About
Scarred Jaw Cow (T4)
An adult orca cow has been
captured on March 1, 1970 along with 4 other family members which
included a white orca; the white orca was believed to be the cow's
daughter as they were really
close. The small pod had deformities and so
they
got some strange nicknames. The cow was
called Scarredjaw cow and her daugther was named Chimo*.
Quickly many marine parks showed interest in Chimo*, because white orcas are very rare. Sealand of the Pacific paid a large sum of money to get her and a young female named Knootka*. The transfer was settled for March 25, so Scarredjaw and Chimo* got separated.
Soon Seven Seas bought Pointednose Cow (Florencia) and Scarredjaw Cow but all three remaining orcas went on a hunger strike and refused to eat any food offered to them. On the 75th day after the capture, Scarredjaw Cow was seen swimming around the bay and crashing into the logs. She ignored her keepers and continued with that behaviour.
She swallowed lots of sea water due to dehydration. while the vets were being called, the cow went crazy and rushed into the nets at full speed. She got stuck in the net and couldn't move any further. All attempts to help her failed and the cow finally allowed air bubbles to escape out of her mouth. She sank to the bottom and died.
Quickly many marine parks showed interest in Chimo*, because white orcas are very rare. Sealand of the Pacific paid a large sum of money to get her and a young female named Knootka*. The transfer was settled for March 25, so Scarredjaw and Chimo* got separated.
Soon Seven Seas bought Pointednose Cow (Florencia) and Scarredjaw Cow but all three remaining orcas went on a hunger strike and refused to eat any food offered to them. On the 75th day after the capture, Scarredjaw Cow was seen swimming around the bay and crashing into the logs. She ignored her keepers and continued with that behaviour.
She swallowed lots of sea water due to dehydration. while the vets were being called, the cow went crazy and rushed into the nets at full speed. She got stuck in the net and couldn't move any further. All attempts to help her failed and the cow finally allowed air bubbles to escape out of her mouth. She sank to the bottom and died.
Name Meaning & Blood
Type:- Was named presumably due
to a large scar on her jaw
- Blood Type: 100% Transient
- Blood Type: 100% Transient
Family:
Scarred
Jaw Cow's extended family is unknown even though much is known about
the Pacific Transients however the only known offspring was Chimo* (T5).
Transfers
Scarred Jaw Cow was never
transferred, only held at
Pedder Bay, BC between March 1,
1970 -
May 15, 1970.
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