This is depressing. If seeing an animal of this intelligence, complexity and sheer size living in a swimming pool doesn't depress you-I questing your moral stance and I especially question the size of your heart.
Wow, I didn't know so many people in the world could speak whale! I didn't know you could learn whale!
I love how people say "These whales aren't happy here and want to go back to the ocean." Well, I say how do YOU know? Don't give me some crap like "Well, duh they killed some people." Because that doesn't mean that a whale wants to go back to the ocean-that only says the whale was in the mood for something new.
@ZachThinkSharksRCool I suspect if someone took you out of your environment against your will, you might not like it. Maybe we don't know if these animals like living in pools or not, irregardless they shouldn't be taken out of their natural environment. I seriously doubt they like living in captivity.
@Colstonewall No-I wouldn't like it if someone took me out of my natural environment. But the majority of captive whales are now captive-bred. They aren't caught out of the ocean. For a captive-born whale, captivity IS its natural environment. Why should we remove it from what it has always known?
Regarding their liking to captivity, you may be right, they may not like captivity-But there's not really any way to prove that.. at all.
@hahpuppy Well, at least not without years of training in a seapen. Keiko survived in the wild for 5 years before he died of pneumonia at age 26. That's not uncommon for orcas. He did fantastically in the wild, even without finding his pod, he was able to thrive
@PacificOrcas Well, you are right. But sometimes it may not work. Kieko was just lucky he lived a long time in the wild after his capture. Like I was saying, If they just released him, he would have died imediatly. SO... Yeah.
idiot tourist.......paying for this creatures captivity.......Hey message from florida....stop spending your fat ass money at sea world!!!.....retards!
@LinniPanda trainer?.....they dont need training dumb ass....oh wait they need training on how to live in a swimming pool.....they need to train you by biting and eating you......and them you will know at what training level they are at.....wildedly funny....now that would be a show!
@yankee22167 trainers dont teach rhem new abilitys, they excersise their habits they do naturually in the wild BTW and IM not the trainer my sister is and they HELP
@archangel385 actually zoo animals do get released quite often, and sucessfully into the wild. there are animals which were once extinct in the wild but are now thriving due to reintroduction to the wild release programs
Ahh...I'm jelous...I wish I could be that close to a whale...that sucks that you did'nt get to pet it...I went to sea world once with my grandparents and got to feed and pet a dolphin...it was the coolest thing I've ever done in my life.
Kuriix Is Right ... :L Keiko shouldn't have been realesed in his later years, Animals who are used to captivity should be released, it just causes problems. And .. Keiko didn't die at 'long disease' he died of pnemonia after swimming under the ice floes, and also, mal nutrition ... :L Do some Research ... Andddd .. flargmuffin92 YOU ARE RIGHT!
if he didnt got released he would have died much erlier in mexico then he did in iceland/norway. When they released him his helth had never been better!
Can you teach this animals to do stupid tricks like kissing the trainer balnce them on their nose, you can teach them to be wild!
@ilovekillerwhales111 No one knows, Keiko could have died earlier in Mexico. Keiko died of something that wild orcas can die from, pnemonia. With the current releasment method, it seems impossible to release them, but if the method improves, a few may be able to be released. So lets not put it totally out of the question.
You guys are all idiots, the whale at the surface is "logging", meaning shes in a restful state. Relaxing. You all see a captive whale and automatically assume it wants to be free, you know how retarded that sounds? Wild orcas log too. Do a little research.
@phie015 yes i agree let them free so they can't find food for themselves or let them feel lonely so they stop eating alltogether and end up beaching themselves ;D people like you are the reason keiko is dead
@phie015 i said ''people like you'' not you, don't think the world turns around you either way you said and i repeat "let them be free and dont let them do stupid tricks..
-- let these big beloved creatures go.. " doesn't that mean you think that these whales who have been used to a captive life shouldn't be set free? it's true they shouldn't catch more orca's but releasing the ones they already have will just end up getting them killed
yeah i agree witu, but if they never captured killer whales, would this never happen, and then they won't die in the wild, and keiko had training before his release, i think the specialists who helped him know more about when a killer whale is ready for the wild then you, it's not that they put keiko just into the water and let him search it out for himself. i so don't believe that. and maybe you should look at the vids about lolita the killer whale, oh and i'm not here to make a fight wiv you!
@phie015 keiko's own trainers who have been with him for years said right away '' this is going to go wrong he will not survive'' but activists kept pushing and protesting and whing giving them nearly no option than to do what the crowd demanded the training he had beforehand was a desperate attempt to maybe make him able to survive and even in that years he had that ''training'' activists kept whining they needed to hurry hurry hurry.
He doesn't like you. He wants to swim free in the ocean. You left after the show to get on with your life. This tank is his life.Watch him from a boat in the sea, see how they really behave and you will then show them some respect.. But, If you find captivity so cute why not lock one of your family in a closet for their life and go visit them .Maybe, desperate for some stimulation they would come over to the door of the closet and you could imagine that they like you......
so you would rather be in a safe room, fed food ( not of your choice) , given a routine to follow ( again you get no choice in this) no days off ( you have no rights remember). You will have medical attention and adequate care, no predators , no choices , nothing to use that massive brain on. Yes Japan do kill many whales, but they have the chance to live , to get awa, to breed, to have a life. The choices are there. This animal is not a fish it is a mammel with a huge intelligent brain.
