Maybe you’re familiar with the girl-power version of the orca menopause story: post-reproductive females leading their pods, holding essential ecological knowledge, coming into their power.
It’s a good story, but it’s also incomplete.
This week, science journalist Sarah DeWeerdt examines what killer whale life histories actually reveal about menopause, aging, and the value of older generations.
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Read the original essay: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/the-most-powerful-animals-in-the-ocean-need-their-moms
Written by Sarah DeWeerdt
Narrated by Willow Beck
Video edit by Hot Sauce Video
Produced by Important, Not Important https://www.importantnotimportant.com/
