Orkid sure has grown up, soon to be 27 years old, and known as the smartest whale in human care. She knows more behaviors than any other killer whale. And she's still there with her surrogate mother Corky, who's in this video too. The fourth whale must be Knootka.
Yes, but not before she watched her mother bleed to death 3 months after this was taken. Behaviours? You mean when she wiggles her tongue and body at the audience like she's dancing, waves at them, and ' kisses' other orcas?... Yes 'behaviours' indeed. More like tricks.
I went to SeaWorld in 1989 August, I was 11 years old I will never forget what a wonderful experience for a kid, this music Alone brings back great memories, thank you for sharing.
Kandu 5 bled to death 3 months after this was filmed during an aggressive incident in which she hit a wall/another orca and severed a major artery. If SeaWorld had any knowledge of natural orca social structure this never would have happened. They separated her from her baby which doesn't happen in the wild in resident populations, just so she could perform. She became distressed and after the show attacked another orca who was paying too much attention to her baby. Had she never been seperated from her baby to perform this never would have happened.
Corky and Orkid were performing in the show pool, while the gate of the pool Kandu was, was open. Orkid decided to perform with her, since they were very close and still are to this day.
I've found another reason. Corky lost all of her seven calves shortly (or days) after birth. An intelligent and social creature like her must be very sad and depressed because of that. 😥 So she paid more attention to another calf, Orkid.
"Shamu" is really Corky II a Northern Resident female, they're the largest sub species of orca and at 20 feet 8000+ she's average. Her tall dorsal fin is a matriline trait, see the A23s. Orky and Corky came from Marineland of the Pacific in Los Angeles, he's the father of the baby Orkid and Kayla in Florida. Kandu V was aggressive and speaking a different language than Corky didn't help. "Namu" is probably Kasatka the present matriarch of San Diego who gets along fine with others.
NewMJ Namu was the real name of the orca. Kasatka was a completely different orca. Shamu and Namu were both orcas but shamus name was the only that was used for stage names after she died
I want to thank you all for the informative facts. I enjoy when I see the bond between Human and Animal I believe, despite opposing opinions if its right or wrong , to see the grace and communication the show offers is is a privilege and I thank the Kind trainers with Patients to learn
Hey thanks for the update,about Kandu. I enjoyed the show 2 times this day.one with the school field trip educational show and once with the Family .both shows were great haven't been back since, would love to film there again some day Handy
It breaks my heart watching these things now after the 2010 incident and watching the documentary "Blackfish." We so want to believe that these animals are happy, safe, and well-cared for but it is quite the opposite. I wish there was a way for them to perform these fantastic shows while preserving their health and well-being but it just doesn't seem possible. Seeing them do these tricks still puts a smile on my face but SeaWorld has us fooled. They live in deplorable conditions and on unnatural diets, and attack trainers and each other as a result of their lifestyle that is forced upon them by this corporation. I can never go back there. I feel such a strange mix of delight and heartbreak at watching them perform in these videos. I am no animal activist, no representative of PETA...I'm not even a vegetarian. But these beautiful animals should not be stolen out of the wild and separated from their families and forced to live in unnatural and unhealthy conditions for our entertainment. It's disgusting. :(
And being cramped forced to do tricks and being starved if they didn't is good? You have been brain washed if you think this is better for them! I also find incredible funny how sea world tells its guests false information such as in the wild they don't live as long as there in fact in the wild they can live up to 100 years old unlike the short 30 years they will live in captivity if they are lucky and havnt been starved to death!
+Chelsea Thomas Because Blackfish is only telling the truth... Really do some research. Because not only Seaworld supporters have been brain washed. And yes. I did watch Blackfish. Ten times.
+Kimber Noelz So how about putting horses who use to walk 16 km in the wild in a box in which they walk 1 km a day. To me it's the same as for today most orcas held in captivity were born in captivity and same goes for horses. Just one time I want someone to explain to me why especially orcas and why especially Seaworld is the problem.
I watched it 10 times and read everything about the topic I could find. And found out that Blackfish contains lies as well. But if you do the math: In relation to their size horses are kept in smaller confinements than orcas. I am totally against keeping them in captivity (in fact keeping any animal in captivity) but I just don't get why it is such a big deal with orcas and not with any other animals. As you could also say that horses are being forced to do something they would not do in the wild and same for circus animals. In fact a lot of horse owners use the technic that Sea World developed for their orcas (which is positive reinforcement and not withholding food by the way and Blackfish doesn't say anything else) to train their horses.