They used to let us pet the whales and feed them but they didn't let us do that starting... August 2006 -_- btw that's Kiska :D The one below Kiska is probably Athena
UlyssesFan- Where did you ever come with such a perverted theory? The Orca either has to adapt or kill its self ? Did the Jews in the Camps kill themselves ? You clearly recognize Dolphins have killed themselves many times before. For months you've been promoting this smug Nazi concept, a little compassion and empathy for captive Cetaceans is asking so little.
the poor thing is obviously scared, it shouldnt be kept there. message to all : If whales are injured in the wild by predators etc, then leave them be. If humans are to blame, if needed help them but set them free. Dont breed them into captivity and dont use them for your own entertainment and stop thinking of them as a tv..you can make it do whatever you want!
when i was little i got to hug one of these guys! one of the trainers saw me being fasinated about these beautiful creatures and i got to be part of a show! :P
the whale is named kiska, her calf is athena. they don't use chlorine, they use ozone which is 100 times safer for them... they wouldn't let you touch them cause you need to have your hands thoroly cleaned before you do to prevent germs... also, they are fed 6-8 times a day, all buckets being carefully measured and weighed... i work there, so i know.
yes they do put chlorine in the water otherwise its not staying that clean and yes thats killing the whale which is nursing her calf there and not even getting the peace to do so its sad.....very sad they dont desurve this.....dont believe everything aquariums try to feed you there no proof they have ever done anything for the wild whales out there nothing not a penny
I hate to burst your bubbles, but these whales act that way because it's the only way they will be fed. This is how they train captive orcas in amusement parks.
She should be swimming in a huge ocean, not imprisoned in a chlorinated pool.
The orcas are fed regardless of what they do.Nootka went a whole year without performing, but every day they fed her anyways.They get in the water with them, and you don't do that with a hungry 7,000 pd whale. The notion that they're starved comes from the fact that the trainers leave if the whale misbehaves, but they return every time with the rest of the meal. They leave because it's the cessation of positive attention for the whale,but they come back. Read some published work on the subject.
Who are we to decide what is "misbehavior"? They should be free to "behave" as they please, the notion of "training" them isn't for people who love them as they are, which is wild animals, they are not pets for God's sake!
I only know this because I want to be a trainer, and the staff there know it. They try to to teach me how the training process goes, and the published work you could read would be the book recommended to me by a trainer at this park. 'Whale Done'-a lot of it is about working with people but it's based on captive orca training.
oh shut up you damn hippie. You can't put chlorine is that water. You'd kill the damn whale. Sea world and other such venues have done amazing things for whales and wildlife conservation. What the hell have you done bedsides whine on youtube?
What have any of these places done for conservation? If you mean they breed them, that isn't for conservation, that is to keep a money making performing slavery crew going, they won't be released into the wild you retard!
No, they won't be released, because it's been tried and proven impossible. What's your point, without calling names such as retard? The notion of training them is for people that recognize that these animals are stuck in captivity and unable to hunt. They need mental stimulation beyond socilaizing amongst themselves, and a misbehaviour is judged upon the fact that such a thing makes it difficult to work and play with them, thereby limiting their interaction and stimulation.
well if someone wants to claim they aid in conservation, which I've seen several people do, I wish they would state an example. "Stuck" in captivity is exactly it, I don't get how anyone who cares for them doesnt sob at the notion that they are "stuck" in captivity, I would hate being given a life sentence in prison because I was "loved".
Essentially they DO aid in conservation-in one way, and I'll tell you since you seem to be searching for information. Before orca captivity, these animals were seen as mindless killers. Navy ships were sent out with machine guns, ordered to fire at any killer whale, and kids threw rocks at orcas as they passed by the coast. Now we know them to be gentle, intelligent beings fully capable of emotional bonds with humans, which makes many people all the more eager to protect the homes of wild orcas.
Now, as for being stuck in captivity, I care for them ,quite deeply, yet I don't sob over captivity because I know it will achieve nothing. Keiko's release was unsuccessful as he tried to return to humans. There's no hope of most orcas, particularly second-generation captive borns, to be released, as it's the only home that they've known.
Actually that's not true. Keiko was successfully released, he hunted his own food, socialised with other orcas. The reason he didn't join a pod was because he's a transient.
He died of a very common disease that many orcas die of - pneumonia. We could have never known how his life would have been if he was captive, however I personally see his release as an amazing success. He lived free for 2 years.
Successfully released? Read the published book about him. He ripped his head open on ice, let children ride on his back, and eventually hung around with his trainers until he died. Yeah that's success all right. It was never confirmed that he was a transient-he passed and lived with transient pods, only to abandon them at the first sign of human contact.
Ripped his head on ice? Ahahahaa! Of course, that's what you pro-caps would say. He was trapped under a layer of ice and tried to surface to breathe and smashed his head against ice. A mistake any friggin animal would make.
Hung around with trainers? Naturally, he was friendly to people because he LIVED with people almost all his life. He DID live with other transient pods too. After his release, his skin disease he had cleared up completely. If he was still captive, he'd be suffering and SICK.
Can we try to debate without mockery? Thanks, because otherwise this is done,if you're going to be insulting before anyone has a chance to respond. It's not a mistake any animal would make-they would learn from their mothers as teenagers that ice was dangerous. When this happened, his caretakers could only say "He's learned a good lesson."Because it was something he couldn't be expected to know from captivity, and he paid the price for it.
