Killer Whale Calf Born at SeaWorld

[Katinaorcalover123]

awww you can hear them talking to each other.....i really just wanna be an orca for a day and just see what it feels like to do what they do!!!

[dfssddfssd]

The baby is so cute!

[SavvyCakes22]

thumbs up if your leaning on your left elbow

[KingsProduction50]

hey attention everybody ! takara kasatka and kohana are pregnant again. i'm not happy about kohana being pregnant though. she rejected her last calf

[corvette8101]

so cute god bless seaworld

[MeNadia22]

@KingsProduction50 Fine,so some of those whales were born in captivity , but it doesnt make it right to keep capturing animals for our entertainment.. would you like it if someone captured you?

the only god reason to have animals like that is if there sick and your curing them.

But think about what you said (they will die in the wild because they have been in captivity for so long) If they hadn't been in captivity in the first place they wouldn't die... do you think capturing animals is right?

[KingsProduction50]

@MeNadia22 i don't support capturing but i do support breeding. i think CAPTURING is wrong. i'm pro cap but i only support breeding.

[followhisfootprints]

@KingsProduction50 they're "getting it on" just fine in the wild

[KingsProduction50]

@Elinrtne i don't give a shit how long ago she commented. this video wasn't for anti caps. anti caps should be blocked. why are you telling me to get a life if you don't have one. you are so ghetto. go to hell. anti captivity comments won't get whales and dolphins released. they will die in the wild because they have been in captivity for so long. most of them were BORN in captivity. captive borns think captive life is normal. releasing them is like putting a human in the forest.

[KingsProduction50]

saseaworld block freedomfororcas. i'm trying to stop anti captivity. actually do you mind blocking all anti caps ?

[victorious101able]

awwww its sakari she is my fave baby orca!

[camera146]

sakari <3

[Ralphsmongler]

That thing looks tasty

.

[mydogpal]

18 and pregnant killer whale eddition

[gloweybear707]

Everyone who keeps commenting to 'Free the Killer Whales!' needs to know that Seaworld has released whales before AND THEY DIED!! The reason is because they do not know what to do and Killer Whales are pack hunters. Some of these creatures are born in the tanks and do not know anything else and they live happy lives! Educate yourself on the topics. Also they do medicate some of the whales. If you are sick do you take medicine? And mostly they feed them vitamins in the fish!

[hateseaworld]

@gloweybear707

what whales did seaworld release???? what were their names?

[MissShaggy73]

SO CUTE!

[MeNadia22]

Hey! give us back our whales, they belong up here in the north free and happy.

[KingsProduction50]

@MeNadia22 that comment won't get them set free. now scram

[devilishangel1099]

I love killer whales and I love going to SeaWorld and seeing shamu. If yoiu have ever thought of killing a killer whale calf, guess what? You're a flipping dumbass that has no life, okay?

[BulgarianInCanada]

FREE LOLITA!!! 40+ YEARS OF CAPTIVITY!!!

[BulgarianInCanada]

SeaWorld these orcas belong in the wild, stop taking rides on them they are not trains, and release them to where they really belong. ALL who visit SeaWorld must know they are supporting the blood trade in wild dolphins and more abuse of animals in captivity. Check out the movie 'The Cove' too!!!

[stevieserina6]

That's cute but against the idea

I like there show

[notdotcalm]

Takara we miss ya at SWoF I bet Trua misses ya too!

[KingsProduction50]

@FreedomForOrcas shut up !

[FreedomForOrcas]

@KingsProduction50 - If you comment me again, I'm going to screenshot all your comments and send them to the appropriate authorities. Now scram!

[lalamaddie1]

@FreedomForOrcas their not slaves at all. if they don't want to perform that day, they don't. they are taken very well care of.

[FreedomForOrcas]

Oh damn, I totally forgot it was 2011 and when I saw the date I was like... WTF, the calf was born 2 days in the future?!

