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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

Unidentified whale first detected in 1989 via US Navy hydrophones that vocalizes at approximately 52 Hz, far above any k...

Research Hybrid Wild 1980S 2020S

8.8 Great

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Varvara

Gray whale documented completing the longest recorded migration of any mammal—over 22,000 km round trip—between Russia's...

Research Migration Wild 2010S

8.8 Great

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Humphrey

Humpback whale who twice swam into San Francisco Bay and up the Sacramento River—in 1985 and again in 1990—prompting lar...

California Rescue Wild 1980S 1990S

8.7 Great

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Granny (J2)

Matriarch of the Southern Resident killer whale population, estimated to have lived over 100 years, regarded as possibly...

Research Historical Wild Orca

8.5 Great

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Tokitae (Lolita)

Orca captured from Puget Sound in 1970 and held at Miami Seaquarium for over 50 years, becoming a central symbol of capt...

Controversial Captive Orca Miami Seaquarium

8.4 Great

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Morgan

Female orca found stranded near the Netherlands in 2010 and rehabilitated at Dolfinarium Harderwijk, then controversiall...

Controversial Rescue Orca 2010S 2020S

8.4 Great

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Benny

Benny is a beluga whale famously sighted feeding in the River Thames in the United Kingdom during 2018, drawing signific...

UK Wild 2010S Beluga

8.4 Great

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Iceberg

All-white adult male orca first photographed in 2010 near Russia's Commander Islands, widely regarded as the only known...

Russia Wild 2010S Orca

8.3 Great

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Luna (L98)

Southern Resident orca separated from his pod around 2001 in Nootka Sound, British Columbia, who lived alone for years a...

Wild 1990S 2000S Orca Southern Resident

7.7 Good

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Slick (J16)

A wild Southern Resident killer whale estimated to be born in 1972, notable as the long-lived matriarch of the J16 matri...

Research Wild Orca Southern Resident

7.6 Good

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Onyx (L87)

A wild Southern Resident killer whale born in 1992, uniquely notable for traveling with the J-pod after his own matrilin...

Research Wild Orca Southern Resident

7.4 Good

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Princess Angeline (J17)

A wild Southern Resident killer whale born around 1977, notable as the matriarch of her family group until her presumed...

Research Wild Orca Southern Resident

7.3 Good

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Springer (A73)

Northern Resident orca found emaciated and alone near Seattle in 2002 and repatriated to her natal pod off Vancouver Isl...

2000S Rescue Wild Orca

7.2 Good

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Old Tom

Orca who cooperated with shore whalers at Twofold Bay, New South Wales, for decades until his death in 1930, herding bal...

Australia 19TH Century Historical Wild

7.0 Good

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Mike (J26)

A wild Southern Resident killer whale born in 1991, recognized as a prominent mature adult male within the endangered J-...

Research Wild Orca Southern Resident

7.0 Good

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Sumar

A captive killer whale born at SeaWorld Orlando in 1998, notable for later living at SeaWorld San Diego before his 2010...

Entertainment Captive Orca Seaworld

5.9 Mediocre