Luna the Orca With First Nations Canoes (Raw Footage)

[@mackenziekarsonovich1073]

You can tell Luna is just soaking up all the attention. Such a sweet and gentle animal. I can see why their considered scared to First Nations people. Luna was definitely something special

[@jbrisby]

What are you, some kind of idiot? The only thing about Luna that the Indians considered sacred was the tourism dollars she brought in. They're the reason she was killed. White people wanted to return her to her pod, but the fucking Indians blocked every effort. Shame on them, and on you!

[@blackcitroenlove]

She's enjoying time with her relatives who aren't exactly as big as she is, but with the same big hearts! The orcas know the songs and the people know the orcas. It's a deep relationship and I love to see it.

[@orcasea59]

This is like the swimming equivalent of a T-rex and yet people are putting their hands in its mouth with total trust. No one will ever convince me that there isn't something very ancient between humans & Orcas. Beautiful

[@blackcitroenlove]

That sweet loveball wouldn't hurt a cell on their bodies. He's from the same land they are, it's a symbiotic relationship. The orcas are their own nation, and they know the traditional songs of the Indigenious Peoples who live nearby.

[@horse-lover68]

Yes I totally agree!! When the sientist's made the first brain scan of orca's, they were shocked. These animals have a piece of their brain which we human's are still missing. It is Al about social and emotional. These animals are like this for min 2 Mill year's when we were still neanderthaler's, if you believe the Darwin theory. But why do they have 5 "finger's" unter their sidenflugs and almost 2 legs under their tail+ the human fetus looks in the first weeks just like an orca.And the orca fetus like human's. If you think it further: orca pregnancy is 18 month's. Maybe they need so much time to be so amazing intelligent and emotional and we are still behind them. And I believe the first nation's have so much more connection to nature than all other rasse's!!! It is getting brainwashed out of us in Kindergarden, but I do not think that we have the same feelings and instinct's for nature as babies like the first nation's have and especially HAD before the white people came with their silly "civilisation". Yes, there is an very old connections from human to orca, whales and dolphins. They found picture's from the Stone age where dolphin's helped human's fishing!!!

[@robertahrens5738]

@@blackcitroenlove very true well said she trust the First Nations people. Their was an elder who always played together as well. They would play tug a war it’s was so special.

[@katharina8210]

​@lucyinthesky444could it be that he was hit on purpose?

[@leahsyl81]

He's so happy and is loving the drumming and singing!!! We love you Luna ❤️ RIP Luna 🦋

[@jbrisby]

Shame on you for letting the Indians kill him. Get it through your head...these people are money-grubbing assholes who care nothing for Nature.

[@baliDOTid]

Luna was the orphan everyone failed to take care off :(

[@ammagnolia]

People did try. The ones who could have really done something totally failed. And it's why I don't think we deserve to talk with any alien lifeforms out there. We're monsters lol. Why would any other species wanna hang with us

[@yamato9790]

Yep...

[@pinar.ozdemir]

😔😔😔😔😔

[@reedawg187]

Blame the township of that shore..Luna would of been fine..but that damn tug boat..

[@rosebeaufort6238]

He lost his pod and forced to survive alone

[@BondGirl007.]

I can't look at Luna without crying.

[@chronic2001n]

@GreasyBoiler how?

[@angerfist7008]

Same

[@CharlotteWeb100]

I've never seen such beautiful eyes in my entire life. Even looking at old footage Luna's eyes just draw you in. What it must have been like when he looked you right in the eye I bet you could almost hear him.

[@simonedevlin7710]

Unforgettable and adorable Luna, we sing a love song for you from here to eternity !

[@jonnyhatter35]

Luna was the biggest sweetheart. RIP baby boah

[@suzzanimalchannel1030]

jonnyhatter35 me too!

[@dingledee2704]

Oh no wn and how did she pass

[@sarahmatz4858]

A truly magnificent and beautiful creature . I love you Dear Luna!

[@sarahmatz4858]

Lee Holmes I thought of that too Lee Holmes.

[@sarahmatz4858]

Lee Holmes You as well. Enjoy your evening. It saddens and breaks my heart also what happened to Tilikum at Sea World. I saw videos of the Orcas and their poor dorsal fins were toppled over on their sides, the animals didn't look well. I hope all that abuse ends! Have a good evening.

[@Concetta20]

The close up of his beautiful eye was amazing.

[@faitheternal3015]

Beautiful, amazing, heart-rending! Our beloved orca, our lonely, precious Luna. Like everyone else here, I, too, grieve his loss, even after so many years. Still, videos like this make me smile, and always will! It is truly a privilege to see his love today, and to see him being loved in return. Luna adored us as only an animal can--innocently, openly, and freely. In some ways, that sentiment was bitterly repaid, however unintended...yet it is clear that many of us loved him, too-not for mere amusement, but as an individual and friend to be cherished. Now as then, Luna teaches us to appreciate orcas and their right to be free. His legacy of friendship lives on, in me and in every human being who is touched by his life.

