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Famous Cetaceans: List of Captive Orcas, Tilikum, Keiko, Davina the Dolphin, Akeakamai, Moko, Katina, Pelorus Jack, Corky, Lolita, Ramu

Famous Cetaceans: List of Captive Orcas, Tilikum, Keiko, Davina the Dolphin, Akeakamai, Moko, Katina, Pelorus Jack, Corky, Lolita, Ramu


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: List of captive orcas, Tilikum, Keiko, Davina the Dolphin, Akeakamai, Moko, Katina, Pelorus Jack, Corky, Lolita, Ramu III, Mocha Dick, Opo, Namu, Kayavak, Tiao, Shamu, Moby Dick, Hiapo, Kasatka, Little Irvy, Pinky, Timor Tom. Excerpt: This article gives a partial list of captive orcas, or Killer Whales, large predatory marine mammals that were first captured live and displayed in exhibitions in the 1960s, or were subsequently born in captivity. They soon became popular attractions at public aquariums and aquatic theme parks due to their intelligence, trainability, striking appearance, playfulness in captivity and sheer size. As of March 2011, 42 orcas are held captive at facilities in North and South America, Europe and Japan, providing entertainment for the theme park visitors. The first North Eastern Pacific orca was captured in November 1961 by a collecting crew from Marineland of the Pacific, and over the next 15 years, around 60 or 70 Killer Whales were taken from Pacific waters for this purpose. Wanda was captured by MarineLand California, now closed, in California on November 18th, 1961. She survived for two days in captivity before dying. She was the first killer whale to be captured and displayed in captivity. Corky II on a slideout, a trick wild orcas use to capture seals on ice floes. Corky (II) is a female orca from the A5 Pod in British Columbia, Canada. She currently lives at SeaWorld San Diego in California. Corky became the first Orca to become pregnant and give birth in captivity. On February 28, 1977, the first calf to be born alive in captivity was born at Marineland to Corky and Orky. The calf was a male and died after eighteen days. Corky went on to give birth six more times, but the longest surviving calf lived only a total of 47 days. The calf, a female, was named Kiva. In 1989, the dominant O...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156465721
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 24
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 64 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1156465729
  • Publisher Date: 13 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: List of Captive Orcas, Tilikum, Keiko, Davina the Dolphin, Akeakamai, Moko, Katina, Pelorus Jack, Corky, Lolita, Ramu
  • Width: 189 mm


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