Bare Facts: Female ~ Born est.1937 ~ Died 1990 ~ Mother Unknown ~ Father Unknown ~ Children Licka (?), Top Notch, Foster ~ ID Pointed tip, thick fin, deep grooves in her back

Eve was born long before the survey started, and she was fully grown with two grown children when they met her. She was probably born around 1937, but we have no idea about her mother.
Before going on, there's the name game to deal with. Like Sonora (A42) and Blinkhorn (A54), Eve has two names. The most often used name is Scar, because of the deep scars on her back. However, the first time I heard of her, I was reading Alexandra Morton's book. Alexandra Morton calls her Eve, ergo, I call her Eve.
Ok, moving on. At around the age of 16, Eve probably gave birth to Licka (A8). Four years later, she almost certainly gave birth to Top Notch (A5).
After that, Eve's life was rather hard. At some point in time, she was severely injured, most likely by a boat propeller. The scars went down her back and some were so deep they nearly hit the spine. We can be pretty certain that if it wasn't for the extremely strong social bond of orcas, Eve would not have lived to tell her tale to researchers to come.
We don't know when Eve was hit, but it was some time before the study began in 1973, because she was well healed by then.
In 1968, Eve, along with her family, was captured by marina officials looking for orcas for captivity. A year later, she was captured again with her family, and again she and her two children were released back to the wild. However, for all we know she lost a family member-or more than one.
About two years before the study began officially, Eve gave birth for the last time, to Foster (A26).
Shortly after Foster's birth, Licka began to branch out with her own children, and eventually made her own submatriline. Eve's family was down to her and her two sons.
Eve was a regal old whale. She had no fondness for boats, and unlike some other whales, she kept a distance between her and the humans that watched her. She can't really be blamed, considering her past. No matter what pod she traveled with, Eve was a strong matriarch and a leader.
For years, she was seen flanked by her two large sons. And then one year she disappeared.
Unusually, they found her body. Late November, 1990, Eve washed up on a beach. Petty criminals had tried to cut out her teeth before researchers found her.
The cause of death was never determined, but Eve provided a lot of information for her species. Most fascinating was the large range of food she had eaten. Before this, we didn't know that residents ate such a wide variety of food. Her stomach contained 13 species of fish, including bottom dwelling fish that weren't usually included in their diet.
Eve was a strong matriarch and a queenly whale. She educates us even in death, and she remains one of the most loved whales of all.