Face to face with Orca "Orkid" April 20, 2015 - SeaWorld San Diego
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2:23pm - Assistant Curator of Animal Training at SeaWorld San Diego, Robbin Sheets plays with Orkid, right after the One Ocean 2pm show, this is why i dont leave right away right after One Ocean as the trainers do more stuff/bond with the whales. @2:44 looking directly at Orkid.
Orkid is beautiful. She has unique eyepatches that give her a melancholic look. Orkid's mother was from Iceland and her father was from Canada. She is a hybrid (50% Icelandic and 50% Northern Resident). Her parents would have never met or mated with one another in the wild. Orkid is also the smartest orca in captivity - her trainers have nicknamed her 'the Rocket Scientist.'
Orkid is the first successful birth at Seaworld San Diego. Her father Orky died shortly after her birth. She was named in his honor - Orky's kid 'Orkid.' Her mother bled out in front of her after an altercation with Corky. She was only 11 months old. Apparently it took weeks for the young calf to recover from the traumatic event. Corky, who lost all seven of her calves, adopted Orkid. Orky and Corky were thought to be closely related, possibly cousins, which makes Corky and Orkid family in every sense of the word. Orkid was also very close to Kasatka and her children. She was best friends with Splash and Sumar. Splash had epilepsy. During epileptic seizures, Orkid would come to his aid and keep him close to the surface so he could breathe. Sadly, both Splash and Sumar passed away.
Orkid has found a new best friend in Nakai. She is the third oldest orca in San Diego, after Corky and Ulises.
It looked like she was trying to give you a good picture, but that guy kept getting in the way, pushing her back in the water. She is so smart! I love the closeup pictures of Orkid's eyes.
Orkid is a real beaut!
We love you Orkid so much and same with the rest of your pod especially Keet my hot SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Camper there.
I do feel a bit sorry for her, she lost her father, her mother, splash, sumar, and now her adoptive sister kastka
Ok, I see lots of people complaining in the comments about OTHER people complaining. If SeaWorld really is all that great, can I get a source or some type of concrete evidence as to how animals that should be swimming miles a day are better off in captivity?(And yes, I'm aware they can't be released.)
and people say the trainers and whales don't have a close bond! Orkid's adorable
Watch orkid's sad story, the video said "i leap and twirl dying to entertain you" and "all i see is the same concrete wall over and over and over" that was a very sad story
How did Orkid get so cute????? HOW?????? She is so sweet!!!'!!!!!!!
Orkid’s story is so sad, she lost everyone she loved..
is it just me or is orkid staring at the camera guy, and like why do i like him?
2:44 her face is soooo cute 😊😆
I love how you always zoom in on their eyes! Thank you
love their eyes lol
I remember when I first saw orkid when I was in 1st grade I was amazed by the tricks she can do but now that I see her 8 years later she looks like she just wants to die and i wish I can communicate with her and give her words of wisdom but she can only communicate through whistles and sonar
be strong orkid we'll help you get free
Orkid's face is so cute!
Orkid I am so sorry baby😪🐳
omg you are so lucky.. it’s my dream to see her in person, even more for her to show interest in me🥺
lol good luck when you visit, bring a plush haha
In fact I'm going to set all the animals in Seaworld free so who's with me????
Orkid's head is very unique, I love it.
But her mouth always looks down, is she always sad?
Yes poor orkid had been through a lot of emotional pain and physical
2:43 I honestly wish Orkid was vocalizing because that would’ve killed me by her face. I do not know why orcas are so cute!
Orkid is sad I can tell
how?
SHE'S STILL ALIVE!? AFTER ALL THAT ABUSE!?
B-Dawg The Shiny Zorua IKR
what abuse? there is none. corky is over 50. that is above the age for most female orcas in the wild populations that we know about.
The top predator of the oceans is so cute.
Orkid mom died and the name of orkids dad is orky
I love orkid
Awww at 3:39 you can hear a German/Austrian family and the daughter goes, 'Dad, am I allowed to stroke her too?' and the dad goes, 'Honey, if only you could stroke them. I would give anything but you're not allowed!' Bless, so sweet :)
+PoppyCupCake89 that would be sweet if the dad actually teaches her daughter not to go to these shows! these animals are not meant to live in aquarium! they live in ocean and travel kilometers per day!
