Tahlequah, an orca whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is grieving another loss. On Jan. 3, researchers confirmed that Tahlequah lost another calf and is once again carrying her baby's body through the ocean,

The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook

There appears to be new heartache for the orca nicknamed Tahlequah after researchers spotted her on Wednesday carrying her new calf on her head, much the way she did another calf six years ago.