Are you arguing against release or fot it? Because we knew he hadn't learned such things, but released him anyways. He was put at risk for sentimental children's sake around the world, most whom don't even know that he's dead.
You've said it yourself-he was friendly to people because he lived with them. That's an extremely dangerous personality trait that couldn't be trained out of Keiko and never was-he kept trying to return to people. His only adventures with transient pods occurred once his trainers had taken off in the boat and he couldn't find humans-the moment a local fishing boat went by he followed it into town.
He's still be suffering and sick? True, his home in Mexico was pathetic at best, and he had to be taken out of there, but he gained weight and length, as well as lost his skin problems, in Oregon, the rehabilitation pool with real seawater pumped in and three trainers to play with. It was there that he regained health, not the wild.
ye, they did not find his pod but he made his own decision where he wanted to be. He could swim away when ever he wanted! He had no walls around him blocking him to do what he wanted to do. He catch his own food, no human had to hand feed him.
Yeah, he made his own decision, which was to stay with humans and seek out contact with them. If that's what he wanted all along, millions of dollars and Keiko's life could've been spared by keeping him in Oregon, maybe putting Lolita with him so they'd both finally have company.
but when he was moved to iceland his health become much much better, so keeping him in oregano could have killed him aswell. we will never know, but I do think those 3 years in wild was the happiest time of his life!
No it didn't. Reed "Freeing Keiko"-his health was of course better in Iceland than it was in Mexico, he improved in Oregon, gaining 2000 pds and clearing his skin infection and pneumonia(which he regained in Norway at a later date).
I agree with you, His health was much better when being released in iceland! orcas dont belong in captivity not other animals either, they belong to the wild there they was ment to be1
how small is you. a poodle is breed from the wolf. An orca in caprivity is the same like an orca in the wild. u can tame an orca but cant take away the wild in them
No, it would die without a vet to give it pills and deal with all it's genetic defects. And even if you did teach it to catch food (which is funny in itself) it would not have the speed or stamina, or even the wits, to be able to catch a wild animal. And besides, if it couldn't find an abandoned burrow to hide in for the night it would be eaten by an owl that mistook it for a rat.
how do you explain that Keiko catch his own food and was never to thin?
You dont have to take the smallast of them all, (the dog question!) An animal on the streat survives, the stongest will survive thats the law of nature!
You right, and i keep telling that to ppl but they never believe me!! Also, killer whales dont harm humans, the only reports of an orca killing a human WAS IN CAPTIVITY!!!!
why are you insulting her? "i tried to touch one of these THINGS", "maybe he thinks im family, i gotta lose weight" "do your blowhole thing" COME ON! i think you would get mad at an animal of a different species said "i tried to touch it (you)" or if a dog said "maybe she thinks im family i gotta lose weight (because a dog is smaller than a human)" or if someone said "do your farting thing!"
they are the largest member of the dolphin family. they were once named "whale killer" because theyd kill whales to eat. then they switched the names around.
they dont go near whale groups either. they eat both dolphins and whales. just because theyre called killer WHALES doesnt mean theyre whales. thats like saying a seahorse is a horse just because it has the word horse in it. orcas are also called blackfish and seawolves, but that doesnt mean theyre fish or wolves. do some research.
i don't meen to get you mad....but ask over half of the world....and they would say it is a whale...theother half would say it is a fish....sorry....by the way...you talk like you know a lot about these animals....
they ARE in fact the largest type of dolphin and you were right they kill whales which is why they are called killer whales. They are actually whale killers.
@Goblet0fire good answer... but dolphins are toothed whales (odonticeti), and toothed whales are whales (cetacea), so orcas are whales, and dolphins (I guess u know that)... but I love your comparison with the seahorse, so pedagogical, so good, and true.
sadly now theirs only one whale
bulgaria1408 2 weeks ago
did u touch it ?
Idcolusa 2 months ago
Awh Kiska! She's so pretty!
ShamuTrainerG 2 months ago
omg...can we stop arguing about whales being released or being held in captivity?! Just enjoy the effin video!!!
Koolkat197 4 months ago
This is depressing. If seeing an animal of this intelligence, complexity and sheer size living in a swimming pool doesn't depress you-I questing your moral stance and I especially question the size of your heart.
theoharatos 4 months ago
he. HE what the fuck its a female gay ass fuck!!!. anyway nice vid
Orcabro95 4 months ago
Wow, I didn't know so many people in the world could speak whale! I didn't know you could learn whale!
I love how people say "These whales aren't happy here and want to go back to the ocean." Well, I say how do YOU know? Don't give me some crap like "Well, duh they killed some people." Because that doesn't mean that a whale wants to go back to the ocean-that only says the whale was in the mood for something new.
ZachThinkSharksRCool 5 months ago
@ZachThinkSharksRCool I suspect if someone took you out of your environment against your will, you might not like it. Maybe we don't know if these animals like living in pools or not, irregardless they shouldn't be taken out of their natural environment. I seriously doubt they like living in captivity.
Colstonewall 4 months ago
@Colstonewall No-I wouldn't like it if someone took me out of my natural environment. But the majority of captive whales are now captive-bred. They aren't caught out of the ocean. For a captive-born whale, captivity IS its natural environment. Why should we remove it from what it has always known?
