Aerial images of adult female Southern Resident killer whale “J17,` displaying very poor body condition on May 6th 2019. Note the white eye patches that trace outline of skull due to a reduction in fat around head. Her condition is contrasted to Sep 2018

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Aerial images of adult female Southern Resident killer whale “J17,` displaying very poor body condition on May 6th 2019. Note the white eye patches that trace outline of skull due to a reduction in fat around head. Her condition is contrasted to Sep 2018

© Holly Fearnbach (SR3) and John Durban (NOAA Fisheries SFSC)

Aerial images of adult female Southern Resident killer whale “J17,` displaying very poor body condition on May 6th 2019. Note the white eye patches that trace outline of skull due to a reduction in fat around head. Her condition is contrasted to Sep 2018 photo copyright Holly Fearnbach (SR3) and John Durban (NOAA Fisheries SFSC) taken at

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