A new study finds that orca mothers still feed their adult sons.It's a bond that may come with costs, researchers say.David K. Ellifrit/Center for Whale Research / NMFS research permit #21238 Twenty years ago, in the waters off the coast of Washington State and British Columbia, an adult female killer whale (dubbed K16 by those who know her well) gave birth to a son, K35.
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