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Published: 2013-03-19 14:00:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 367; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 8
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KatinaOne Ocean at SeaWorld Orlando 3/18/2013
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Nice pic, but I still feel sadness for wild animals in captiviy, yes they have enough room and plenty of fish to eat, but it feels wrong to me that such powerful wild animals are stuck in artificial blue water, there's so much they're missing in the ocean..
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No problem, im gonna start watching you, watch me back please!!
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Sure thing 
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You go a lot!!
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I do live in Orlando, but I really only started going a lot once my fiance moved down here a year ago. And all the pictures you see, (I have more, but just not posted)are go back to December of last year. But we do go at least once a month. Yay Fun Passes XD
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Lol i got a fun pass fpr a year but we only went like twice, i am a little scared of the shamu show because when tilikum drowned dawn after the dine with shamu show back in 2010.... DOLPHINS ARE MY COMPLETE FAVORTIE ANIMAL!!!
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I was living here when that happened. It's a sad thing to have happened. But Tilikum doesn't perform that much anymore. It's actually almost a year since I last saw him. The girls, Trua, and Makaio are fine though. It's just that people have to remember that these are animals with an extremely high intelligence and do have complex emotions, and do demand a lot of respect. And Tilikum is the largest orca in captivity right now, at 12,000 pounds. Next time you do go to a SeaWorld, don't be afraid to go see the orcas. They are just a inquisitive about us as we are about them
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Ok
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Capturing orcas from the wild was banned in the '80s in the US. All the orcas at the SeaWorld parks that are in their 20's or younger have actually been born at the parks. Makaio is the youngest orca here in Orlando at 2 1/2 years old. His mom is Katina the oldest of the females in the Orlando pod. Dad is Tilikum. He was born after Dawn was killed. That is partly how he got his name, which means "gift" in Hawaiian. I've been trying to get a position at SeaWorld as a trainer. Still waiting on hearing something regarding the part time position at Discovery Cove. Tilikum is the ONLY orca I would not get in the water with here, but I know his history, and yes he is huge. I think Tilikum needs be retired and be able to live the rest of his life like Keiko did. I have heard of Winter. The Clearwater Aquarium isn't that far from Orlando. I have to see Winter though.
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For my spring break (im only 12) we just went BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!
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Shes inspring to me, if you read my journal then youll understand why
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Adorable :3 This kind of photo really puts that imagine in my mind of their skeletal structure in their pecs
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Lol Thanks. First one I've gotten of that.
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Thank you. And thanks for all the faves ^^
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