Regarding their liking to captivity, you may be right, they may not like captivity-But there's not really any way to prove that.. at all.
ZachThinkSharksRCool 2 months ago
Whales cant be released into the wild after they were brought into captivity. They cant survive in the wild!
hahpuppy 7 months ago
@hahpuppy Well, at least not without years of training in a seapen. Keiko survived in the wild for 5 years before he died of pneumonia at age 26. That's not uncommon for orcas. He did fantastically in the wild, even without finding his pod, he was able to thrive
PacificOrcas 7 months ago
@PacificOrcas Well, you are right. But sometimes it may not work. Kieko was just lucky he lived a long time in the wild after his capture. Like I was saying, If they just released him, he would have died imediatly. SO... Yeah.
hahpuppy 7 months ago
where is this?
roxelys 7 months ago
its not a whale a killer whale is a dolphine nd its bad that there in that tank aka prison they should be free damn u ppl r ass who pay these parks
xXTAITHEHEDGEHOGXx 8 months ago
THIS MARINELAND SHOULD BE FORBIDDEN
R41NCH1LD85 8 months ago
Omg, you guys are all hippies.
alexbleeds 9 months ago
And this is what I DON'T like about zoos/aquariums.
QueenMuffen 9 months ago
honestly..what a dick
MissMoxie5 9 months ago
idiot tourist.......paying for this creatures captivity.......Hey message from florida....stop spending your fat ass money at sea world!!!.....retards!
yankee22167 11 months ago
@yankee22167 you obviously have no idea what you are talking about, message from a trainer at seaworld FL, we help them!
LinniPanda 8 months ago
@LinniPanda trainer?.....they dont need training dumb ass....oh wait they need training on how to live in a swimming pool.....they need to train you by biting and eating you......and them you will know at what training level they are at.....wildedly funny....now that would be a show!
yankee22167 8 months ago
@yankee22167 trainers dont teach rhem new abilitys, they excersise their habits they do naturually in the wild BTW and IM not the trainer my sister is and they HELP
LinniPanda 8 months ago
@LinniPanda they dont need their help.....why dont you sit in a closet for the rest of your life...then you will know how they feel.......
yankee22167 8 months ago
Just listen to that guy talking. They have been torn away from their families, home and life, for that.
Paskarollo 1 year ago
YOU ARE A FUCKING CUNT+++
sabbath1888 1 year ago
AWESOME! But why do call her "buddy" ? Shes nursing, its a girl :)
QUEENSTINA 1 year ago
wow!
daziza 1 year ago
neocia
MegaSnakefan 1 year ago
The poor orca, sentenced to a life of preforming a stupid circus. These are WILD animals and they should remain WILD
PacificOrcas 1 year ago
@PacificOrcas If zoo animals were to be released, they wouldn't last very long in the wild.
archangel385 1 year ago
@archangel385 actually zoo animals do get released quite often, and sucessfully into the wild. there are animals which were once extinct in the wild but are now thriving due to reintroduction to the wild release programs
19jayde88 1 year ago 4
@19jayde88 Really? Cool!
archangel385 1 year ago
Its better to see them in the wild then at sea world, they should keep them, but they shouldn't make them do tricks
darthd101 1 year ago
She is nursing her baby, which I'm pretty sure has nothing to do with you being there
kjk3000 1 year ago
aww :D you're so lucky!
SamberPetz 1 year ago
First of all its a girl whale ..second she staying still so her baby can eat..wow lol
Mrsspratley 1 year ago
That's a girl. :) Her dorsal fin is short.
BarrelsPolesandJack 1 year ago
bloody hell SHE is nursing her baby!
jmsutherland02 1 year ago 2
That is so cool that the whale came up to you i actually want to work with orcas
crystal5665 1 year ago
"I tried to touch of of 'these things' " - says it all really.
hombreingles 1 year ago 2
Ahh...I'm jelous...I wish I could be that close to a whale...that sucks that you did'nt get to pet it...I went to sea world once with my grandparents and got to feed and pet a dolphin...it was the coolest thing I've ever done in my life.
Jessica76649 2 years ago
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bordommmmmm 2 years ago
OMG wow you got sooo close I want to go there!!!
WH05 2 years ago 2
If I were in that position I just wouldn't be able to resist the urge to touch it.
Beautiful. x
P2TG 2 years ago 3
You know what would be great? If Garydos was real :]
Joshikig7 2 years ago
I like how they think the mom is a 'he'.
ihateuutube 2 years ago 2
@ihateuutube
lol i noticed that too.
a baby wouldnt stay close to the dad like that
bdiggity3 2 years ago
hahahhaha true .
preshhhkidd3 2 years ago
if a killer whale thinks you have to lose weight, then you have to lose weight.
enzarto 2 years ago 32
Kuriix Is Right ... :L Keiko shouldn't have been realesed in his later years, Animals who are used to captivity should be released, it just causes problems. And .. Keiko didn't die at 'long disease' he died of pnemonia after swimming under the ice floes, and also, mal nutrition ... :L Do some Research ... Andddd .. flargmuffin92 YOU ARE RIGHT!
ilovekillerwhales111 2 years ago
if he didnt got released he would have died much erlier in mexico then he did in iceland/norway. When they released him his helth had never been better!
