Onyx L87
by Gayle Swigart
Title
Onyx L87
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Gayle Swigart
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Photograph - Photo - Photography
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~This photograph was taken from shore at Lime Kiln Point State Park on San Juan Island, Washington, USA. "Onyx" L87 is an L pod male who was born in 1992~
Orca societies have different cultures based around the prey type of their individual populations, but all are matriarchal. The "resident" ecotype only consumes fish and lives in multigenerational family groups, or subpods, which stay together for life and survive cooperatively. Three pods - J, K, and L - make up the Southern Resident orca population, but they are considered one clan, designated by researchers as J Clan. This genetically-distinct, endangered orca population currently consists of only 82 individuals.
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