This Is Why All Whales Are Afraid of Orca

[earlymorninggray]

Orcas: “ if you get beached and your found by those hairless things on two legs, just make sad noises. they’ll put you back in the water. They’re stupid.”

[Commenter]

Anything: **Exists**

Orcas: _Wanna play?_

[cornixdemetrius]

Tilikum is a tragic tale of an orca that was kidnapped from its family by humans at a young age to entertain humans.
Then being attacked by other orcas of the pool. He had every right to hate humans for what they did.

[RelenaPeacecraft]

Tillicim and the other Orca's were/are suffering from major animal abuse at the hands of the Sea World higherups. There is an entire documentary about it called Black Fish. Sea World had plenty of forewarning that Tillicim was becoming more and more aggressive and did nothing about it because it would hurt their bottom line. They even used the trainers as a scape goat when things started to heat up.

[rickwebermusic]

Orca: "Wanna play football?
Seal: "Great, what position should I play?"
Orca: "How about 'the ball'?"

[fecardona]

Love how Orcas are fierce, intelligent, deadly, yet the minute they open their mouths they look like they’re smiling.

[KatlynJShute]

Great video! Just wanted to let you know the death of Dawn was actually at the end of the show not the beginning. After the afternoon dining with Shamo show Dawn was playing g with Tillicim in the pool where she was at as hugging him and doing some interactions that were like a little performance for all the kids and other people leaving the show. She was dragged in by her hair or her arm (there are witnesses who say both it’s never been fully confirmed what area he grabbed) they believe he was upset and frustrated because during the show he didn’t perform a task correctly so Dawn did what she was supposed to do and didn’t reward him with the food. It was a trick that had him circling the length of the pool waving his fin to the crowd and then when he heard the whistle to come back to the trainer and he would get food. He did the waving of the fin but he didn’t hear the command to come back so he continued waving and circling until the second or third whistle when he finally hear what Dawn was asking him to do. He had been known to be frustrated and would literally bang his head into the walls of his tank because he was just bored and had nothing to occupy his time. He was also captured in the wild and separated from his mother. When he arrived at his first park he was severely bullied by two female whales who attacked him especially at night when they would be locked away in this modified shacks that went around their tanks and made their enclosure even smaller. Like 1/3 the size of the tank in Orlando. The whales were constantly fed smaller amounts of food because it would make them easier to train because they would be more willing to do what the trainer wanted because it meant food. Dawn died because Tilli got frustrated because he didn’t have an outlet to swim away or do what he wanted. Imagine being forced to live in a bathroom with two of your classmates that you probably don’t even get along with. You can’t leave the bathroom and the two people you live with are from different families, cultures, backgrounds, etc. when you get mad you can’t go anywhere you just have to live there in that bathroom for life! Tilli didn’t attack Dawn because he wanted to hurt and kill her (that is what former trainers who worked with him, Dawn, and other whales have said) he was frustrated and he lashed out like a toddler having a tantrum. Except this toddler is a 5 ton killer whale who literally ripped her arm off, scalped her, played with her corpse, and then proceeded to guard her body for more than an hour refusing to allow the other trainers and staff to remove her body from the tank.

[phillippi]

Most people that talk about Orca in this generic manner, even WATOP, tend to generalize them as the "cruel, killing machines". I have seen a different side of them.

I have a friend that works around Orca most of the year. One day, he discovered that their matriarch had gotten stuck, trying to get at some fish that hide in shallow water. The tide had gone out earlier than usual. He checked on her condition, to see if she was sick. Satisfied that she was not, he began digging a path for her to get back into the water, using a water pump to flood it, so that it worked like a water slide. He was able to get her back into the water quickly.

Using a water jet, he followed her back to her pod, to see if she developed any problems from being stuck. If you don't know, their own weight can crush their insides, even injuring them. He described to me what he believes was her telling them about the experience. He said: "At one point, they all turned their attention to me. Their matriarch approached, made some kind of vocalization, before moving off to the side. From there, a few of them began hitting me with echolocation while she watched. In the end, it made me pretty sore. I think she made them stop. She made a short bark just before they quit." He went on to say that shortly after, one of the matriarchs daughters brought him a fish and, stated that they only shared food with family.

I was able to dive with him after this and, can testify that they treat him like family. Once, he and I got charged at by a white shark. Quickly, two orca were on the creature, ramming it. Another stayed with us, until the shark left the area.

[juljul]

Seals : **exists**
Orca: I took it personally

[eeebkuj]

Orca: I kill for fun
Human: me too
Orca: awww

[AnimeOtakuDrew]

Not ALL movie depictions of orcas portray them as sweet and affectionate toward people. I remember a movie I saw when I was a kid back in the 80s. It starred Richard Harris (Dumbledore from the first two Harry Potter films). At the beginning of the film, Harris' character kills the female of a pair of orcas and for the remainder of the movie that female's mate it hunting Harris. It was actually a really good movie.

(NOTE: Just 'imdb'ed the movie and it was simply called Orca and was released in 1977; I just didn't see it until the 80s since I myself was only "released" in late 1975. Definitely woth watching at least once for anyone who is interested.)

[captain]

Important to note that those human killings have only happened with orcas that have spent years and years locked up in small pools with little to nothing to do, but perform shows day in day out. Imagine being trapped in a bathtub for a decade. Alone. Paraded around in a slightly bigger bathtub for 60 minutes 6 days a weeks and the back in your bathtub with nothing to do.

You'd go insane too.

[multivitamin]

Sharks: "I'm the terror of the seas."
Orcas: "U sure bud?"
Humans: "Just the seas?"

[Jameslawz]

When sharks get reduced down to being a vitamin pill for the tuxedo dolphins...

[maniya]

I feel so sad watching the poor seals be so brutally killed. Rest in peace sea pups. Hope you find everything that you love in the afterlife

[ashzwolf]

One of big reason of the orca attacks in captivity is stress and boardum . There have been cases were orca have committed suicide in captivity. And all of the orcas in captivity are in bad health it is very rare for an captive orca to be in perfect health. Not to mention they only live a fraction of there actually life span. When looking at the history of orca captivity it is very sad and tragic.
If you want to learn more of the history of orca captivity watch “The dark history of orca captures”.

[Retrochick]

"Orcas kill out of boredom"
Humans: I know, lets put them in a small enclosure and then swim with them

[rulan]

My mother: Don't play with your food! Eat it all!
Orca mom: wanna play soccer honey? **yeets the seal**

[eurosonly]

You ever feel like you're in a time period as a human where you're stuck between two giants fighting it out? This is what it feels like to see orcas and whales fight.

[tommylemley]

I’m really not gonna lie but the Orca is cute whenever it uses his little tiny voice it’s adorable