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Genre: Pets & Animals
Date of upload: Mar 28, 2021 ^^
Rating : 4.754 (26,894/410,264 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2022-04-09T19:52:10.24784Z
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Orcas are creatures of great intelligence and power. They have similar life spans and social structures to humans. It's a shame some of them are stuck in small tanks in marine parks. Corky and Lolita/Tokitae have been in captivity since 1969 and 1970. Corky is a Northern Resident from British Columbia. She's a member of the A5 pod, A23 matriline. She has a sister named Ripple, brother Fife, niece Midsummer, great-nephews Fern and Ne'nakw, and great-niece Eliot. They are often seen around Vancouver Island. Corky lives at SeaWorld San Diego.
Lolita is from the Southern Resident orca population. She is the sole survivor of the infamous Puget Sound Penn Cove captures. Lolita's mother, L25 Ocean Sun, is over ninety years old. Lolita had an older sister named Tsunami, who died in 1982. Her pod is often seen in the calm waters near the San Juan Islands. Lolita lives in the smallest orca tank in the world at the Miami Seaquarium.
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In the 1980s, I used to go rowboat cruising using a twelve foot aluminum boat and cruising the San Juan Islands in the most northwesterly portion of Washington State, right near the Casnadian border.
I usually had Orcas swimming up near my boat during the day, investigating the rowing noise, I presume. They were always respectful and never presented a threat or hazard. 15-30 feet away or so, typically.
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It makes me so sad to think how long humans have stolen these beautiful, intelligent mammals from their pods, placed them in tiny chlorine pools, and kept them there for decades. Lolita at Miami Seaquarium for example, who is now dying after 50+ years of captivityā¦ It just breaks my heart. Iāll never understand how people can support those placesā¦.
Seeing them live in the wild doing what theyāre supposed to be has got to be so incredibly thrilling. Itās definitely one of my dreams to be able to see wild orcas someday.
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Shark be like: "i do eat Dolphin"
Killer Whale be like : "I'LL AVENGE MA COUSIN!"
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@asianmerlin2746
2 years ago
Tbh the thumbnail looks like the shark told a bad joke and the two orcas are trying to be supportive friends by laughing
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