great

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Lolita (Tokitae)

Lolita, also known as Tokitae, was a captive orca housed at the Miami Seaquarium for over 50 years. She was captured in...

Individual Captive Famous Miami Seaquarium

7.9 Good

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Luna (L98)

Luna (officially designated L98) was a male Southern Resident orca who became separated from his L-pod family in 2001 an...

Wild 1990S 2000S Orca Southern Resident

7.7 Good

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Flex

Flex was a male western gray whale fitted with a satellite transmitter near Sakhalin Island in Russia in 2010. Tracking...

Research Migration Wild 2010S

7.7 Good

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Slick (J16)

Slick, catalogued as J16, is a female killer whale belonging to the Southern Resident population of the northeastern Pac...

Research Wild Orca Southern Resident

7.6 Good

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Qila

Qila was a beluga whale housed at the Vancouver Aquarium in British Columbia, Canada, who gained historical significance...

Research Captive Beluga Vancouver Aquarium

7.5 Good