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This sea world ad pisses me off so much.

Abuseworld

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2024/06/28
16:27 UTC

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what u think about this

i was doing research from all the orcas of Sea World and i looked up Kiska, and her video banging her head on the tank is so sad. What was her thinking in that moment🥹😭

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2024/06/28
09:48 UTC

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What orca is this?

Can someone help me identify this orca? I can’t tell if she has a saddle patch or not. At first I thought it was Orkid, but she has a very noticeable saddle patch in comparison.

Thanks in advance!

16 Comments
2024/06/28
04:32 UTC

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my story about orcas

im new to reddit i joined for fightsticks help but i like reddit and am share my story about orcas its my best life story.

i got kicked out of public school near end of year 7 and ended up getting a scholarship to a private school in east sussex (for context a female pe teacher walked into boys changing rooms and i said "get the fuck out you pedophile" permanently expelled after that) so at my new school there was a class holiday to new zealand for 5 weeks to stay with host family 5 of us went from our class 2 boys 3 girls. janosch my friend and i stayed with a host family who had a boat and they took me(janosch didnt want come stayed sleeping) out fishing one time somewhere near new zealand coast they lived in auckland. they had a rope conected to like dingy idk what to call it like floating device connected to back of boat i hold on and they speed along very fun and the women was watching me while her husband controlled boat and after i let go they would come back around and i would grab on again very fun. this had happened a couple times the last time i fell off im waiting for them to come back around and i hear fffffffffff i slightly turn my head to see the back and fin of a orca whale and it looked twice my height sticking out the water i was 14 at the time i never saw its eyes and i didnt have goggles to look under water, my entire body froze and if i didnt have a life jacket on i would of just started sinking i couldnt move, i didnt even breath when the boat came back the women was panicking for me to get back in boat and after i did the orcas followed boat coming out of water there was 3 orcas 1 very big 2 smaller ones like half its size it was amazing and even now my passport stamped 26th febuary 2006 day i arrived in new zealand for 5 weeks the only time i have left my home country and i remember it well, thinking about the feaar i felt ive never even come close to being that scared in my life its the only time in my life i felt like im going to die/or could die and ever since this day i will only refer to orcas as orcas i will never call them killer whales. this is my greatest life experience/story

after this experience i was adrenaline pumped. at some point during trip it was arranged we would stay in bay of islands and go on a dolphin trip with chance to swim with dolphins. so we there on this like big jetski boat it jetted water out back and had no blades, but comes to light apparantly we cant swim with dolphins because they had babies and blah blah blah idk but while the boat was moving i said to teacher im jumping in and i did, i had life jacket they force us to wear but i had goggles so could look underwater and could see dolphins circling me and the boat came round quickly and got me back in, i could only see the dolphins underwater when i was in water and they didnt look that close but idk and while i was on boat they had special part at front you could lay down and dolphins swim underneath and you can touch but yh probably being in ocean with no land around about 10meters away from an orca that unexpectedly showed up made the dolphin thing a bit underwhelming i made eye contact and touched a dolphin. but thats one thing looking back i wish id somehow made eye contact with it while i was in water i saw its eyes when it followed boat.

this is my greatest story in my 32years love you all <3

7 Comments
2024/06/28
00:07 UTC

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i wanna learn a lot of things about orcas

send me some like links, documentaries, movies, books, etc.

10 Comments
2024/06/26
20:38 UTC

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where i can watch orcas? im from California

im such an orca fan! is my spirit animal, and i just love them. I did a lot of presentations and projects of them when i was in high school. I been wanting to see them for a while, but i just can’t go to no SeaWorld, it breaks my heart seeing them in there not being able to be free and be themselves. I think if i go to SeaWorld, is to get petitions signed to set them free. Anyways, any advice for where i can go?

44 Comments
2024/06/26
19:09 UTC

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Was told these nails that I painted would be appreciated here 💙

31 Comments
2024/06/26
15:56 UTC

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Orcas in San Juan today

There is a little gap in action but wait it though they come back up and super more playful and even a tail flip!!!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹 courtesy : some family back home

7 Comments
2024/06/26
00:03 UTC

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It’s crazy how massive male orcas fin is actually crazy

17 Comments
2024/06/25
19:51 UTC

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Orca spy hopping

Peacock_joe_

17 Comments
2024/06/25
14:52 UTC

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Best orca documentaries

Please drop links to your personal favorite documentaries about orcas! I just recently watched one linked in a previous post and it was amazing!

14 Comments
2024/06/25
03:14 UTC

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I once saw a documentary about an orca who I thought taught his child to hunt in shallow water. something special that only this orca did. I would like to see that again. Does anyone have an idea? I already searched but couldn't find what I mean. Thanks in advance.

18 Comments
2024/06/24
21:00 UTC

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A four month old orca (oc) T86a3a

17 Comments
2024/06/23
05:44 UTC

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Pod off of the coast of West Vancouver!

Hi all!! I saw a pod of orcas today off of the coast of West Vancouver, BC. We parked our boat and they came right up to us, absolutely magical. Any idea what type of orcas they are/identification? It seemed like they had a baby too!! So amazing!!!

16 Comments
2024/06/23
02:56 UTC

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We got lucky in Alaska! Screenshot from a video.. we saw a pod 🥹

8 Comments
2024/06/21
13:13 UTC

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Keoken (PTN-033) practices stranding on the beach at Punta Norte, Argentina

7 Comments
2024/06/20
01:56 UTC

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T65A spotted last week, we saw 13 total in 3 pods, great day on the water around San Juan Islands.

8 Comments
2024/06/17
04:04 UTC

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Corky Documentary

Does anyone know where I can watch the Corky Documentary? It’s on Amazon Prime video but it’s not available in my region (Canada) and when I’ve gone to the Corkydocumentary.com the link no longer works. Any help would be appreciated! TIA!

3 Comments
2024/06/15
14:01 UTC

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Objection!

24 Comments
2024/06/15
13:49 UTC

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On Tour Worldwide Now : White Gladis and the Gang

3 Comments
2024/06/13
16:55 UTC

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Any resources for ID’ing Orcas? I just went on a tour in Alaska and saw a pod.

Looking to try to ID the pod by the dorsal fins that we saw!

4 Comments
2024/06/13
02:31 UTC

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AYAB <3

10 Comments
2024/06/12
16:59 UTC

450

T 100's milling across the Georgia Strait.

@peacock_joe

6 Comments
2024/06/12
12:27 UTC

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