Birth of Shouka 23 02 93 by Frank Sanchez & Jacques Foudraz

[KingsProduction50]

who is that other whale at 2:13 ?

[frenchorcatrainer]

@KingsProduction50 I think it was Freya, the other female, staying in the bottom of the pool meanwhile.

[bossyboots55]

these animals go through it alone..we humans must have a whole gang of "helpers"

in hospital, at home, etc. etc.

[rockiln1]

Who here muted the music

[frenchorcatrainer]

@rockiln1 I don't understand your comment. Could you please be more specific ?

[rockiln1]

@frenchorcatrainer the music did anyone turn it off

[IlikeLucy]

@frenchorcatrainer

the music is a little intense/ominous for this kind of mysterious life process...its kind of distracting

[Tucuxi3]

WOW, she karate-kicked him outta there! Be born NOW! Hi-YAH!

[germanshepherdlvr100]

Now i just want to confirm something...i just heard that Shouka is related to Keiko?(Free Willy) is that true?

[B4Malfoy]

@germanshepherdlvr100 I know it's late, but I'll just reply: Keiko isn't related to Shouka. Just so you know ^^

[germanshepherdlvr100]

@B4Malfoy its ok :) and thanks for telling me :)

[KingsProduction50]

@germanshepherdlvr100 i don't know but there are roumors that ulises is related to kotar, Keet and keto.

[rexcool2]

wow

[MrVark9]

how often to killer whales breed? and is it one baby at a time?

Great video tho :D

[frenchorcatrainer]

@MrVark9 They mate quite often from what I've seen, but there's only some moment where the female is actually fertile and then will get pregnant. The pregnancy then last for around 17 months, and they can have only one baby at a time.

[elfwhitewave]

@MrVark9

in the wild thay have a baby once every five years or so and have 3 or 4 calfs in a lifetime and dont reach sexuall maturity until the age of 14, but in captivity where they cant get away from the male as easily and are sometimes artificially inseminated, they have more babys and more frequently, such as katina has had 6 calfs and she is still young, and some captive orcas get pregnant by 4 or 6 years old.

there is a 50/50 survival rate in the first year.

[frenchorcatrainer]

@elfwhitewave Working myself for quite some time with marine biologist and searcher who studies wild Orca, I can say that's not true. In the wild, orca DO have plenty of calves, but there's unfortunately only a small amount that survive predator, pollution...etc At the end, we only see the successful baby who where able to survive, without noticing all those that died before.

[frenchorcatrainer]

@elfwhitewave In artificial environment, there's is much more chance of success since trainers and vet are there to help, in case anything happen.

[elfwhitewave]

@frenchorcatrainer i said they have a 50/50 chance. the survival rate. It is the same for captivity and the wild.

i did a quick search and counted at least 42 captive born orca die under the age of 4 years old since the 7o's.

And we do know how often they give birth in the wild, some pods have been followed for generations and all the deaths are noted -including the calfs.

[frenchorcatrainer]

@elfwhitewave I will rather say that they have much more chances to survive in artificial environment than the wild still. Look at a recent example with "Morgan". This wild baby orca will have simply died after loosing her mother, if the professional trainers from harderwijk didn't took care or her rapidly. Now she is all fine, and I was even working recently with a group of trainers, biologist and searcher who want to return her to the see. :)

[sharkanorca]

Thank you for sharing. What an amazing moment!

[frenchorcatrainer]

@sharkanorca you're welcome ! Glad you liked the video. :)

[smi859716]

I really like this music, what is the name of it?

[frenchorcatrainer]

@smi859716

Musique from "Lost" and "Enya"

[smi859716]

I really like this music, what is the name of it?

[Grayceily523912]

well HELLO!! of course she was in alot of pain! look at what she had coming out of her! and she had to push it out! i imagen labor for any animal is painful

[frenchorcatrainer]

@Grayceily523912

If you read correctly my comments, I never said it was not painful. I just said she was not making crying or making any noticeable sounds.

