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In April 1971, a 17-foot female orca, the original Shamu, bit and grasped the leg of 22-year-old Anette Eckis, requiring her to be rescued by trainers and taken to the hospital for stitches. [ 4 ] On February 23, 1984, a 7-year-old female orca by the name of Kandu V grabbed a SeaWorld San Diego trainer, Joanne Hay, and pinned her against a tank ...
The 15 foot (4.6m) long juvenile male orca [121] was harpooned by Vancouver Aquarium collectors in 1964 near East Point, Saturna Island in British Columbia. The orca's size indicated he was most likely 5 years old. [122] After not dying as had been planned, [123] the orca was led to Vancouver using the harpoon line like a leash.
A viral video that shows a captive orca that's absolutely fascinated by a couple's newborn baby is simply amazing to watch, but it's also an important reminder of why these incredible animals ...
Tahlequah (born c. 1998), also known as J35, is an orca of the southern resident community in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. She has given birth to four known offspring, a male (Notch) in 2010, a female (Tali) in 2018, another male (Phoenix) in 2020, and an unnamed female calf in 2024.
Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 days in 2018, has likely suffered another loss.. Per The Seattle Times, researchers believe the mother orca's newborn ...
An orca that carried her dead calf with her for days in 2018 appears to be repeating the behavior with a newly deceased baby whale. Scientists think the killer whale is likely to be expressing grief.
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.
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