r/CaptiveOrcas

Here's one example I found.

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?

You can pick any orca to magically come back to life with no change to the past (after their death), place them in any park of your choice, and they have no memory/side affect of their death (ex, you pick Katina and now she doesn’t have said health issues).

I personally would bring back Halyn and place her with Keet, although I have little evidence, I do believe that Keet was heavily impacted by her death. He cared about her a lot, and he was her whole world.

Or I would bring back Sumar and place him with either Malia or Tekoa so at least two of Taima’s kids can actually meet each other, and have family for support considering Tekoa’s and Malia’s outlashes towards trainers.

A new study came out from 2022 involving Keto, Tekoa, Morgan, Adan, and Kohanah. This study involved the weight of the animals, where Keto, Morgan, and Kohanah (grown whales) all lost weight from 200 to 500 lbs (info from the study and Killer Whale Wiki). The only whales to not lose weight were Adán, who at the time was just starting to hit growth spurts, and Tekoa, who is unfortunately well known for always being underweight (he gained 600 lbs).

Link to study: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1095643326000280

Overall, the study was very interesting, especially considering what it was discussing and the birth of Teno a while later (Study ended 2023).