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  2. Moby Doll - Wikipedia

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    The fish that were offered were much smaller than the southern resident orca's normal prey. When one-pound fish were lowered into the water, the juvenile orca ignored them and inadvertently knocked them off the lines with his tail as he continued swimming around the pen, oblivious to the fact that they were meant to be food for him. [ 28 ]

  3. List of captive orcas - Wikipedia

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    Orca show at SeaWorld San Diego. Orcas, or killer whales, are large predatory cetaceans that were first captured live and displayed in exhibitions in the 1960s. They soon became popular attractions at public aquariums and aquatic theme parks due to their intelligence, trainability, striking appearance, playfulness in captivity and sheer size. [1]

  4. Orca - Wikipedia

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    Once the stocks of larger species were depleted, orcas were targeted by commercial whalers in the mid-20th century. Between 1954 and 1997, Japan took 1,178 orcas (although the Ministry of the Environment claims that there had been domestic catches of about 1,600 whales between late 1940s to 1960s [214]) and Norway took 987. [215]

  5. Captive orcas - Wikipedia

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    The first orca conceived through artificial insemination was a male named Nakai, who was born to Kasatka and father Tilikum at the SeaWorld park in San Diego in September 2001. [47] A female killer whale named Kohana, the second orca conceived in this manner, was born at the same park eight months later. [48]

  6. Moby Doll's impact in scientific research - Wikipedia

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    Moby Doll, who in 1964 in British Columbia became the second ever captive orca, was the first orca (killer whale) to be studied scientifically at close quarters alive.. Ken Balcomb, the founder of the Center for Whale Research, became one of the main researchers on Moby Doll's population, the southern resident orcas.

  7. Trendsetting orcas bringing ‘80s fashion back to the Puget ...

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    An orca was spotted with a “salmon hat” in Puget Sound in Washington on Oct. 25 — the first time since 1987. Jim Pasola/Orca Newtwork

  8. Yukon Harbor orca capture operation - Wikipedia

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    The Yukon Harbor orca capture operation was the first planned, deliberate trapping of a large group of orcas (killer whales). 15 southern resident orcas were trapped by Ted Griffin and his Seattle Public Aquarium party on 15 February 1967, in Yukon Harbor on the west side of Puget Sound. [1]

  9. Drone footage reveals orcas hunting unexpected prey off Chile ...

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