I wrote this comment on the 5th btw lol

[AwespersonRiteHere]

Omgosh! she was born a month before my birthday@@ D:

[gally50]

Dolphins in the wild may swim up to 40 or 50 miles in a day and can dive to depths of hundreds of feet. Even in the largest facilities, captive dolphins have access to less than 1/10,000 of 1% 0.000001of the space available to them in their natural environment. Dolphins in captivity are often restricted to swimming in circles. In many dolphins, this behavior is a sign that the dolphin is suffering psychologically; For an intelligent creature like the dolphin a tank offers no exploratory stimuli

[FreedomForOrcas]

@gally50 hey where did you get the statistics of "1/10,000 of 1% 0.000001"? Can you please explain that? Thanks! :)

[faythelululemon]

FANS! The calf shouldn't just remember Dawn! What about Taima,kalina,Sumar? Name suggestions for the newest calf born to Katina:

Female-Hali'a meaning "cherished memory" remembering all of them and the joyous time!

male-Hoku meaning "Star" in hawaiian. Stars bring guidance,hope,joy,and brightness just like Hoku does to EVERYONE!

Pass this down and tell everyone including the trainers if you agree with me!

-faith-

[Believe13at]

Who is the mother? and does thebaby have a name yet? is the baby a girl or a boy? the baby is so beautiful! and so is the mother!

[Corkian]

@Believe13at The mother is Takara, the baby is a female called Sakari :)

[Believe13at]

@Corkian oh how cut :) where do they come up with the names for the orcas?

[Corkian]

@Believe13at No idea, but they have very nice meanings: Takara in japanese is treasure, and Sakari is sweet in Native American ^___^

[faythelululemon]

Baby Sakari is so sweet XD

[callumtabs]

is the tank at SWA 40ft deep?

[sfr1007]

beautiful sakari..........

[ThreeCatsScratching]

I went to SeaWorld-SA on May21st and they mentioned to birth and showed video on the monitor. They even brought the calf out for the first time

[TheShimmeringBlade]

the calf's name is sakari

[AdamChristel2000]

congrats Takara

[morgan1999123]

i just love this footage can i use it in my next vid i'll be shure 2 thank u but if u say no i totally get it because its ur choice =) i LOVE Sakari

[ImperatorDerGalaxis]

Humans are cruel sons of bitches to keep these animals locked up. Fuck, I'm not even an animal activist and this pisses me off. Let the animals free, damn it! They don't belong in cages and pools!

[CorkyLover]

Yay, Takara and Sakari!

[V3n0mCarna93]

after this video...the killer whale calf attacked and killed its mother's trainer

[metridium]

SeaWorld also states that 26

orcas have been born in captivity, lauding this as a success.

This is a significant misrepresentation of the facts; there have actually

been at least 66 known pregnancies, but most fetuses miscarried, were

stillborn, or died soon after birth (one newborn calf dying soon

after the paper was accepted for publication),at least 61% of captive orca pregnancies have been unsuccessful, due

to the death of the calf before or just after birth. Naomi A. Rose-PhD-2009

[CorkyLover]

Well, that isn't any different than in the wild. In the Pacific Northwest 43% of all calves die in the first six months. Other places, the calf mortality may be as high as 50% during the first year.

[metridium]

@CorkyLover What

replaces, with equal impact, predators, food shortages, storms,

ship strikes, fishing gear entanglement, and other causes of death

in the wild once a marine mammal is in captivity? One obvious

culprit is a degree and form of stress that is uniquely suffered by

confined animals.

[CorkyLover]

Firstly, all i was saying is that killer whales naturally have a high death rate. Especially in recent years, I'm sure it could be proven that death rates in calves are extremely lower than those numbers, and have only improved as we've learned more.

[metridium]

@CorkyLover My sources quoted are from 2009 so not so sure they have improved. The deaths in the last four years of captive Orca (adult and calf) have been quite high as I'm sure you're quite already aware. Give me a few days to read up on the sources you quoted, you of course are quoting a SW study... never the less it's interesting.

[CorkyLover]

As to the stress issue:

"The U.S. government reports that it is unaware of any valid scientific research or other information that documents or supports that [shows or] performances...cause additional unnecessary stress for the animals."

Additionally, a recent scientific study of steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex, a common measure of stress in animals, demonstrates that stress is not an issue in marine mammals in in-water interactive programs.

