orca documentary
Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. [40], Tilikum had 21 offspring in captivity, 11 of which were alive as of November 2013.[41]. "[42] On December 8, 2010, the SeaWorld VP of Communications responded to Lee's letter via E! [10] DFO posted signs asking the public to keep its distance from Luna, and sent out monitors to educate the public and keep them away from Luna. In 1999, Tilikum began training for artificial insemination (AI). After years of debate, the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) authorized an effort in June 2004 to rescue Luna and return him to his pod. [1] DFO tried to keep Luna's presence in Nootka Sound a secret until December 2001, by which time he had been there for six months. [1] In 2007, CTV produced a made-for-television film, Luna: Spirit of the Whale, starring Adam Beach, Jason Priestley, Tantoo Cardinal, and Graham Greene.
Under the villagers' pressure, Nolan, Rachel and an Indian sail after the great beast, who will bring them on his own turf.
Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan. [9] His pectoral fins were 7 feet (2.1 m) long, his fluke curled under, and his 6.5-foot-tall (2.0 m) dorsal fin was collapsed completely to his left side.
Blackfish is a documentary film, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, that tells the story of Tilikum. [8] He measured 22.5 feet (6.9 m) long and weighed about 12,500 pounds (5,700 kg).
[38], Tilikum returned to performing on March 30, 2011. [1][4] Later that day, Luna was seen leaving his mother to follow orcas from K-pod, and did not reconnect with her until several days later.
A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology. While orca attacks on humans in the wild are rare, and no fatal attacks have been recorded,[13] as of 2019 four humans have died due to interactions with captive orcas. On the surface, this film could be a tacky rip off from Jaws. [4], Luna was given the name "L98" at birth according to the scientific naming conventions for resident killer whales. [3] Luna was born into a group in L-pod known as the L2 matriline, which consisted of the matriarch, Grace (L2), Luna's uncle, Orcan (L39), Gaia (L78), Wavewalker (L88), and Luna's mother, Splash (L67). [4] Southern Resident orcas are considered an endangered species by the governments of Canada and the United States. His first calf born in Orlando was to Katina. Among Tilikum's other calves are: Nyar (born 1993, died 1996), Unna (1996–2015), Sumar (1998–2010), Tuar (1999), Tekoa (2000), Nakai (2001), Kohana (2002), Ikaika (2002), Skyla (2004), Malia (2007), Sakari (2010) and Makaio (2010). With Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. [14][15][16][17] Tilikum was involved in three of those deaths. [3] After almost a year in a tank at the Hafnarfjördur Marine Zoo, he was transferred to Sealand of the Pacific,[3] in Oak Bay, a suburb of the city of Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada. At Sealand, he lived with two older female orcas named Haida II and Nootka IV. The special effects are good, and the 'fake' whales are very convincing indeed. This movie version of Luna's life, however, had a much-different ending, with Luna rejoining his family. Although Luna was healthy and his presence in the area attracted extensive publicity, there were concerns that his behavior could endanger watercraft and people.
[4] Tilikum was involved in the deaths of three people: Keltie Byrne[5] – a trainer at the now-defunct Sealand of the Pacific, Daniel Dukes – a man trespassing in SeaWorld Orlando,[6] and SeaWorld Orlando trainer Dawn Brancheau. Luna (September 19, 1999 – March 10, 2006) also known as L98 or Tsux'iit, was a killer whale (orca) born in Puget Sound. [10] Cetaceans which lose their fear of boats generally fare poorly in the long term, as they can be injured by boat propellers. Taku died on October 17, 2007. [1], Killer whales are intensely social, and boats and people seemed to provide the companionship and physical contact that Luna would normally have received from his orca pod. Other trainers threw her a life-ring, but the orcas kept her away from it, ignoring trainer's recall commands. [18] She surfaced three times before drowning, and it was several hours before her body could be recovered from the pool. M Lalonde. [10], In the Chinook Jargon of the Pacific Northwest, his name means "friends, relations, tribe, nation, common people".
A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded laboratory rats injected with growth hormones. Anonymous, This is a thought-provoking documentary on Tilikum, an Orca that has been at Sea World since 1983 and who is responsible for the death of 3 people (2 of his trainers, and 1 man who snuck into his tank). On February 20, 1991, Keltie Byrne, a 21-year-old marine biology student and competitive swimmer, slipped and fell into the pool containing Tilikum, Haida II and Nootka IV while working as a part-time Sealand of the Pacific trainer.
The contest winner, eight-year-old Ashley Green from Bellingham, Washington, explained, "The orca whale explores the ocean like the moon explores the Earth and that is why his/her name is Luna. [43], Tilikum and the captivity of other orcas is the main subject of the documentary film Blackfish, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013[44] and caused a drop in SeaWorld attendance and revenue. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
[2], By September 2002, Luna was determined to follow boats, such as the Uchuck III, which traveled Nootka Sound regularly to deliver supplies to fishing camps and loggers. [3][27][29][30], On February 24, 2010, Tilikum killed Dawn Brancheau, a 40-year-old trainer. "[5], Southern Resident killer whales spend summers in Haro Strait and the waters near southeastern Vancouver Island, including the Juan de Fuca Strait and Strait of Georgia,[3] leaving the area each fall and returning in the spring. Both contain sea creatures that causes havoc to small communities and are killers. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity. [4] Luna was first seen on the morning of September 19, 1999, near the San Juan Islands of Washington state as a newborn alone with his mother. In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth. "If you were in a bathtub for 25 years, don't you think you'd get a little psychotic?!".
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