+Sarah K lol no
Orkid is living a miserable life, her dad died when she was almost born, all her friends died, her mom died, she has to do tricks to get food, she sometimes pulled trainers into the water, she lived the most miserable life a orca could ever have. She is BEING treated bad, if she dose the trick wrong she'll not get any food, I hope a trainer reads this -.-
TRAINERS LISTEN, THIS IS IMPORTANT OKAY ORCA'S ARE DYEINGG
Poor girl sea world don’t you see your hurting this beautiful creature god gave you
3:43 - 4:02 the look in her eyes is heartbraking, her seeing her friends and mother dying in front of her face and she is stick in a bathtub please help save the orcas #savetheorcas!
GUYZ NEVER GO TO SEA WORLD!! HEAR THE BACK STORY OF ORKID HER MOTHER HER FATHER!! SEARCH DRAW MY LIFE ORKID!!!
THEY ALSO FORCE THEM TO DO TRICKS........IF THEY DIDNT DO THE TRICKS THEY DONT GET FED A LOT OF FOOD
fake that video is fake peta is fake they kill 96% of their animals search it up
+Ann Le oooommmmgggg they can't force several thousand pound animals to do anything! They are not starved and they are not abused. They get their food whether they perform or not. You don't have to agree with sea world but at least know what you're talking about and don't cite some fake ass draw my life video as your sole source of information. Jesus get a life.
It's published at June 13,2017 and in the title it said "April 20,2017" Oh Everybody Said it's published late so I'm Confused
huh? my video was published June 13 2015 not 2017.... and it was taken on April 20 2015 again not 2017...what r u confused about? despite changing the years?
Tilikum16 Oh I accidentally put "17" because i forgot about "2015" Because I don't really do stuff and remember that much on these days..
Where is Ulysses and Keet in the video
We don't need animals entertainment. We don't need to eat animals. We should be helping animals. Some people just don't know how these animals want to be free and happy. Not killed, eaten,starved, or beaten. They want better. Think of the animals. 🐵🐱🦄🐒🐈🦌🦍🦁🐮🐶🐯🐂🐕🐅🐃🐩🐆🐄🐺🐴🐷🦊🐎🐖🐗🦏🦏🐽🐭🐻🐏🐁🐨🐑🐀🐼🐐🐹🐾🐪🐰🦃🐫🐇🐔🐘🐿️🐓🐣🦉🐳🐤🐸🐋🐥🐊🐬🐦🐢🐟🐧🦎🐠🕊️🐍🐡🦅🐲🦈🦆🐉🐙🐚🐝🦀🐞🦐🕷️🦑🐌🦂🦋🐛🐜
I'm sorry Orkid. You've seen so much death :'(
~TherainSouls~ Orkid was pushed into the water how disrespectful
All her loved ones too
a playful orkid! beautiful! nice shots of her eyes, too!
trish s the look on her eyes are soon depressed
I hate any time of dolphin and orca captivity unless they save them and then let them go like clear water marine aquarium
Do you know what they have done to Orkid? She's been through a lot and SeaWorld is a horrible place it's cruel don't believe me? Search Orkid draw my life and see what I mean
Orkid draw my life? You mean some other opinionated person who thinks they speak well decided to do a draw my life for a whale they have no idea what she thinks or feels get out of here..
Bellatheloomer you think a draw my life is valid information?
Is it true that Sheets has been working with Orkid for over 20 years?
Should be true as hes one of the senior trainers at SeaWorld
When I grow up I will never let any orca be in captivity
orkid's Parents both died and orkid never seen the ocean because of sea world
By-Born Genius orkid was born in captivity . Her mom died because she fractured her bottom jaw
she is so big. I love orkid and the other whales at seaworld
This is horrible, is animal abuse!