[metridium]

@CorkyLover This so called U.S. Government report is ludicrous, this is not a report but a statement defending their own Military use of Marine Mammals. Sea World and the Navy claiming all is well... move along nothing to see here. Stress has clearly been shown again and again to be the main contributing factor in premature deaths of Orca and Dolphins.

[CorkyLover]

This Dolphin Quest/Sea World study was submitted to the U.S. government in September of 2000 and provides clear evidence that the animals are in a healthy environment.

[CorkyLover]

The results of behavioral and medical evaluations of animals in public display facilities indicate the animals breed very successfully, form social groupings, eat well and exhibit the same behaviors they do in the wild. In addition, symptoms commonly referred to as stress indicators, such as ulcers, are more common in wild animals that have been found stranded than in animals in responsible public display facilities."

[metridium]

@CorkyLover Ulcers found in wild Orca are commonly caused by parasitic worms. NOAA did a 5 year study doing autopsies on 184 stranded Marine Mammals, not a single Orca/Dolphin died from an ulcer. The N.Z. Dept. of Conservation in 2003 found ulcers in Autopsied Dolphins but again these ulcers were not a contributing factor in their deaths.

[metridium]

@CorkyLover Yes you are correct... which then leads one to explain how can that be? The display industry engages in hypocritical reasoning. On the one hand,

it claims that captivity is safer than the wild, in which case the mortality

rates of captive-born calves (and captive adults, for that matter) should

be lower than in the wild, causes of death in captivity are quite different

from those in the wild.

[metridium]

@CorkyLover You still haven't answered your opening comment to me... so again how is it Sea World has such a high failure rate with their breeding programs?

[sazmullium]

@metridium Sea world have the most sucessful marine breeding program in the world you idiot.

[sazmullium]

@metridium 1. Sea world are most known for their success rate. 2. Compared to every other aquarium in the world sea world have the highest success rate. 3. The last infant to die there was baby Hayln who was 3 years old and that was in 2006. You do realize that the majority of orca all over the world have been bred at sea world and then sold on to other parks. Oh also there is onle ONE orca hybrid amoungst all their orcas. Other videos ?

[sazmullium]

@metridium OHHHHHHHHH and just so you knwo the last what 70 odd videos i have commented on have been VIDEO GAME! and FINAL FANTASY! videos ...so tell me HOW EXACTLY DOES THAT RELATE TO SEA WORLD?

[ilovejamesstark]

@sazmullium um breeding too much cetaceans in captivity is not a good thing... unless they do artificial insemination so they don't cross breed. Yes, sea world staff is very dedicated, however there are still people who think breeding animals is wrong.

[ShamuLina]

Congratulations Takara ! :)

I love her ! ;)

And her baby is so cute !

I wish her and her calf a very good future! :)

[flargmuffin92]

SeaWorld San Antonio posted a statement on their official FaceBook Page today announcing that Takara's calf has been named "Sakari"

A native american word meaning "Sweet"

[sparxstreak02]

i think takaras calf should be called(if its a girl) milli cuz it was born 10 years after the new millenium!

[ParisHiltonsFanGirl]

o great another killer born. great now its gonna kill more ppl. sum1 needs 2 kill dat thing!!!

[Sealovez]

Does she have a name already?

[crazyweasels]

Who is this calf's father? Is it Tillikum or one of the males at SWT?

[TilikumLive]

It's Tilikum.

[Ketolover123]

Takara´s Calf is a female.

[iva3894]

Ketolover123:

How do you it don't you know?

[MichiruKaminari]

I didn't know she was pregnaunt. Congratulation Takara!

Aww.. Gotta love little wrinkly baby chinslaps :3

[iSpeakOrca]

What a cuteee baby!!!

[pwdavie]

I was wondering lol I thought there no way she could have mated with with of the SWT guys and gave birth already. aweee I wish Keet could have a kid! I remeebr noticing an extra whale when they first maved her to TX.

[nightmarestallion13]

will people give it a rest with the sea world prison crap?...seriously lol ,its just stupid now a days..anyways,congrats on the little whale ;],hope he/she does well.

[passion4orcas]

Congratulations Takara! Your baby is beautiful!

[SallyAlbatross]

I love them

[TilikumLive]

Wow. I saw Takara and Tilikum together in SCU back in 2008.

[2cute24get11]

@TilikumLive What's SCU I've heard it mentioned before?

