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Tilikum was the largest orca in captivity. [8] He measured 22.5 feet (6.9 m) in length and weighed about 12,500 pounds (5,700 kg). [9] His pectoral fins were 7 feet (2.1 m) long, his fluke curled under, and his 6.5-foot-tall (2.0 m) dorsal fin was collapsed completely to his left side.
Tilikum was moved to SeaWorld Orlando, Florida, on January 9, 1992, where nobody was allowed to enter the water with him. Nootka IV gave birth on February 4, 1992, but the calf only lived a month. Sealand of the Pacific closed in 1992. Following his arrival in Orlando, Tilikum fathered many calves with many different females.
Captain John Voss aboard Tilikum. John (sometimes "Jack") Claus Voss (born Johannes Claus Voss; 1858–1922) was a German-Canadian sailor best known for sailing around the world in a modified dug-out canoe he named Tilikum ("Friend" in Chinook jargon).
SeaWorld officials report that the infamous whale Tilikum, that dragged a trained underwater to her death in 2010, is in deteriorating health.
Tilikum (orca) (1981–2017), a bull orca, owned by SeaWorld Orlando, that had been involved in three human deaths; Trillium ovatum var. Tillicum, a variant of T. ovatum, a small flowering plant native to the Pacific Northwest "Tillicum" (song), a song by Syrinx
Tilikum was a 38-foot (12 m) dugout canoe that was used in an effort to circumnavigate the globe starting in 1901. The boat was a "Nootkan" ( Nuu-chah-nulth ) canoe which was already old when she was obtained by captain John Voss in April 1901.
Tilikum v. Sea World ( Tilikum et al. v. Sea World Parks & Entertainment Inc. , 842 F. Supp. 2d 1259 (S.D. Cal. 2012)) was a legal case heard in the US Federal Court in 2012 concerning the constitutional standing of an orca .
Occasionally the term refers to the language of Spanish Golden Age literature generally, rather than simply to that of Cervantes. [15] "The language of Cervantes" in English—as a term for the Spanish language generally—comes into use in the 1840s. Examples appear in Janin (1841) [16] and Campbell (1849). [17]