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\u00a0By Dirk Meissner in Victoria The Canadian Press \u00a021\/05\/2024 20:32 A killer whale pod related to an orphan orca calf that escaped a remote British Columbia tidal lagoon last month have been spotted off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island. Marine scientist Jared Towers said in a social media post he was surprised to see members of the calf’s great grandmother’s pod near Alert Bay. Towers, an expert in identifying whales by their distinct individual markings, said he saw the T109 pod swim out of Pearse Pass near Alert Bay on Monday, but the female calf named kwiisahi?is or Brave Little Hunter by the Ehattesaht First Nation was not with them. “This is kwiisahi?is’s great grandmother’s pod and although she wasn’t with them, the good news is she hasn’t been… <\/p>\n

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\u00a0By Dirk Meissner in Victoria The Canadian Press \u00a021\/05\/2024 20:32 A killer whale pod related to an orphan orca calf that escaped a remote British Columbia tidal lagoon last month have been spotted off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island. Marine scientist Jared Towers said in a social media post he was surprised to see members of the calf’s great grandmother’s pod near Alert Bay. Towers, an expert in identifying whales by their distinct individual markings, said he saw the T109 pod swim out of Pearse Pass near Alert Bay on Monday, but the female calf named kwiisahi?is or Brave Little Hunter by the Ehattesaht First Nation was not with them. “This is kwiisahi?is’s great grandmother’s pod and although she wasn’t with them, the good news is she hasn’t been... <\/p>\n

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