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About k Pod

K pod has always been the smallest pod, though they seem to have females that are prolific breeders with some having 4-6 offspring.  They are known to travel offshore Vancouver Island and frequent Northern California, travelling as far south as Monterey Bay during the winter months.  In 2015, researcher Jodi Smith was able to get out and photo identify members of K pod off Little River, Mendocino County, CA.  

Member Count (2023, CWR):

16

Matrilines:

k12s
k13s
k14s
k16s

The Members

The K12s

K12 (EST. b. 1972)

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K22 (b. 1987)

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K37 (b. 2003)

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K43 (b. 2010)

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K33 (b. 2001)

The K13s

K13 (deceased)

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K20 (b. 1986)

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K27 (b. 1994)

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K34* (b. 2001)
*missing since November 2023

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K38 (b. 2004)

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K45 (b. 2022)

K3 (deceased)

The K14

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The K16s

K14 (b. 1977)

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K16 (b. 1985)

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K26 (b. 1993)

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K36 (b. 2003)

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K42 (b. 2008)
 

K35 (b. 2002)

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k POD highlights

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The oldest female in K pod was also among the first to be involved with early dive studies in the late 1990's early 2000's.  While working with Discovery's CritterCam program, our suction cup tag stayed on K12 the longest (15 hours, 14 minutes) and showed a rather shallow dive max of 25m.  

K12 
"sequim"

Photo: miles ritter | CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Image by Tim Marshall
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