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25 of the 33 orcas on display in the US, Argentina, Spain, and France were born in captivity. Six of the seven displayed in Japan are captive-born. An additional 13 orcas reported in China and Russia were captured in Russian waters. [citation needed] Kalina, born in September 1985, was the first captive-born orca calf to survive more than a few ...
Orcas are large, active and intelligent. Males range from 6 to 9.7 m (20 to 32 ft) and can weigh over 8 tonnes (8.8 tons), while females range from 5 to 7 m (16 to 23 ft) and weigh 3 to 5 tonnes (3.3 to 5.5 tons). [ 5 ] The orca is the largest species of the dolphin family.
Female Orca named Corky (1965–1970) Corky II (born c. 1965), often referred to as just Corky, is a female captive orca from the A5 Pod of northern resident orcas. At approximately the age of four, Corky was captured from Pender Harbour off the coast of British Columbia on 11 December 1969. [2] She has lived at SeaWorld San Diego in San Diego ...
4,445 kg (9,800 lb) Height. 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) Ulises (also spelled Ulysses) (born c. 1977) is a male orca who lives at SeaWorld San Diego in California. He was captured off the coast of Iceland in 1980 and is currently the oldest male orca in captivity as of 2022. SeaWorld San Diego celebrates his birthday on 2 January every year.
Kasatka was the matriarch of the San Diego Orca SeaWorld family. [5] She was the first captive cetacean to successively receive artificial insemination, according to John Hargrove, a trainer there. [6][7] She bore two daughters and two sons, resulting in six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren by the time of her death:
Kiska was the last orca kept at Marineland until her death in 2023. [12] [11] [13] She was nicknamed the World's Loneliest Orca because she spent the last 12 years of her life completely alone. [14] [15] Kiska was the last captive orca to be held in Canada as a result of the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act. [14]
Southern resident orcas. The research vessel Noctiluca of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center in close proximity to an orca. The southern resident orcas, also known as the southern resident killer whales (SRKW), are the smallest of four communities of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
Wild orca may travel up to 160 kilometres (100 mi) in a day and critics say the animals are too big and intelligent to be suitable for captivity. [113] Captives occasionally act aggressively towards themselves, their tankmates, or humans, which critics say is a result of stress . [ 114 ]