B1 pod- B7 matriline

B1 pod was long known for its unusually high number of males. Although two old males, B1 and B2 died in 1998, the pod is still comprised mostly of males. The pod travels alone more than any other northern resident group, perhaps due to its preonderance of males.

The matriarch is Scarlet B7. She had between 1964 and 1995 7 calves, which 6 are males.
In 1964 B8, Izumi was born. Izumi died in 2002. After almost 13 years Scarlet had her second calf, B10, Slingsby in 1979. Then after 5 years she had B12, Nakwakto in 1984 who died in 2006. Three years later she had her fourth son, B13, Yaculta, born in 1987.
Then in 1991 she had her only daughter B14, Klaskish, who had her first calf, B16, Arrow, in 2004.
In 1995 Scarlet had her last son B15, Raven.




















B7 matriline
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Discrete calls
The repertoire of the B1 pod consists of the following 14 discrete calls: N1ii, N3, N5i, N5ii, N7iii, N8iii, N8iv N11i, N11ii, N12, N16i, N18, N20 and N21


The calls N16i, and N21 are exclusive for B1 pod.

9 calls are shared with at least the I1s.

The calls N1ii, N7ii, N8iii and N8iv are shared with the I1s only

The calls N3 and N12 are made by all the A clan groups.

The call N5i are also made by the A1s, A4s, A5s, Hs and I1s

The call N5ii are shared with the Hs and I1s

The call N11i are also made by the A1s, A4s and A5s and the call I11ii are shred with the Cs, Ds and Hs

The call N18 is also made by the Cs and the call N20 is shared with the Cs, Ds and I1s

N1ii


N16



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B11 F: 1927-1973

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B2 Baronet M: <1952-1998 B2


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B7 Scarlet F: 1947

B7 Scarlet

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B1 M: Hooker <1951-1998 B1 Hooker
One of the first whales they identified was Hooker, which came from his distinctive fin, which hooked forward.

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B3 M: 1958-1982

B3

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B5 M: 1963-1985

B5

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B6 M Bauza: 1973-1992

B6
When first identified, the Bs had a very, very small calf, young enough that he was still orange. Researchers called him Rusty because of his orange colouring. Rusty was very active as well, and while most calves were, he was hyper!
It's probable that Rusty was B6, who was born to B11 the year the study started. If so, he would grow up to be actually named Bauza.

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B8 Izumi M: 1964-2002

B8 Izumi

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B10 Slingsby M: 1979

B10 Slingsby

B10

The dorsal fin of B10 is very waky, tilting over to 30 degrees

2006: B10’s fin is straightening out.
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B12 Nakwakto M: 1984-2006

B12 Nakwakto

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B13 Yaculta M: 1987

B13 Yalculta

B13  half collapsed dorsal

B13

B13 collapsed dorsal

B13's fin is total collapsed during the summer of 2006
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B14 Klaskish F: 1991

B14 Klaskish

B14 may have had (and lost) a calf in 2000, but no photo-ID was taken

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B15 Raven M: 1995

B15 Raven

B15

B15 has a new nick and started sprouting in 2005
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B16 Arrow ?: 2004

B16 Arrow