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L98 Luna (c. 19 September 1999 – 10 March 2006) also known as Tsux'iit, was an orca born in Puget Sound.After being separated from his mother, Splash (1985–2008) while still young, Luna spent five years in Nootka Sound, an ocean inlet of western Vancouver Island, where he had extensive human contact and became recognized internationally.
The Whale is a 2011 documentary film directed by Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit. Narrated by Ryan Reynolds , it tells the story of Luna , a killer whale (orca) living in Nootka Sound , Canada, who was separated from his pod at a young age.
Date of death Age at death Cause of death Location of death Ahab Male 100% Southern Resident: Captured 1960 (est.) – Birth 1968, Oct 15 – Capture Bainbridge Island, WA 1972, Sept 27 12 Unknown U.S. Navy (Hawaii) Ai Female 100% Icelandic Captured 1988 (est.) – Birth 1989, Oct – Capture Hornafjordur, Iceland 1995, Aug 28 7 Candidiasis
The whale died at the Seaquarium on Aug. 18, 2023. Fish intake was cut back. A cut in Toki’s daily diet starting two years ago was likely a factor in her death from renal failure, said Wood ...
Whale death debate: The right is wrong about offshore wind. Climate change and pollution are killing whales. Why is NOAA reluctant to assess wind turbines' impacts?
The juvenile fin whale that stranded in Potter Pond in South Kingstown on Thursday has died. ... At 9:20 p.m. the whale died with Mystic Aquarium and RI DEM personnel on the scene, according to ...
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.
When a large marine mammal like a whale dies, its body drifts to the ocean floor in a process known as whale fall. For more than a decade, a succession of sea creatures will live off of the whale ...