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Research done by the Center for Whale Research, Transient Killer Whale Project, and Bay Cetology
This page is dedicated to the Bigg's transient individuals who have died without being known individuals in the population
Number of Individuals: 2 (0 living; 2 deceased-1 male, 1 unknown gender)
E1 (>1952-? (?))
Birth year is an estimate and he passed before recieving a West Coast Transient T ID. Was notable for having a large white patch running up his dorsal fin and left side
NO# (1976) (Male; ?-1976 (?))
NO#(1976) live stranded near Tofino BC in 1976 and ended up passing away. Necropsy found that he had 394 harbor seal claws (representing at least 20 harbor seals), large pieces of two harbor porpoise, and the vibrissae of harbor seals and a sea lion in his stomach. He was suspected to have stranded on a small shifting sand bank while pursuing a harbor porpoise
NO# (19??) (Unknown; 19??-19?? (?))
Was found dead near Bamfield, BC sometime in the 1900s, with harbor seal remains, cormorant feathers, and gray whale baleen in their stomach
Photo Credit: Transients: Mammal-Hunting Killer Whales of British Columbia, Washington, and Southeast Alaska
NO# (1976)
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