I do too but they all need to be free
I can see in her eyes she's sad, depressed and bored poor girl she's been through so many things:'(
Poor orkid I wish I had teleportation powers to bring orkid into the ocean and protect orkid
I HATE THOSE WHO TAKE CARE OF ORKID THEY SHOULD JUST LET HER COME IN THE OCEAN 😾
No more SeaWorld. No more Curtis. No more animal torture. This is just heartbreaking. 😑😑😶😶🤔🤔😫😫😫😓😓😓😥😥😮😮😮😲😲😲🤤🤤🤤😯😯😯☹️☹️☹️🙁🙁🙁😒😒😒😱😱😱😨😨😨😖😖😖😨😠😠😞😞😞😩😩😩😟😟😟😤😤😤😢😢😢😭😭😭😦😦😦😧😧😡😡😵😵🤧🤧
This peoples are so mean why are they forcing poor animals to do some tricks?! Animals are not for tricks they also have lives i wish someday that people will be the one to get trained by orkid.
This is not cool.Watch the video when she draws her life.Why does he push her in? Its so rude like she might have o many scrapes.Seaworld get help.
Beautiful animal
I’m sorry just going to give it a little call
People actually see Orkid’s slanted eyepatches and legitimately think she’s “sad.” Folks, that’s just how her markings are. Orcas lack the facial muscles to emote, and even if they could, they wouldn’t have the same expressions as us. She’s playing and engaging with her human caregiver in this video, and if she didn’t like it she’d swim away. And she absolutely isn’t deprived of food. That’s the body of a healthy and well-fed animal. If you want to see starving orcas, look at some wild populations. What happened to her mother was a terrible accident, but in all likelihood she doesn’t remember it. Corky raised her since she was a year old, and they’re as close as a biological mother and calf. “Freeing” Orkid, who has no concept of what the ocean even is, would kill her.
Well said!
She's cute when she turns around
She’s beautiful no matter what the angle is lol
Ang ganda po
those eyes look tired of having to train and work all day.
It`s me, Cody
yes its me cody actually thats how cetaceans eyes always look
that's how the eyes of orcas and many other cetaceans look. it is the same in the wild.
tired of work? hahahaha you have no idea at all.
Have you ever seen an orca's eye...? they all look this way so don't try to anthropomorphize
I am Cody
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I remembered when I was like 6 I was so entertained seeing these beautiful animals do tricks splashing us I loved it until today I heard of orkid story now I hate seaworld....seaworld is not entertaining it's torture
Oml like please just let Orkid go, he doesn’t like it there, you’re only feeding him to make him entertain people, but he’s hecka hungry. He ain’t need do all that stuff!
YOU KILL WALLY, I KILL YOU! 😡
(Wally= killer whale)
Wow you don't know anything about Seaworld...
1. Orkid is female
2. They aren't starved. They are properly fed every day. These are like treats to let them know they did a good job
3. They aren't always performing. If they don't want to, the trainers will either wait for them or cancel the show
umm..... acctueli when they made something wrong in the training they wont get Foods......😕😕
The look orkids eyes is heartbreaking, this isn't entertainment its torture 😢
u dont know he feels so stay out of it
stacy_picken@hotmail.com picken picken Totally true! How can we ever stop being selfish and stop this madness?!
stacy_picken@hotmail.com picken picken How do you know how she feels? Cetaceans don't have face expressions.
When you can see their eyes it makes them look less sinister.
have u been? U probabily have anyway
stacy_picken@hotmail.com picken how do you know how she feels? Also I am so surprised that an anti Cap even knows the whales. Normally they just say oh she when it's a he or he when is a she is so sad you can tell. Like how
Orkid was captured from the wild, her parents slowly died and decaded infront of her face, she was forced to breed with her cousin 7 times in a row pretty much killing all of her children, and forced to live in a tiny pool being mocked and screamed at and forced to do tricks or starve. Sound like a great life this little guy is having? I didn't think so either. It hurts them when they slide and scrape across the solid walls. They are social animals that love to travel long distances yet she's being forced to stay in a tiny pit full of water doing the same tricks over and over and over again ever single day just so that she can get a meal being screamed at by thousands of people, and they don't like being on their backs yet are forced to flip over and let trainers ride them like horses. Do anything like this to a human and you're a sociopathic lunatic with no feelings owning slaves for public entertainment. Yet changing the species makes it perfectly acceptable.
where did you get that she was captured from the wild?
