Parens
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Parens
was born in 1987. He is the third of six known calves of
Sod (See Sod's Family tree). He is also the best known and
most often seen of the Sod family. He is very lucky to have
survived his first year.
1987
was a year of horrible tragedies. During that year there
was a crash in the sand lance fish stock. This is the preferred
diet of the humpback whale in this area. Towards the
end of the season the whales started feeding on mackerel. Unfortunately,
it is believed that the mackerel had been feeding on a red tide
type organism called Saxitoxin. More that a dozen humpback
whales washed ashore including Beltane (1980 calf of Silver and
mother of Cats Eyes), K (1985 calf of Rune), Talon (1981 calf
of Sinestra and a first time mother in that year), Windmill (1986
calf of Janus) and many others. It is unknown exactly how
many whales actually died that year. Many of the bodies
may have washed out to sea. There are a number of whales
that have not been seen since including Rush (Talon's one and
only calf).
Parens,
however, did survive and has done very well for himself. He
is a large, healthy, young male in the prime of his life.
Parens
is short for parentheses (the black markings on his left fluke
resemble that form of punctuation mark).
Sod's
Family Tree
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Sod-
F ---
fs: 1979
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no name
yob: 1983
Plenaria-
F
yob: 1985
Parens-
M
yob: 1987
Tread
yob: 1990
no name
yob: 1993
Cyclone
yob: 1999
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