Can you teach this animals to do stupid tricks like kissing the trainer balnce them on their nose, you can teach them to be wild!
olle8804 2 years ago
@ilovekillerwhales111 No one knows, Keiko could have died earlier in Mexico. Keiko died of something that wild orcas can die from, pnemonia. With the current releasment method, it seems impossible to release them, but if the method improves, a few may be able to be released. So lets not put it totally out of the question.
124yuppers 2 years ago
"Oh look he likes me!"
no, it only sees you as food chump.
TheBlackBird11 2 years ago
not all dolphins killer whales have no desire of hurting humans unless u piss them off
sepherioth5 2 years ago
You guys are all idiots, the whale at the surface is "logging", meaning shes in a restful state. Relaxing. You all see a captive whale and automatically assume it wants to be free, you know how retarded that sounds? Wild orcas log too. Do a little research.
flargmuffin92 2 years ago
thats kinda harsh dipshit
imaNinjaNona 2 years ago
this is just animal cruelty,
let them be free and dont let them do stupid tricks..
you stupid trainers.. do the tricks on your own if you like it so much bet let these big beloved creatures go.. its sick
phie015 2 years ago
@phie015 yes i agree let them free so they can't find food for themselves or let them feel lonely so they stop eating alltogether and end up beaching themselves ;D people like you are the reason keiko is dead
Kuriix 2 years ago
@Kuriix ,
honey listen,
i'm not saying that only these whales have to be free, they never had to be captured.
and keiko is not dead because of mu thoughts, keiko died at a long disease ..
SORRY
phie015 2 years ago
@phie015 i said ''people like you'' not you, don't think the world turns around you either way you said and i repeat "let them be free and dont let them do stupid tricks..
-- let these big beloved creatures go.. " doesn't that mean you think that these whales who have been used to a captive life shouldn't be set free? it's true they shouldn't catch more orca's but releasing the ones they already have will just end up getting them killed
Kuriix 2 years ago
yeah i agree witu, but if they never captured killer whales, would this never happen, and then they won't die in the wild, and keiko had training before his release, i think the specialists who helped him know more about when a killer whale is ready for the wild then you, it's not that they put keiko just into the water and let him search it out for himself. i so don't believe that. and maybe you should look at the vids about lolita the killer whale, oh and i'm not here to make a fight wiv you!
phie015 2 years ago
@phie015 keiko's own trainers who have been with him for years said right away '' this is going to go wrong he will not survive'' but activists kept pushing and protesting and whing giving them nearly no option than to do what the crowd demanded the training he had beforehand was a desperate attempt to maybe make him able to survive and even in that years he had that ''training'' activists kept whining they needed to hurry hurry hurry.
Kuriix 2 years ago
@phie015 and keiko's disease could have been prevented and taken care of if he had stayed with the trainers who cared for him daily
Kuriix 2 years ago
He doesn't like you. He wants to swim free in the ocean. You left after the show to get on with your life. This tank is his life.Watch him from a boat in the sea, see how they really behave and you will then show them some respect.. But, If you find captivity so cute why not lock one of your family in a closet for their life and go visit them .Maybe, desperate for some stimulation they would come over to the door of the closet and you could imagine that they like you......
vampirella30 2 years ago 3
yh i totally agree people can be so dumb sometimes...
B3NALATOR 2 years ago
actully would you rather have them safe in a tank where they get food everyday
or...
in the ocean where thay may not eat for days,get attacked and die,or get hunted
and just to let you know japan hunts over 1000 whales a year for there own use
so answer my first question:safe tank? or the dangerous ocean?
bruin197 2 years ago
so you would rather be in a safe room, fed food ( not of your choice) , given a routine to follow ( again you get no choice in this) no days off ( you have no rights remember). You will have medical attention and adequate care, no predators , no choices , nothing to use that massive brain on. Yes Japan do kill many whales, but they have the chance to live , to get awa, to breed, to have a life. The choices are there. This animal is not a fish it is a mammel with a huge intelligent brain.
vampirella30 2 years ago
@bruin197 i would go for dangerous ocean,atleast the wild orcas are free to do what they want
johnduttinefan 2 years ago
@johnduttinefan ofcourse you do.
because no one cares what happens with the orca's after they have been set free
Kuriix 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@bruin197 To use the rigors of the wild as a justification
for the conditions of captivity is misleading and
disingenuous. This argument implies that the natural
state is an evil to be avoided and that the captive
environment is the preferred state. The suggestion
is that animals must be protected from the very
surroundings that sustain them. Naomi A. Rose PhD- 2009
metridium 1 year ago
I think it was sizing you up... deciding which bit was the best and how it would be easiest to get it.
OriginalAtomicSheep 2 years ago
did you get to rub her
bubbles3854 2 years ago
Congrats. You've managed to make a complete douchebag of yourself by posting this video. -.-;
oceandiscoveries 2 years ago
:@ sorry i clicked two stars when i waz suppose to clik 5 !!!!!!!!!! SORRRY !
SHamuBAYbeex 2 years ago
They used to let us pet the whales and feed them but they didn't let us do that starting... August 2006 -_- btw that's Kiska :D The one below Kiska is probably Athena
Kaitlyn2482 2 years ago
why did they stop letting you doing that? just curious
ilro14 2 years ago
whoa i wanna get that close to a killer whale....were you allowed to touch it?
ilro14 2 years ago
why don't you go in the tank with them ;p and get eaten
NicolinoOh 2 years ago
hahaha sounds good to me....the getting in the water part. not the getting eaten lol
ilro14 2 years ago
They don't eat you, unless you're a whale or seal.