Its annoying hearing them call Corky Shamu then refer to her as a he. Her name's corky...not Shamu!. What happend to Kandu V is very sad but she shouldn't have tried to attack Corky. Corky lost her babies so she only wanted to love Orkid as well.. Kandu V had a history of aggression prior to her death..
Kandu V has messed some people up pinned Joanne Hay up against a tank & with Kenau dragged Jonathan Smith around spat him out and slammed him Smith was cut all around his torso, had a ruptured kidney and a six-inch laceration of his liver. Wild thing.
Did you all hear what he said For those that don't get to see a whale in the ocean This is what we can see Whale watching tours They don't show on utube Plus people are griping about those I can only see this from utube
+Chelsea Thomas If you believe everything in Blackfish you're not better than someone that believes everything Seaworld says. Do some research if you really like these animals.
I hate this music because they are not happy whale's 😡 if you have a British accent you have to believe what he's saying right? How do they live with themselves knowing these mammals are confined?
Ridiculous! These animals should not be in captivity!! In the wild they swim hundreds of miles at their free will!! How on earth anyone can defend holding them in tanks and making them perform pointless tricks is beyond me.
They swim hundreds of miles to find food to not starve to dead. If they had plenty of food right in front of their faces in the wild, they wouldn't swim hundreds of miles for survival.
RIP Kandu V
Orkid sure has grown up, soon to be 27 years old, and known as the smartest whale in human care. She knows more behaviors than any other killer whale.
And she's still there with her surrogate mother Corky, who's in this video too. The fourth whale must be Knootka.
Yes, but not before she watched her mother bleed to death 3 months after this was taken. Behaviours? You mean when she wiggles her tongue and body at the audience like she's dancing, waves at them, and ' kisses' other orcas?... Yes 'behaviours' indeed. More like tricks.
Kissing and waving is not "dancing". You anti-caps should stop making false equations between different stuff.
I went to SeaWorld in 1989 August, I was 11 years old I will never forget what a wonderful experience for a kid, this music Alone brings back great memories, thank you for sharing.
Kandu 5 bled to death 3 months after this was filmed during an aggressive incident in which she hit a wall/another orca and severed a major artery. If SeaWorld had any knowledge of natural orca social structure this never would have happened. They separated her from her baby which doesn't happen in the wild in resident populations, just so she could perform. She became distressed and after the show attacked another orca who was paying too much attention to her baby. Had she never been seperated from her baby to perform this never would have happened.
She was not separated from Orkid. She just had a grudge on Corky cause Corky had good relationships both with her daughter and her husband.
Corky and Orkid were performing in the show pool, while the gate of the pool Kandu was, was open. Orkid decided to perform with her, since they were very close and still are to this day.
I've found another reason. Corky lost all of her seven calves shortly (or days) after birth. An intelligent and social creature like her must be very sad and depressed because of that. 😥 So she paid more attention to another calf, Orkid.
"Shamu" is really Corky II a Northern Resident female, they're the largest sub species of orca and at 20 feet 8000+ she's average. Her tall dorsal fin is a matriline trait, see the A23s. Orky and Corky came from Marineland of the Pacific in Los Angeles, he's the father of the baby Orkid and Kayla in Florida. Kandu V was aggressive and speaking a different language than Corky didn't help. "Namu" is probably Kasatka the present matriarch of San Diego who gets along fine with others.
NewMJ Namu was the real name of the orca. Kasatka was a completely different orca. Shamu and Namu were both orcas but shamus name was the only that was used for stage names after she died
NewMJ KO this might be identified as Namu by the person who posted it but they didn't use his name for any other orca
“We can’t wait to share our joy with you!”
She doesn’t sound too excited lol XD
I want to thank you all for the informative facts.
I enjoy when I see the bond between Human and Animal
I believe, despite opposing opinions if its right or wrong , to see
the grace and communication the show offers is is a privilege
and I thank the Kind trainers with Patients to learn
Hey thanks for the update,about Kandu.
I enjoyed the show 2 times this day.one with the school field trip educational show
and once with the Family .both shows were great
haven't been back since, would love to film there again some day
Handy
Shamu is a stagename. All orcas have different names(they are males and females) In this case "Shamu"(Corky2) is a female.
Its wierd to see Corky and Orkid way back then
It breaks my heart watching these things now after the 2010 incident and watching the documentary "Blackfish." We so want to believe that these animals are happy, safe, and well-cared for but it is quite the opposite. I wish there was a way for them to perform these fantastic shows while preserving their health and well-being but it just doesn't seem possible. Seeing them do these tricks still puts a smile on my face but SeaWorld has us fooled. They live in deplorable conditions and on unnatural diets, and attack trainers and each other as a result of their lifestyle that is forced upon them by this corporation. I can never go back there. I feel such a strange mix of delight and heartbreak at watching them perform in these videos. I am no animal activist, no representative of PETA...I'm not even a vegetarian. But these beautiful animals should not be stolen out of the wild and separated from their families and forced to live in unnatural and unhealthy conditions for our entertainment. It's disgusting. :(
Of course. When I was a kid... I didn't know back then the conditions these animals are actually subjected to.
