Current Population
Currently, the A5 Pod consists of 3 matrilines and 13 whales. The three matrilines are:
- The A8 Matriline, which consists of sisters A28 (Havannah), born in 1974 and A42 (Sonora), born in 1980, and A42's children A66 (Surf), born in 1996, A79, born in 2004 and A88 (Cameleon), born in 2008. Havannah has never had any offspring, suggesting she may be sterile.
- The A43 Matriline, which consists of siblings A43 (Ripple), born 1981 and A60 (Fife), born 1992, A43's daughter A69 (Midsummer), born 1996 who gave birth to a calf named A96 in 2009.
- The A51 Matriline, which consists of siblings A51 (Nodales), born 1986, and A61 (Surge), born 1994 and Nodales's offsrping, A85 (Cordero, born in 2005) and A95, born in 2009.
Notably, every whale currently alive in A5 Pod was born during the study, and therefore all of their lineage is known positively.
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