[TilikumLive]

It's Shamu Close-Up. It's where you can see the orcas in one of their back pools, but SWT doesn't have one.

[2cute24get11]

@TilikumLive

Oh, thank you! :)

[iSpeakOrca]

Congratulations, Takara. :) I know you'll be a great mother to this gorgeous new life you brought to this world.

[hammyjr85020]

Stop breeding killer whales in captivity...

it's just sick

[wootirockx]

You have issues.

[ess121212]

I am Said for the baby. Now it has to live the rest of its life in a cage.

[Gilgamesh417]

@ess121212 where it'll be taken care of, provided with ample quantities of food and medicine and exercise. it can't know what it's missing out if it's never experienced it. feel sorry for wild animals who are taken into captivity.

[cefurst1]

@Gilgamesh417 both of these orcas are captive born, any other place would be certain death.

[gally50]

@Gilgamesh417 yeah, SW feed them dead fish, in the wild they never eat dead fish. Medicine?? why do they need medicine, they don't need medicine in the wild, is it because of the chemically treated water, stress, noise, lack of stimuli? ample quantities of Exercise? they can swim close to 100 miles in a day and dive to depths of hundreds of feet how which obviously is impossible in a small concrete tank.

[Teamsong1]

@gally50 theres pollution in the sea waters!

[parrotsnest]

Fuck you whaaale!!!

[honest1]

LOLLLLLLL

[xSoppinsx]

Excuse me.

This calf, has just been born and yet you go and call it names?

Haha. Pathetic.

And in a fight, a baby killer whale could even beat you, and your gayed up brain.

[Elodee123]

@xSoppinsx Thumbs down for word choice.

[tikilvr14]

takara is gorgeous. the calf is gorgeous. So happy for her!

[phillyZeroTen]

It was born on my birthday!

[Orcafanx0x]

cutest thing everr

[AquaEyedDolphin]

SSOOOO Cute! And so small compared to mama. =)

[Corkylover1995]

Takara's baby is beautiful. I think it is boy.

[incrediblexthings]

i can't wait to find out if it's a boy or girl!

[XxCrimsonRaptureXx]

So cute! ^-^

[iva3894]

What is gender calf?

[RingneckDoveFan]

@iva3894

Her calf is a female.

[IAmADalek]

It's only *thought* to be female. Remember Trua? They thought he was female for a long time.

[sparxstreak02]

they dont know yet, but they suspect its a female

[Ketolover123]

aww the calf is so cute, thank you very much for the uploading this video. :)

[nackyn]

oh cute

[pwdavie]

who is the dad? Keet?

[orcaholic94]

@pwdavie It's Tillikum :)

[Kaffii3]

Tilikum, Takara was moved from SeaWorld Florida when she was pregnant

[xSoppinsx]

Kaffii3, tilikum wasn't moved.

[Kaffii3]

TAKARA was moved, no Tilikum o_O'

[wootirockx]

I went to SWF not long ago, and Tilikum is still there.

[Kaffii3]

I said that Takara was moved

[Kaffii3]

No, 'Tilikum' was reply for Pwdavie's question. and I said WAS, no WERE...

[passion4orcas]

The dad is Tilikum. She was pregnant when they moved her to TX.

[flargmuffin92]

Keet is Takaras half brother, they both have the same father; Kotar, so nope. I wish it could be Ky's calf because it would better space out the gene pool instead of using Tilly so much, but she hasnt been in SWT long enough to cook a calf from one of their males. So it has to be Tilly :P

Either way I guess, pretty happy for the lil guy/gal lol.

[wootirockx]

Congratulations Takara! The new calf is beautiful!

[bubblywums]

I love how the calf over-emphasizes it's breathing by shooting out of the water each time, so cute!

[orcanutt]

The calf has to do that. It can't hold its breath for very long right now because the lungs are too small yet. Once it gets older than it will be able to stay underwater longer

[OrcaAmy]

Congrats Takara =D

[tikilvr14]

takara is one gorgeous female. and the calf is adorable

[BelieveLover]

Congratulations Takara!

[raptormarlins211]

wow so cool. other seaquariums dont allow whales to have a baby. this is why i like sea world