Coyote Moon C
Watch "Blackfish."
And being cramped forced to do tricks and being starved if they didn't is good? You have been brain washed if you think this is better for them! I also find incredible funny how sea world tells its guests false information such as in the wild they don't live as long as there in fact in the wild they can live up to 100 years old unlike the short 30 years they will live in captivity if they are lucky and havnt been starved to death!
+Chelsea Thomas Because Blackfish is only telling the truth... Really do some research. Because not only Seaworld supporters have been brain washed.
And yes. I did watch Blackfish. Ten times.
I think that you should read this.
carnivoraforum.com/blog/entry/4033650/162617/
wow so these shows used to be educational...
GREAT footage!!! Thanks!!
yes they were, and if you watch the other Shamu educational show, it was a performance for a school field trip of 4th graders same day in the AM
enjoy
This is absolutely. Disgusting. Those poor animals. Slaves
+Kathleen Schneiderman Are you for real?
+Kimber Noelz So how about putting horses who use to walk 16 km in the wild in a box in which they walk 1 km a day. To me it's the same as for today most orcas held in captivity were born in captivity and same goes for horses. Just one time I want someone to explain to me why especially orcas and why especially Seaworld is the problem.
I watched it 10 times and read everything about the topic I could find. And found out that Blackfish contains lies as well.
But if you do the math: In relation to their size horses are kept in smaller confinements than orcas.
I am totally against keeping them in captivity (in fact keeping any animal in captivity) but I just don't get why it is such a big deal with orcas and not with any other animals. As you could also say that horses are being forced to do something they would not do in the wild and same for circus animals. In fact a lot of horse owners use the technic that Sea World developed for their orcas (which is positive reinforcement and not withholding food by the way and Blackfish doesn't say anything else) to train their horses.
0:13 what's the music called?😮 It's very nice.😎👍👍
I just came from San Diego's sea world wish the show was still like that again
May I please use this footage? I will give you full credit and a link to this video, if you want.
Its annoying hearing them call Corky Shamu then refer to her as a he.
Her name's corky...not Shamu!.
What happend to Kandu V is very sad but she shouldn't have tried to attack Corky.
Corky lost her babies so she only wanted to love Orkid as well.. Kandu V had a history of aggression prior to her death..
@orcasandhorses
feel free to contact me at knotellin@live.com
Absolutely gut wrenching...
Beautiful :,)
Yes I am for real. Get educated on orca before asking me stupid questions.
amazing i love this , seaweed is good
POOR ORKID
Kandu V has messed some people up pinned Joanne Hay up against a tank & with Kenau dragged Jonathan Smith around spat him out and slammed him Smith was cut all around his torso, had a ruptured kidney and a six-inch laceration of his liver. Wild thing.
Did you know orkids friends and mom died because of this
wow this is really old.
she said pounds instead of tons. she said 18000 pounds, but captive orcas usually do not even get close to that weight. some wild orcas may, however
which seaworld was this at
San Diego.
Do you all notice there are only three here
That how often they give birth
What is this show called?
This is what SeaWorld is all about:$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you all hear what he said
For those that don't get to see a whale in the ocean
This is what we can see
Whale watching tours
They don't show on utube
Plus people are griping about those
I can only see this from utube
Orcas are rare to see in whale watching, the common thing you are dolphins
? is shamu a girl or boy
The Original Shamu Was A Female Orca In 1970. It's Now A Stage Name.
If you think this is amazing! Watch black fish!
+Chelsea Thomas If you believe everything in Blackfish you're not better than someone that believes everything Seaworld says. Do some research if you really like these animals.
Is this the video where Kandu V died?
this is fucking horrifying
I hate this music because they are not happy whale's 😡 if you have a British accent you have to believe what he's saying right? How do they live with themselves knowing these mammals are confined?
They could be living the best life ever but no stuffed in a tiny cage forced to do tricks 😰
@securityforcesadm San Diego
Ridiculous! These animals should not be in captivity!! In the wild they swim hundreds of miles at their free will!! How on earth anyone can defend holding them in tanks and making them perform pointless tricks is beyond me.
They swim hundreds of miles to find food to not starve to dead. If they had plenty of food right in front of their faces in the wild, they wouldn't swim hundreds of miles for survival.