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Taima was born to mother Gudrun and father Kanduke. Kanduke was a member of the Pacific transient orca community, which meant Taima had transient blood in her. In 1990, Kanduke died at the age of 20 from St. Louis encephalitis; Gudrun gave birth to Taima's half-sister Nyar in 1993.
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.
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Tahlequah, the Southern Resident orca who carried her dead calf for 1,000 miles over 17 days in 2018, is mourning the loss of another newborn, raising concerns about her health.
Although ten years was an extremely young age for a killer whale to become a mother, Kalina was the first killer whale calf to be successfully born and raised in captivity. [129] In turn, Kalina gave birth at only seven and a half years of age to her first calf, a male named Keet. [46] Gudrun was an Icelandic female caught in the 1970s. In 1993 ...
An autopsy determined Brancheau died of blunt-force trauma to the head, neck and torso and drowning when the orca Tilikum, who was the subject of much of Blackfish, pulled her into the pool during ...
After the orca had her calf die in 2018, she carried her baby’s body on her back for an unprecedented 17 days and over 1,000 miles, garnering international attention and highlighting the complex ...
The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the genus Orcinus and is recognizable by its black-and-white patterned body. A cosmopolitan species, it is found in diverse marine environments, from Arctic to Antarctic regions to tropical seas.