Killer Whale at Nagoya Port Aquarium

[backhand630]

orcas and dolphins in 1 tank?

[backhand630]

where is it?

[MysteriousOddity]

@backhand630 I think it's in Japan

[backhand630]

@MysteriousOddity k thnx

[shini008]

@MysteriousOddity that must be in nagoya japan

[BelieveLover]

RIP Ku...

[AmericanDoggie]

Sick & ugly!

[BelieveLover]

you

[SamberPetz]

where is nagoya port? wat country?

[shini008]

@SamberPetz japan

[Eckna]

R.I.P Ku ;(

[sabianrose]

just curious....most killer whales in captivity have their dorsal fins flop over and nobody knows why....these whales seem to have vertical dorsal fins...I wonder what the Japanese are doing right on comparison to other aquariums?

[peepchick101]

Ku was a female (she died yesterday!) orca, and typically females' dorsal fins are only 1-3 feet tall. Males, on the other hand, have 4-7 foot tall dorsal fins.. huge, right?! In captivity, most male orcas dorsal fins flop when they are between the ages of 7-13, probably from spending so much time at the water's surface, when in the wild, they'd be underwater more. Or just from being in a tank - and swimming back/forth or in circles many, many times. It causes the cartilage in the dorsal to bend

[wushustuntman]

they should get another orca

[JenOrca7]

Ku is such a beautiful girl, she is one of my favourites...

[peepchick101]

Ku actually died yesterday! ='[

She had been sick for about three or four months and wasn't performing. She was kept in the medical pool, probably so she wouldn't get the dolphins sick. Anyway, Ku died on September 19, 2008 in the morning, according to Nagoya Aquarium's website. She was about 16-18 years old and was the last surviving of the "Taiji Five" capture in 1997.

[OrcaDefender14]

They have other pools with rocks in them...but i think the blue is a bit bright...

[AnimalTrainer99]

Ku is such a pretty girl!

[tulipfiend]

how come they have bottlenoses in the same tank as an orca aren't orcas known to eat them?

[AnimalAbuseSucks]

Thats A Female Orca, Ku

[aoltoday]

Ku is so cute i love her she so so so so cute

[erafferty]

that's scary, i hate whales, i'm terrified of them!

[JenOrca7]

They are not scary they are loving mammals, there is no known records of whales or dolphins killing anyone, maybe attacked but I havent heard anything of killed so!

[savethewhales1011]

She's so beautiful but confined in that stupid tank. Just like the many others..

[k9chick]

OMG her tank is so bare.poor girl.

[JENY9014]

as bare as it is i bet lolita would kill for a tank like that

[k9chick]

that tank is not that big and i bet lolita would kill to go back to the wild and not anthor bare and soundless tank all on her own.

[vroomz]

That's Ku, she's absolutly gorgeous!