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A mother orca whose calf died after birth
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Artifishal

A mother orca whose calf diedafter birth is still carrying her baby 17days later

A mother orca whose calf died
after birth is still carrying her baby 17
days later

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A mother orca whose calf died after birth
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is still carrying her baby 17 days later.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:37
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Patagonia

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Narratives of ecologists and conservationists are pitted against the human tendency to engineer and control in this probing documentary on the lucrative salmon-hatchery industry.
Researchers say that they're now concerned for the mother's health. - Artifishal 00:05
Researchers say that they're now concerned for the moth...
Had a brand-new baby; one of our colleagues saw it, - Artifishal 00:10
Had a brand-new baby; one of our colleagues saw it,
And the mother started pushing the dead calf around. - Artifishal 00:04
And the mother started pushing the dead calf around.
Well, she pushed this dead baby for 17 days. - Artifishal 00:05
Well, she pushed this dead baby for 17 days.
You know, it was a tour of grief that went on and on and on. - Artifishal 00:06
You know, it was a tour of grief that went on and on and on.
We want to welcome you - Artifishal 00:08
We want to welcome you
Governor Inslee convened this task force - Artifishal 00:06
Governor Inslee convened this task force
The easy fix that our own Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife says, - Artifishal 00:12
The easy fix that our own Washington State Department of Fis...
Why don't you look at what's happened with hatchery production - Artifishal 00:05
Why don't you look at what's happened with hatcher...
Nobody wanted to hear "stop fishing." That was almost untouchable. - Artifishal 00:06
Nobody wanted to hear "stop fishing." That was alm...
It's a very difficult choice for our society - Artifishal 00:14
It's a very difficult choice for our society
I didn't realize until about a month had passed - Artifishal 00:08
I didn't realize until about a month had passed
I'm seeing all this before my very eyes and documenting it. - Artifishal 00:06
I'm seeing all this before my very eyes and documenting...
And that's the part that is troubling to me, is that, uh... - Artifishal 00:05
And that's the part that is troubling to me, is that, u...
I'm going to be in charge of keeping track - Artifishal 00:08
I'm going to be in charge of keeping track
But if it's a lesson to our society, that, hey, we've got to change, - Artifishal 00:09
But if it's a lesson to our society, that, hey, we'...
We're going to die of a loneliness of spirit, - Artifishal 00:06
We're going to die of a loneliness of spirit,
Every year, Idaho Power partners with other biologists - Artifishal 00:08
Every year, Idaho Power partners with other biologists
The next generation of fish needs next generation ideas. - Artifishal 00:04
The next generation of fish needs next generation ideas.
Our innovative approach maintains abundant fish populations, - Artifishal 00:07
Our innovative approach maintains abundant fish populations,