Elodee123 2 years ago
there is one that eats sharks lol ! xD
NicolinoOh 2 years ago
I doubt it likes you.........
OrcaMan247 2 years ago
i <33 killerwhales
liv2603 2 years ago 2
yeah.....that whale def came right up to you....
schwabee89 2 years ago
I think the mother is just resting and letting her lil baby nurse. That's MRS. whale (read:dolphin), to you =P
Xanubi 2 years ago 16
@Xanubi cool comment
daziza 1 year ago
if they don#t like it there, they have to kill themself!
UlyssesFan 2 years ago
UlyssesFan- Where did you ever come with such a perverted theory? The Orca either has to adapt or kill its self ? Did the Jews in the Camps kill themselves ? You clearly recognize Dolphins have killed themselves many times before. For months you've been promoting this smug Nazi concept, a little compassion and empathy for captive Cetaceans is asking so little.
metridium 2 years ago
thats sad let the poor thing go so retared!
iluvcaleb92 2 years ago
lol and then why dont u do something about it?
escape889 2 years ago
Can U?
whitestormisnice 2 years ago
this poodle conversation is ridiculous
sprinks31 2 years ago
"mr whale!" HAHA!
Wndrst 2 years ago
is really sad to see that killer whale do nothing as the other wild orcas swim around freely in the wild where all killer shud belong and always
orcaship 3 years ago
poodles are the most dumbest breed of dog. there i said it.
XxXxMaDiSoNxXxX 3 years ago
Actually, they're one of the smartest.. Loll - border collies, golden retrievers and poodles (Y) :D
FloridaxBelieve 2 years ago
Gotta love dolphins.
bluetube01 3 years ago 2
i was there to the killer whale was 5 inches from my face and then the person yelled at me
cubsdude16 3 years ago
jajajajaj dam nikka,, nice funny shit
namzuG23 3 years ago
It is Kiska and her baby, Athena ^^
bourgainmelanie 3 years ago 2
MISTER WHALE! xD
HookipaGirl 3 years ago
the poor thing is obviously scared, it shouldnt be kept there. message to all : If whales are injured in the wild by predators etc, then leave them be. If humans are to blame, if needed help them but set them free. Dont breed them into captivity and dont use them for your own entertainment and stop thinking of them as a tv..you can make it do whatever you want!
xxStezzxx 3 years ago 2
She looks bored..
WisePillow 3 years ago 2
when i was little i got to hug one of these guys! one of the trainers saw me being fasinated about these beautiful creatures and i got to be part of a show! :P
XxXxMaDiSoNxXxX 3 years ago
the whale is named kiska, her calf is athena. they don't use chlorine, they use ozone which is 100 times safer for them... they wouldn't let you touch them cause you need to have your hands thoroly cleaned before you do to prevent germs... also, they are fed 6-8 times a day, all buckets being carefully measured and weighed... i work there, so i know.
rockcandie210 3 years ago
the baby was feeding this is why the whale is staying still.
brionyBOB 3 years ago
the man in the backround was making me laugh, your lucky to get that close to an orca. i luv orcas.
great vid
tiashep 3 years ago
The whale does not mind, if they did they would swim away!!
nikkinoodles1993 3 years ago
yes they do put chlorine in the water otherwise its not staying that clean and yes thats killing the whale which is nursing her calf there and not even getting the peace to do so its sad.....very sad they dont desurve this.....dont believe everything aquariums try to feed you there no proof they have ever done anything for the wild whales out there nothing not a penny
MusketMasterMj 3 years ago 2
Kasatka and Kalia! Mother/Daughter moment how cute
Shamuluver 3 years ago
these two are NOT kasatka and Kalia, Kasatka and Kalia are over 1000 miles away from Marineland.
Kaliamammamia 2 years ago
the whale is either sleeping and is bobbing, or it is nodding.. which is a sign of aggression
Xanubi 3 years ago
It's funny cuz he's black
fghtffyrdmnss11 3 years ago
This whale looks miserable...
gina0o 3 years ago 4
:[ it's cause he is being held against his will
RoboTekno 3 years ago
I hate to burst your bubbles, but these whales act that way because it's the only way they will be fed. This is how they train captive orcas in amusement parks.
She should be swimming in a huge ocean, not imprisoned in a chlorinated pool.
This is sad, not happy. Thank you for posting it.
theartistseye 4 years ago 4
The orcas are fed regardless of what they do.Nootka went a whole year without performing, but every day they fed her anyways.They get in the water with them, and you don't do that with a hungry 7,000 pd whale. The notion that they're starved comes from the fact that the trainers leave if the whale misbehaves, but they return every time with the rest of the meal. They leave because it's the cessation of positive attention for the whale,but they come back. Read some published work on the subject.
Kiska771 3 years ago
Who are we to decide what is "misbehavior"? They should be free to "behave" as they please, the notion of "training" them isn't for people who love them as they are, which is wild animals, they are not pets for God's sake!
