Fin whale

Imprisoned against their will Imagine a child being torn away from their family, home, and the life that they have always known. Picture them being shoved in a cage that was too small. Being beaten, terrorized, sliced open, and injected with chemicals they could not pronounce. Forced to obey and perform for the very kind that put them in that cage. They wait day by day hoping that somehow they will make it out and be free like they once were. Until they suddenly realize that their mind…

but they also force incest among the whales. Like our own species, incest is seen as taboo to whales. Hargrove explained that one female whale Katina was mated with her son Taku, creating the calf named Nalani. Katina refused to accept Nalani after her birth. Another instance of this was with a whale named Kohana who bred with her uncle Keto two different times. Kohana rejected both of those offspring (Hargrove). It is clear that incest has an impact on the whales. SeaWorld forces this upon them…

ORCA WHALES Did you know that people have developed sonar because of studying how orcas detect things using a series of clicking that they send out through their melon, or that orca’s skin grows 290 times faster than skin on your arm (Throp)? You can learn about many more things by studying orca whales. These are only a few things about orcas that have been studied; the appearance of orcas, how they hunt, and their relationship with dolphins. Orcas detect things using clicking noises that they…

orcas have collapsed dorsal fins. Orcas are also fed an unnatural diet of thawed dead fish. (“Collapsed Dorsal Fins”) Orcas are unable to hunt and obtain water from their prey in captivity. SeaWorld gives them gelatin, a substance that is not natural for them, in an attempt to keep them hydrated. Gelatin is a protein obtained by boiling skin, tendons, ligaments, and bones with water. It is usually obtained from cows or pigs. (“Diet of Pig and Cow Bones”) Tilikum the whale, who weighs 12,000lbs,…

Blackfish is an emotion grabbing and heartfelt movie that pulls its viewers in by portraying captive killer whales that are made to look like they are suffering only due to the fact that Blackfish is nothing more than propaganda. The movie Blackfish shows only scenes that are meant to make a person feel strong emotions against SeaWorld. In the beginning of Blackfish a man by the name of Howard Garrett, an orca researcher, talked about how they captured these orcas. He explains that they would…

what the effects are of having orcas in captivity versus keeping them in the wild. Some similarities may include things like the diet and nutrition in the wild and captivity. On the other hand, things like their lifespan, the posture of their dorsal fin, and being torn away from their family are just a few differences. The differences between orcas in the wild and in captivity are endless. Orcas are very unhappy, and short lived in captivity. It is proven that orcas live to be 50-70 in the…

2002. When killer whales were first put on display, the image of this black and white icon was seen as a fearsome killer. Killer whales are beautiful, majestic creatures in the wild, however, this is not always displayed while in captivity. Captivity can change these magnificent creatures to a creature that some people may fear. Captivity has been proven to cause negative physical and social effects on killer whales and their trainers. The physical effects on killer whales in captivity are…

emerge from the ocean. They then dart back into the deep blue leaving you wondering what colossal creature was that? That animal was not a creature of mythology but instead a type of whale called an orca. Orcas have amazing physical attributes, way of living, and myths based on them. Orcas, also known as the killer whale, got their names because they are at the top of the food chain. Thus giving them their natural predator instinct. “Orcas weigh from 3,000-12,000 pounds”…

name, considering they were once one of the most successful amusement parks in the world. Everyone wanted to come see Shamu, the huge majestic killer whale, do tricks so close to us we could get soaked. The whales always seemed to be in sync with the performers; we thought nothing could top getting splashed by gallons of water by a humongous whale. Unfortunately, in recent years, the saying “all press is good press” has not seemed to apply to SeaWorld. In 2013, the documentary Blackfish debuted…

Captive Killer Whales Blackfish is a movie about an orca named Tilikum who was captured at a young age and taken to perform at Sealand. Within a year and a half he was moved to Seaworld for breeding purposes and because Sealand shut down. Tilikum soon became a great attraction and everyone wanted to see him and all the trainers wanted to train him. They all thought Tilikum was an excellent whale, but that is because they were never told that anything bad happened. Unfortunately, Sealand…