Bjossa, K'yosha, and Finna

Bjossa, K’yosha, and Finna were orcas who resided at the Vancouver Aquarium. Bjossa had three calves at the aquarium, K’yosha was the second of Bjossa’s calves and was sired by 15000 pound, Northern Resident bull Hyak 2 who sadly died before the birth of his daughter. K’yosha lived the longest out of Bjossa’s calves, but didn’t nurse well enough and had to be separated from Bjossa. K’yosha’s birth K’yosha died when she was 3 months old. Bjossa went on to get pregnant again, this time by Finna, but sadly her last calf died almost immediately after birth from a ruptured umbilical chord. Bjossa pushed her calf around for a week afterwards, mourning the calf before staff could remove it. Afterwards, Bjossa was put on birth control until 1997 when Finna died. Bjossa was then alone until 2001, when she was moved to Seaworld San Diego. Bjossa died later that year, and the Vancouver Aquarium never resumed it’s orca program. All of these orcas died relatively young, swim in peace darlings <3

Thought I’d attempt some semi realistic digital art. I’m well aware I’m not that great at it, but it was fun to try and I’m relatively happy with it. Except the background, that’s just a mess lol