Gender: FemalePod: N/A (Mother was Stella)Place of Capture: Captive bornDate of Capture: Born May 31
Gender: FemalePod: N/A (Mother was Stella)Place of Capture: Captive bornDate of Capture: Born May 31, 2003Age at Capture: Captive born On May 31, 2003, Icelandic female Stella gave birth to her third calf, a female sired by Bingo, at Kamogawa Sea World in Japan. Later known as Sarah, it was thought that she was a male until staff were able to properly determine her sex. Sarah apparently did well in the beginning but reportedly became sick in May 2005. She recovered by August of the same year, but became ill again in April 2006 and had to be moved to a medical area where vets could monitor her health. Unfortunately, on April 26, 2006, Sarah died due to unknown causes just a month shy of her third birthday. x | x | x | x | x -- source link
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