Tilikum16, you kidding me? You haven't seen any of it?
Oh wait, she was born in their and then abused after her parents died before she was a year old and she watched her mother bleed to dead. Corky was the one captured and abused.
Once I was face to face with Nakai (my favorite orca) and I started to laugh when he opened his mouth
Plsss Dear SeaWorld plssss stop using them just to earn some money! This is not cute! If you look at her eyes you can see that Orkid is tired performing Tricks!!!
Is orkid a boy or girl
She’s female, a girl
I can see the look of orkids's face that she is very, very sad. 😢#FreeTheOrcas
oh seriously? they have no facial expression so no one can do that ¬¬
can't I just enjoy myself watching these videos without people saying "FREE THEO ANIMALS" in the comments they will die if you free animals that were born in captivity in the wild get that though your heads
Orkid Is my favourite whale.
Why do whales have White patches on their face
thats how god made them :) thats why they are so beautiful....
They are beatiful because god made them? So everythink god made is beatiful? Including the devil?
***** So god created everything and everything he created is beautiful in a way... good way of calling rape beautiful. I guess he though it was giving the fact of how many times he commands people to do it.
***** Well I guess you don't really read the bible, god does command people to rape. Not only that to murder, pillage and hate aswell but I guess you have already made up your mind to disregard somethings don't fit your cause.
If he made everything he must have made rape aswell, no? What else didn't he make? What do you know what he created and what he didn't?
So cute I love orkid
I never used to like orcas in captivity but when I saw the way they were treated I had a change of heart and I fully support SeaWorld and hope I get a job there one day
The way they treat the orcas? You mean when they're in front of people right? The trainers are obviously good with the orcas, however the "corporate" side of sea world don't care for these animals. It's about more than just being held "captive." They breed the orcas and once the babies get a little bit older they ship them off to different locations and take them away from their pods and their mothers. The mom's do suffer, they cry for their babies. Orcas stay with their families for life, but sea world forces them apart. On top of that, mixing and matching orcas with new pods can be dangerous.
sidekickin721 lol right where did u here that at where is your proof they used to do that in 1970s they don't do that anymore iv seen many killer whale babies at these shows and they keep them together they don't give them away to other places
Devin Espinoza I'm not saying they do this all the time, but they do this once certain orcas grow larger in size. Now if you're talking about Sea World in San Diego I know they keep their babies there because most are mothered by Kasatka and she doesn't play when it comes to her babies she gets aggressive really easy, its always been her pattern.
+Chloe Ward +Devin Espinoza sorry but you are VERY wrong, unfortunately the orcas don't get treated the best in SeaWorld, I'm surprised SeaWorld hasn't been shut down by now, I'm about to go into rant mode so to save you from that I'm just going to tell you to check out the video 'Draw My Life: SeaWorld Edition' on PETA's RUclips channel and also check out the trailer for Blackfish the documentary, clearly you have been given false information or trust of SeaWorld
Alison O'Connnor
Seriously you are referring people to a PETA video? The same PETA who euthanized thousands of dogs and cats instead of adopting them out? PETA has no credibility when it comes to animals.
Ive never gotten to sea world in my whole intire life! RELEASE ORKID AND THE OTHER ORCAS!!
Nov 7,2019
WHO WILL STAND UP AND SAY WHAT THEY FEEL IS RIGHT?? Saying "Awwwwww,poor whale!" does not do ANYTHING AT ALL! Its just a stupid little comment on a video clip! They are ALIVE and SUFFERING! Will YOU lift 1finger to HELP THEM???
May I use?
I've already gave you my answer which is NO, i doubt if you asked the other youtubers, but sorry ..you just took it without permission...which is beside the point... no means no...
why do they force these Majestic Beautiful Creatures do tricks. they belong in the wild with straight Dorsal fins, not collapse. they deserve better
Half of the whales at seaworld CA have straight dorsals! The only collapsed dorsals are Keet, Ike, Shouka, and Ulises
What about Tilikum? His collapsed too! 100% of the male dorsal fins are collapsed because they can't train enough in this small pools!
Old comment, but wow, I didn't know that Tilikum lived in California. I thought he lived in Orlando.
Tilikum.....