[Grayceily523912]

@frenchorcatrainer never said anything to you. i was just simply stating that labor is painful. not saying anything about your comment.

[nikesierra]

she is havin a hard time its stuck in her ass she should jump and do a big splash

[mahjabeenadam]

nice video but im sorry i have to say something about the awful music! it doesnt go! why couldn't you just leave the natural sounds? its so out of place!!

[frenchorcatrainer]

Because the original sound was not present at all, except on the underwater shoots.

After, taste and color depend on the person anyway. On my side, I like it that way, and so far, you're the only one who complained about my choice of musics too. :P

[mahjabeenadam]

lol ok. fair enough. i like the music don't get me wrong. but its like shark music style kinda thing. makes you sit on the edge!! lol

and also i am curious as to what orca's screams sounds like if that makes sense? i mean human females (human females! don't comment!) scream when they give birth. and that birth looks like a difficult one. but without sounds its kinda hard to .... i don't know how to explain anymore. hope this makes sense. lol

[frenchorcatrainer]

Orca are like most female animals who give birth: they don't cry/screams at all.

[mahjabeenadam]

have to disagree with this.u should hear my cat when she gives birth!! even though we cannot qualify this as screams as such, they do make sounds when they are in pain. Furthermore, what sparked my comment on the sound thing is that in the wild they are not alone. they have other more experienced females to help them through the birth process. She was alone. lol maybe its just that she looks like she is in a lot of pain.......(do not ask me what im gonna do when im gonna get a baby!! lol :P)

[frenchorcatrainer]

That's why I specifically said "most female animals ", since I was not saying that ALL females don't cry. But some of them don't, like Killer Whale.

[mahjabeenadam]

ah ok. fair enough. my mistake because i misunderstood. :))

[namuchildtake2]

@mahjabeenadam I'm sorry I don't mean to get in the middle of this but at 2:13 and again at 2:29 you can see another orca in the tank with her she is not alone jut thought I'd point that out.

[mahjabeenadam]

@namuchildtake2 oh ok. thanks. i completely missed that. ill check it out. i <3 orcas!!! :))

[mahjabeenadam]

Thanks for the video. its nice! :)

[cefurst1]

(The music when she is actually born is from Dawn of the Dinosaurs )

But that did not look like a fun birth.

[frenchorcatrainer]

Giving birth is nice and wonderful to see but not any females in the world have fun doing it. :P

[cefurst1]

You got that right

[Corkian]

Waw, Sharkan had a hard birth! Very nice video, you're lucky to know also the unofficial date.

[Ironwindhurricane]

merci beaucoup d'avoir partager cette vidéo !

de même que les autres, j'ai toujours entendu que Shouka était né le 25 février 1993. ^^

Mais c'est vous qui étiez sur place.

[jacqy1985]

that's so cute! thanks for sharing:)

[roflcopterXP]

Oh my! I see Shouka today and she looks EXACTLY the same as Sharkan does in this video! Thank you so much for posting this treasure!

[Aureliii59]

=' ) c'est juste merveilleux.

[RingneckDoveFan]

I believe Shouka was born on February 25 and Inouk on February 23.

[frenchorcatrainer]

Those where the official dates. But I am one of their trainer, and I'm sure of mine though. :P

[Orkid8591]

This is gorgeous.

[valentineorcas]

Shouka doesn't born on February 25rd ?

And it's Inouk the february 23rd 1999, no ?

[Orkid8591]

Shouka is so cute!

[frenchorcatrainer]

Those where the official dates. But I am one of their trainer, and I'm sure of mine though. :P

[valentineorcas]

ok ok I believe you it was just to know .

So it's cool Shouka & Inouk are born the same day . ^ ^ ( not the same year O.O )

[OrcaAmy]

amazing

[OrcaLova]

how awesome! xD amazing shots! so beautiful. :)