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Kalia being a diva
▲ 16 r/CaptiveOrcas

Kalia being a diva

This is one of my favorite videos of her. I would see it so many times. I can never get over how she would be asking (well, in a whale’s way) or at least demand that she be pampered like the queen she is. She gets rub downs, massages and scratches. In the middle of the video, when the trainer leaves the second time, she was vocalizing and when he didn’t come back soon enough, she really vocalizes loudly and wiggle as if saying “come back here now and give me more!” Not trying to anthropomorphize the behavior but that’s what it looked like.
First time I saw that, I was like sheesh 😅 wow, girl! You are such a diva.
This is just one of the those things you simply appreciate an orca’s intelligence more and more.

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u/Practical_End_4487 — 10 days ago
▲ 166 r/orcas

Orca plushies at Hobby Lobby

Imagine my surprise at seeing these! 😲They have a grayish coloration instead of black but I think they are cute and very fluffy ☺️ They are only $5.99. Be on the lookout if any of you go to a Hobby Lobby near you. 8D

u/Practical_End_4487 — 2 months ago
▲ 78 r/orcas

Trua, Panghu and Luna

My friend Leyah made this art and keychains for me as part of a gift exchange if I bought her a specific little Wild Republic orca plush that she saw on Mercari. 😅They feature some of favorite orcas: Trua, Panghu and Luna (L98). It’s a weird mix, I know, but she had to put them together in order to create this. It will be displayed on my wall soon. No way am I going to use the keychains on my bag. They’re huge! And they might get damaged so yeah that’s a no go. 😆

u/Practical_End_4487 — 3 months ago
▲ 75 r/orcas

Ocean Friends Barbie and big Keiko

This is a rare find on Mercari. I’ve only ever had this doll with little Keiko when I was little. I’ve never had the bigger version. I never thought it would be this huge. I simply want to discuss this particular toy. Has anyone had one of these? If you squeeze Keiko, he just makes squeaks. Not like an orca’s would 😅 but the gimmick works in its own way. And yes, I have removed the labels on him. He’s the biggest orca figure in my collection aside from plushies and such. Also yes, there are SW toys in the background but I don’t want to discuss about that here. Please refrain from mentioning anything negative, thank you. 😊

u/Practical_End_4487 — 3 months ago
▲ 15 r/CaptiveOrcas

Guys, please help me understand these behaviors.

Ok I’m sure many of you have seen this video. This to me was like a gem because you don’t see videos of this often. This is around the time where Shouka first came to SWSD, no?
Getting acquainted with the other ladies here. At one point, Orkid came over to Shouka fast like she was about to charge her or something and I don’t know if she nudged or raked her but Corky did it to her back as if to say to her adoptive daughter: “Hey hey! Be nice!”
If you pay attention, Orkid grabs the tip of Shouka’s dorsal with her mouth later on.
Later, Shouka would nudge at their private areas each once. I’ve noticed Orkid actually presenting her underside while upside down to Shouka and Shouka would touch her rostrum there.
I know this might sound weird but I am curious about this. Is this evidence of female on female s*xual activity? Or is it just simply forming bonds?

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u/Practical_End_4487 — 4 months ago
▲ 69 r/orcas

Orca bracelet

My friend made this crazy bracelet of beads! You can even rotate the whale figure around. She’s quite talented at this sort of thing.

u/Practical_End_4487 — 4 months ago
▲ 148 r/orcas

Hot Topic haul

I would like to express my gratitude to the person who had posted about the hair clips with the orca on them sometime ago because I never would have guessed that HT would have sold items like these including that jumbo orca hair clip. I don’t normally wear hair clips but they’re cute so why not? I needed new earrings anyway. The necklace and bracelet set were also a must 😆

u/Practical_End_4487 — 4 months ago
▲ 11 r/CaptiveOrcas

Sea World Orlando Florida - 1984

Guys, please help identify the orcas in this video? It’s always difficult for me to identify the ones from those times. And boy, was SWO so different back then.

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u/Practical_End_4487 — 5 months ago
▲ 8 r/CaptiveOrcas

Kaixin 😚

Kaixin is so cute! ☺️
This channel has other videos of the Chimelong pod and their trainers if you want to check it out. It’s Chinese but some of the videos have terrible auto dubbing 😅

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u/Practical_End_4487 — 5 months ago
▲ 10 r/buildabear

Yo! I am extremely happy that they have done a Colombia soccer bear. I am seriously considering getting this for my soccer loving nephew. They have others for other countries.

u/Practical_End_4487 — 6 months ago
▲ 43 r/orcas

One of those little things that you find on Amazon 🤣 he shall come with to work every day

u/Practical_End_4487 — 6 months ago