Orcinusorca: A5 pod - A25 matriline

As a whole, A5 pod was captured in April 1968 and December 1969, in order to take young orcas into aquariums around the world. Almost an entire generation of orcas were taken from different families of the A5 pod.

Erich Hoyt wrote in his book The whale called killer:
One subadult female, Corky II, one subadult male (no name) and a female calf, Patches, were shipped to Marineland of the Pacific, south of LA. Patches died the following year of salmonellosis and "no name" a year alter of pneumonia. The remaining female, Corky II, has survived to date.
A mature female, 16 foot long and weighing more than two tons, was flown 6.000 miles to England's Cleethorpes Zoo. Calypso, as she came to be known, was transferred soon after to France's Marineland Cote d'Azur, where she died within the year. A male and a female subadult, Nepo and Yaka, were flown to Marine World Africa USA near San Fransisco.

According to the family tree of the A25 matriline, Patches could be A18 and A17 could be the subadult male with no name.

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Discrete calls

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The repertoire of the A5 pod consists of the following 13 discrete calls: N2, N3, N4, N5i, N7i, N7ii, N8i, N9iii, N10, N11i, N12, N13, and N17
The calls N9iii, and N17 are exclusive for A5 pod.

The other 11 calls are shared with at least the A1s and A4s, except call N13 which is also made by the A4s only.
The calls N2, N4, N7i, and N10 are also made by the A1s and A4s.
The calls N3 and N12 are made by all the A clan groups.
The call N5i are also made by the A1s, A4s, Bs, Hs and I1s
The call N7ii are also made by the A1s, A4s and I1s
The cal N8i are also made by the A1s, A4s and Hs
The call N11i are also made by the A1s, A4s and Bs

Listen to the distictive calls of A5 pod
N4

N7i

N12

N17

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A14 Saddle F: 1947-1991

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A17 M?: 1964-C1969;
Captured 1969. Probably died 1971

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A18 Patches F: 1969-C1969;
Captured 1969. Probably died 1970

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A25 Sharky F: 1971-1997

A25 called Sharky because of the distinctive shape of her dorsal fin.
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A15 M: 1979-1991

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A51 Nodales F: 1986