Southern Resident orca profiles 47 l 77 matia

Matia is part of an extremely close family unit with lots of rambunctious youngsters. Matia’s brother is Mega (L-41) and her sister is Calypso (L-94). Matia’s first living offspring, Joy (L-119) has a very spunky and curious personality that keeps her Mom busy. Her son Whistle (L-124), was first seen in January 2019. She is also an Aunt to Cousteau (L-113) and Windsong (L-121). Matia was the first female in the entire population to have a calf since 2015 when she gave birth to Whistle, (L-124) in December 2018. Whistle is male matia’s family has adopted Ocean Sun (L-25) as their pseudo-grandmother along with Mystery (L-85), an L-pod male with no other living immediate family.

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