KVedd 3 years ago
I only know this because I want to be a trainer, and the staff there know it. They try to to teach me how the training process goes, and the published work you could read would be the book recommended to me by a trainer at this park. 'Whale Done'-a lot of it is about working with people but it's based on captive orca training.
Kiska771 3 years ago
oh shut up you damn hippie. You can't put chlorine is that water. You'd kill the damn whale. Sea world and other such venues have done amazing things for whales and wildlife conservation. What the hell have you done bedsides whine on youtube?
kittypoocaca 3 years ago 2
What have any of these places done for conservation? If you mean they breed them, that isn't for conservation, that is to keep a money making performing slavery crew going, they won't be released into the wild you retard!
KVedd 3 years ago
No, they won't be released, because it's been tried and proven impossible. What's your point, without calling names such as retard? The notion of training them is for people that recognize that these animals are stuck in captivity and unable to hunt. They need mental stimulation beyond socilaizing amongst themselves, and a misbehaviour is judged upon the fact that such a thing makes it difficult to work and play with them, thereby limiting their interaction and stimulation.
Kiska771 3 years ago
well if someone wants to claim they aid in conservation, which I've seen several people do, I wish they would state an example. "Stuck" in captivity is exactly it, I don't get how anyone who cares for them doesnt sob at the notion that they are "stuck" in captivity, I would hate being given a life sentence in prison because I was "loved".
KVedd 3 years ago
Essentially they DO aid in conservation-in one way, and I'll tell you since you seem to be searching for information. Before orca captivity, these animals were seen as mindless killers. Navy ships were sent out with machine guns, ordered to fire at any killer whale, and kids threw rocks at orcas as they passed by the coast. Now we know them to be gentle, intelligent beings fully capable of emotional bonds with humans, which makes many people all the more eager to protect the homes of wild orcas.
Kiska771 3 years ago
Now, as for being stuck in captivity, I care for them ,quite deeply, yet I don't sob over captivity because I know it will achieve nothing. Keiko's release was unsuccessful as he tried to return to humans. There's no hope of most orcas, particularly second-generation captive borns, to be released, as it's the only home that they've known.
Kiska771 3 years ago
Actually that's not true. Keiko was successfully released, he hunted his own food, socialised with other orcas. The reason he didn't join a pod was because he's a transient.
He died of a very common disease that many orcas die of - pneumonia. We could have never known how his life would have been if he was captive, however I personally see his release as an amazing success. He lived free for 2 years.
FreedomForOrcas 3 years ago 2
Successfully released? Read the published book about him. He ripped his head open on ice, let children ride on his back, and eventually hung around with his trainers until he died. Yeah that's success all right. It was never confirmed that he was a transient-he passed and lived with transient pods, only to abandon them at the first sign of human contact.
Kiska771 3 years ago
Ripped his head on ice? Ahahahaa! Of course, that's what you pro-caps would say. He was trapped under a layer of ice and tried to surface to breathe and smashed his head against ice. A mistake any friggin animal would make.
Hung around with trainers? Naturally, he was friendly to people because he LIVED with people almost all his life. He DID live with other transient pods too. After his release, his skin disease he had cleared up completely. If he was still captive, he'd be suffering and SICK.
FreedomForOrcas 3 years ago 3
Can we try to debate without mockery? Thanks, because otherwise this is done,if you're going to be insulting before anyone has a chance to respond. It's not a mistake any animal would make-they would learn from their mothers as teenagers that ice was dangerous. When this happened, his caretakers could only say "He's learned a good lesson."Because it was something he couldn't be expected to know from captivity, and he paid the price for it.
Kiska771 3 years ago
"they would learn from their mothers as teenagers that ice was dangerous."
But Keiko didn't learn this because he was captured at an early age!
FreedomForOrcas 3 years ago
Are you arguing against release or fot it? Because we knew he hadn't learned such things, but released him anyways. He was put at risk for sentimental children's sake around the world, most whom don't even know that he's dead.
Kiska771 3 years ago 2
You've said it yourself-he was friendly to people because he lived with them. That's an extremely dangerous personality trait that couldn't be trained out of Keiko and never was-he kept trying to return to people. His only adventures with transient pods occurred once his trainers had taken off in the boat and he couldn't find humans-the moment a local fishing boat went by he followed it into town.
Kiska771 3 years ago
but he still made his own decision!
olle8804 3 years ago
He's still be suffering and sick? True, his home in Mexico was pathetic at best, and he had to be taken out of there, but he gained weight and length, as well as lost his skin problems, in Oregon, the rehabilitation pool with real seawater pumped in and three trainers to play with. It was there that he regained health, not the wild.
Kiska771 3 years ago
ye, they did not find his pod but he made his own decision where he wanted to be. He could swim away when ever he wanted! He had no walls around him blocking him to do what he wanted to do. He catch his own food, no human had to hand feed him.
olle8804 3 years ago
Yeah, he made his own decision, which was to stay with humans and seek out contact with them. If that's what he wanted all along, millions of dollars and Keiko's life could've been spared by keeping him in Oregon, maybe putting Lolita with him so they'd both finally have company.
Kiska771 3 years ago
but when he was moved to iceland his health become much much better, so keeping him in oregano could have killed him aswell. we will never know, but I do think those 3 years in wild was the happiest time of his life!
olle8804 3 years ago
No it didn't. Reed "Freeing Keiko"-his health was of course better in Iceland than it was in Mexico, he improved in Oregon, gaining 2000 pds and clearing his skin infection and pneumonia(which he regained in Norway at a later date).