I regret going to seaward last year I just hate now that I know what happen to this orcas SET THEM FREE SO THEY CAN LIVE A GREAT AND PERFECT LIFE
Nicole Lee let me guess you watched black fish?
Nicole Lee cry me a river
What is that
Orcas at sea we world are starved and even some of them die.Orkids mother died because of sea world even Orkids friends Splash,Corky,and other of her friends this is not entertainment this is tourter!
Awww.. they don't deserve it! 😢
"Face to Face
heart to heart" Get it! Get it!
Lita SeaWorldMaster ???
+lauren bowers Face to face. And heart to heart. When one world meets another, your dreams are never far away from where you are." Shamu light up the night
So cuteeeee
poor orkid😔 it's so sad for them not seing the real ocean and enjoy life instead they are cept in captivity for our amusement poor animals😭😔😔😢😢😢😢
Seeing*
18 out of the 21 are born there. If they are set free they would die. It's not like they are starved and keeled in a small space. They are given large amounts of fish and have 7+ pools that are huge and deep
that trainer is quite chubby.. I was worried about having to drop a bunch of weight.. maybe do to lack of being in the pools you don't have to be so physically fit?
+Rachel Bowman I am pretty sure the trainers still have to work out 5 days a week for 30 + minutes, but I think that is just how some people are built. :) I hope you reach your goal of becoming a trainer!
+Rachel Bowman Also the trainer in question, Robbin Sheets, has been working for SeaWorld for a long time, together with Kristi Burtis, Kenneth Peters, Brian Rokeach, Robbin is actually the Assistant in Animal Training, and ranking wise, he is way up there,
+BlackWolf13 thanks for the info and encouragement! I love going to the gym! Just hate the pressure of needing to lose a ton of wait quickly. 😊
+Tilikum16 thanks for the info he seems quite competent and he obviously loves his job and the whales!
I swear to god if I was rich I would buy her and set her free :(
Poor orkidd 😩
the only way we can stop this madness is not going to these shows! people should stop going there! these animals must live in ocean!
Sara S nope, I still wanna go
The more mony they get the more rotten food they have to endore
WHY TO WATCH THEM ALL SUFFER I always wanted to see a real orca but after I found this all out I said NOPE NO MORE
Can I use your footages ( all in your channel )? I will credit you :)
¿Is orkid is him?
orkid is her
Wow is real
she is big!
I love how much Seaworld loves their orcas!!!
people didnt find whales suffering because their eyes are quite hidden...or hard to see...now I've seen everythin
This is not vutebif people knew the truth about the organs at sea world it is not pretty I saw a video about orkid and her father has passed away so has her mother and there was a orca called splash and he had medical problems and had seizures but they still put him on the shows
what is vutebif? about the organs at sea world? you spell seizures right....
How do orcas see?
Also Does Orkid still does tricks cause he is very old
they have eyes lol and orkid is a she, shes not very old at all and in fact today is her 29th birthday lol, corky is old at about 53
Oh Thanks I just wanted to know :P
Im sorry but I see no connection with these "trainers" and the whales. Unlike Dawn Brancheau and John Hargrove, i see no real bonding between the trainers and the whales. Their training them like puppets and its so sad. No wonder these intelligent animals loose their minds. They know their being treated solely for entertainment. I hate SeaWorld. You think Orkid wants to go back and forth in a pool all day learning dumb tricks? She deserves a vast ocean with her family and hunting seals. Not this garbage.
what's it's doing
this is cool but it's kinda sad to see those animals getting caged in there and just do that almost everyday
Do you not know Lolita!! Come on the Tank is that deep and wide!!! SWO has 7 pools that are long and deep!!! #SeaWorldCares
Lita SeaWorldMaster well i didn't say that this is bad, this is cool but still they just repeat this routine everyday just to be fed, dumb question (they do release them in the wild at the end right?)
I know Orkid is sad doing these things!😔😔😔😔😔
ORKID!!!
This is cruel iv seen the video of orkid that is so sad for you do you have his mom died right in front of his face was your guises problem Seaworld you are not anyone's dream is pouring animals
Poor dolphin sea world is a horrible place they abuse the animals
Very. Good
poor Orkid 😭