GREG MAY of Orlando, FL says: "The year was 1977 and I was working for SeaWorld in Orlando. While visiting my relatives in Delray Beach, I took my little cousins Betty and Joey Mays tothe Seaquarium. If I could only find that 8mm movie the Seaquarium trainers took of me and Betty and Joey meeting Hugo and Lolita on the 'island' in the center of the Whale Bowl! My cousin Joey was ten years old when he stook his head in Lolita's mouth and talked about it for another ten years!"
She is so beautiful. It also seems that she is smarter than the other orcas that I have seen and looks a tad bit different. I understand that she is from a special breed of orcas that stay only in the pacific northwest and feed on salmon instead of seal. Mother nature is awesome.
She needs to be retired. She did nothing wrong - Mr Hertz you have made e nough money off this great hunter of the sea. Let her be retired to a sea pen where she could talk to other Orcas and chase her own fish. How very sad that we think this is ok? She was born in the sea. Mr Hertz would you like to spend 40 years in that goldfish bowl? Let her go!!!!!
This is absoulty REDICULAS! How do they keep a 21 foot long killer whale in a tank that is only 20 feet deep!? Their simpily tourching an animal that has done NOTHING wrong!
@chrispg07 Right. After researching the park very closley, i relised that she was with a Pilot Whale that was named "Christmas Cookie" in 1989. BTW, i'll upload more and showed them to you tomorrow.
@ProtoZero67 Well, Christmas Cookie has long since died -- so have Ganky and Tiaka (two Risso's dolphins) and several of the Pacific White Sided dolphins in her tank :/
Lolita has not been allowed to see another orca in approximately 30 years, since Hugo died in 1970. Naturally, in the wild, orcas remain with their family pods their entire lives. Lolita's pod is still alive and quite well in Seattle, WA... now if only she could join them again!
@peepchick101 BTW Hugo died on 1980 ( but i think you already know that )but i can tell you one thing though, He did not kill himself. According to most of the trainers at the time, they had to move him to the back of the "whale bowl". He did showed some signs of strange behavior. The next day, he died. :(
Thanks, yes, that is what I meant.. 1980. He lived 12 years in captivity - was captured in 1968 off the coast of Seattle, brought to MSQ, lived in the very small manatee tank for two years, then was moved into the "Whale Bowl" with Lolita for ten years, before he died of a brain hemorrhage, likely from colliding with the tank walls and severing his rostrum.
GREG MAY of Orlando, FL says: "The year was 1977 and I was working for SeaWorld in Orlando. While visiting my relatives in Delray Beach, I took my little cousins Betty and Joey Mays tothe Seaquarium. If I could only find that 8mm movie the Seaquarium trainers took of me and Betty and Joey meeting Hugo and Lolita on the 'island' in the center of the Whale Bowl! My cousin Joey was ten years old when he stook his head in Lolita's mouth and talked about it for another ten years!"
publicitypunk 2 months ago
She is so beautiful. It also seems that she is smarter than the other orcas that I have seen and looks a tad bit different. I understand that she is from a special breed of orcas that stay only in the pacific northwest and feed on salmon instead of seal. Mother nature is awesome.
rael8 3 months ago
Sorry Toki , very sorry
OrcaAgainstCaptivity 5 months ago
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civilwarnut617 8 months ago
She needs to be retired. She did nothing wrong - Mr Hertz you have made e nough money off this great hunter of the sea. Let her be retired to a sea pen where she could talk to other Orcas and chase her own fish. How very sad that we think this is ok? She was born in the sea. Mr Hertz would you like to spend 40 years in that goldfish bowl? Let her go!!!!!
vampirella30 8 months ago
This is absoulty REDICULAS! How do they keep a 21 foot long killer whale in a tank that is only 20 feet deep!? Their simpily tourching an animal that has done NOTHING wrong!
123stefen 10 months ago
:(
DarkTripods07 1 year ago
The day after my birthday.
colormewho 1 year ago
Poor girl, you have to agree that her living conditions are tragic, whether your pro or anti captivity.
124yuppers 1 year ago 5
Beautiful footage of Toki
FreedomForOrcas 1 year ago
You taped this yourself? Great quality man!
chrispg07 1 year ago 3
@chrispg07 yep, this was the day of my Field trip. If you want i can send you more vids of the MSQ. i have plenty of more in my cam.
ProtoZero67 1 year ago
@ProtoZero67 Sure I'd like to see more. And you said she's not lonely right?
chrispg07 1 year ago
@chrispg07 Right. After researching the park very closley, i relised that she was with a Pilot Whale that was named "Christmas Cookie" in 1989. BTW, i'll upload more and showed them to you tomorrow.
ProtoZero67 1 year ago
@ProtoZero67 Well, Christmas Cookie has long since died -- so have Ganky and Tiaka (two Risso's dolphins) and several of the Pacific White Sided dolphins in her tank :/
Lolita has not been allowed to see another orca in approximately 30 years, since Hugo died in 1970. Naturally, in the wild, orcas remain with their family pods their entire lives. Lolita's pod is still alive and quite well in Seattle, WA... now if only she could join them again!
peepchick101 1 year ago
@peepchick101 BTW Hugo died on 1980 ( but i think you already know that )but i can tell you one thing though, He did not kill himself. According to most of the trainers at the time, they had to move him to the back of the "whale bowl". He did showed some signs of strange behavior. The next day, he died. :(
ProtoZero67 1 year ago
@ProtoZero67
Thanks, yes, that is what I meant.. 1980. He lived 12 years in captivity - was captured in 1968 off the coast of Seattle, brought to MSQ, lived in the very small manatee tank for two years, then was moved into the "Whale Bowl" with Lolita for ten years, before he died of a brain hemorrhage, likely from colliding with the tank walls and severing his rostrum.
peepchick101 1 year ago