Kiska771 3 years ago
I agree with you, His health was much better when being released in iceland! orcas dont belong in captivity not other animals either, they belong to the wild there they was ment to be1
olle8804 3 years ago
Do poodles belong in the wild?
bluetube01 3 years ago
how small is you. a poodle is breed from the wolf. An orca in caprivity is the same like an orca in the wild. u can tame an orca but cant take away the wild in them
olle8804 3 years ago
How small am I? I am just over 6 feet tall.
I asked the question because you made the statement that ALL animals belong in the wild. A poodle is an animal, therefore...
Of course I know a wild orca is not the same as a dog bred to be pet.
bluetube01 3 years ago
but think of this, if you take home a puppy wolf, u can tame him but you wont be able to take away the wild. A poodle has never been a wild animal.
olle8804 3 years ago
Yes, I know. And a poodle left to fend for itself in the wild would die in about half an hour :P
bluetube01 3 years ago
depends on. If you would teach it how to catch food it will probebly survive beacuse its a smart breed.
olle8804 3 years ago
No, it would die without a vet to give it pills and deal with all it's genetic defects. And even if you did teach it to catch food (which is funny in itself) it would not have the speed or stamina, or even the wits, to be able to catch a wild animal. And besides, if it couldn't find an abandoned burrow to hide in for the night it would be eaten by an owl that mistook it for a rat.
bluetube01 2 years ago
how do you explain that Keiko catch his own food and was never to thin?
You dont have to take the smallast of them all, (the dog question!) An animal on the streat survives, the stongest will survive thats the law of nature!
olle8804 2 years ago
WTF? They dont swim in freakin chlorine! and they get fed on a regular basis. I hate to burst your bubble. Learn your facts!
Shamuluver 3 years ago
actually kirtsen and kitte whatever your name is an orca is not a fish.
its a marine mammel. and its not a whale. its the biggest of the dolphin family.
michaela105 4 years ago 2
You right, and i keep telling that to ppl but they never believe me!! Also, killer whales dont harm humans, the only reports of an orca killing a human WAS IN CAPTIVITY!!!!
aaronsawhale 4 years ago 3
I believe you. KIller whales are in the dolphin family.
tiashep 3 years ago
Actually dolphins are in the odontocetes family with toothed whales, so basically killer whales are actually whales and dolphins like belugas.
BakaAnimeGirl 3 years ago
The baby is sucking milk, idiot
novaatlantis 4 years ago
lol it would be funni if the whale jumped on him lol
xboxlive99 4 years ago
Dude u got no respect..these "things" could easily you if they wanted to but nope they dont they show respect so why cant you huh??!
LunaJBkrazieluv 4 years ago 3
why are you insulting her? "i tried to touch one of these THINGS", "maybe he thinks im family, i gotta lose weight" "do your blowhole thing" COME ON! i think you would get mad at an animal of a different species said "i tried to touch it (you)" or if a dog said "maybe she thinks im family i gotta lose weight (because a dog is smaller than a human)" or if someone said "do your farting thing!"
Goblet0fire 4 years ago
one its a girl and um... she is feeding thats why she hung around that area...if u tried to feed them they will bite
SeaWorldTrainer92 4 years ago
i wish someday ppl would figure out that orcas are dolphins, not whales. its one of my greatest pet peeve when ppl are like "look its a 'whale'"
Goblet0fire 4 years ago
their other name is a killer whale....WHALE
kierstinandkittie 4 years ago
they are the largest member of the dolphin family. they were once named "whale killer" because theyd kill whales to eat. then they switched the names around.
Goblet0fire 4 years ago
yet....they don't swim nor cometo any dolphins groups...
kierstinandkittie 4 years ago
they dont go near whale groups either. they eat both dolphins and whales. just because theyre called killer WHALES doesnt mean theyre whales. thats like saying a seahorse is a horse just because it has the word horse in it. orcas are also called blackfish and seawolves, but that doesnt mean theyre fish or wolves. do some research.
Goblet0fire 4 years ago
i don't meen to get you mad....but ask over half of the world....and they would say it is a whale...theother half would say it is a fish....sorry....by the way...you talk like you know a lot about these animals....
kierstinandkittie 4 years ago
oh, srry. i dont really know A LOT, but i see everywhere that its a type of dolphin. oh well, it doesnt really matter.
Goblet0fire 4 years ago
sorry
kierstinandkittie 4 years ago
its fine, its fine. =)
Goblet0fire 4 years ago
lol. ever think of their latin name?
sry i just had to ask. its something that i've always looked at before becoming familiar with a certain species.
TabiCat7 4 years ago
they ARE in fact the largest type of dolphin and you were right they kill whales which is why they are called killer whales. They are actually whale killers.
KVedd 3 years ago
@Goblet0fire good answer... but dolphins are toothed whales (odonticeti), and toothed whales are whales (cetacea), so orcas are whales, and dolphins (I guess u know that)... but I love your comparison with the seahorse, so pedagogical, so good, and true.
RavenOrca 11 months ago
they are called killer whales, because they kill whales.....what don't you understand...they are dolphins...
svetlushka19 3 years ago
What stupid, stupid people. God I hate people who see animals like that
RonnieWestwood 4 years ago