[@lisapappas]

I am so enamored and in awe with this orphaned, male Orca named Luna, who for six years, kept reaching out to his fellow mammals in Nootka Sound for companionship. I'm so sorry that the Fisheries & Wildlife Department did not allow his human friends--yes, FRIENDS--to escort him by boat to find his pod. If he did not "take" to him, then he could have simply swam back along side the boat back to the sound. The First Nation did right by Luna in saving him from some dreadful plan to have captured him and transported him 200 miles. This Orca touched many lives and, having learned about him by watching the film "The Whale," I must say that I was deeply moved as well. Love to Luna.

[@2011ruzanna]

I cry a lot when heard that she died, it is so sad. The goverment was wrong and l living in russia blame them. Somebody tell them, that all world sad and blame to help, but they didnt allowe.

[@2011ruzanna]

I mean people whant to help but they didnt allowe. They must be ashame.

[@joshiek7839]

I think you need to actually read what happened. The locals, including these dumb as rocks pelicans, didn't want luna to leave, thus signing his death warrant via boat propeller.

[@HellPatrol92]

It is not so simple. Actually, Luna would not swim out of Nootka Sound, not even if lured. That was Plan A to try to reunite him with his family, but didn't work. That is why the DFO resorted to Plan B: taking Luna and bringing him south. No one was completely right or uninterested. The Natives wanted him there because they said to believe he was a reincarnated chief that had died. The DFO had a Plan C which was taking Luna to an acquarium in case the reunion did not work. Of course moving Luna would have been a bit shocking for him, but he so badly needed the love and interaction of fellow orca, which he missed and that's why he turned to humans. The same operation had worked in 2002 with a Northern resident orca calf that was reunited with his pod after being captured and moved. It could work with Luna, too. I'm not saying it was easy. Everybody was worried for him. But preventing him from being moved because of some legend wasn't so open either. I think most people loved him and wanted the best for him, especially people like DFO officer Ed Thorburn, who loved him to the point he would drive him to the pen and lose Luna's trust to see him reunited with pod L. It's easy to depict it "good indians, evil DFO", but despite the DFO chiefs being very murky there still were DFO officials who loved Luna as much as it gets and wanted the best for him. He was playing with boats the whole time because he missed a 24/7 pod with him. The outcome was inevitable, but at least he was loved and cuddled to the last. I just wish he got a chance with his pod at least

[@mo58487]

@@HellPatrol92 This is correct. The film didn't say it but let's be honest - the First Nations was angry at the DFO and they foiled the plan to reunite Luna with his pod. We know how this ended. And it's a hard thing to say b/c Jamie Johnson's part of the film was beautiful, but....this was their fault. This animal died in the pissing contest.

[@thatsgoodpie]

I just stumbled across videos of him. Animals are so nuanced, empathetic, and intelligent. It breaks my heart that his story ended the way it did. The warnings were there but I think any person would be hard pressed to not love or try not to befriend an orca. They’re amazing, fascinating beings. Maybe we drop propellers. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@frankstephens5365]

This is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen! :-)

[@Colstonewall]

Agreed Frank. Have you watched any of the other documentaries on Luna?

[@joaniewaller6504]

Luna the cutest orca that ever lived. Sorry Luna we failed you. You could have been rescued like Springer.

[@jasonholbrook8594]

Luna is such a good boy.

[@relaxanddance]

Love to the memory of Luna's playful and interactive free spirit. Go Wild!

[@315foss]

that is so beautiful what a lovely orca

[@Pawknee123]

It wasn't because of their silly unknown beliefs that Luna was not returned to his family, it was because the government was lying to everyone by saying they where going capture Luna and return him to his family, when all along they were planning on catching him to Either sell him Seaworld or some other aquarium. NOBODY wanted that. Luna was too special to be kept in a fish bowl. It was much better that he died wild, than being oppressed like Tillikum.

[@zambranaml]

Actually, no. Six Flags was going to get Luna, not SeaWorld. But when Luna died, Six Flags closed its one-orca exhibit, then sold and moved that female, Shouka, to SeaWorld San Diego. If Luna hadn't died, there's no telling how many years that he and Shouka would have spent together in the small, insufficient Six Flags tank.

[@bunnehboi1985]

He's in a better place now with Tilikum, Keiko, and Kasatka...

[@peierple]

Well he died a horrible death to a blade propeller. Got chopped up in to pieces!

[@sillymonkeybutt]

That has got to be the sweetest, most innocent animal I've ever seen. She looks like she was really happy and just wanted love❤

[@ThomasPalacio10]

*he

[@jennagold2942]

Luna must have been mentally very very lonely, most likely why he came to us to try and supply him a feeling of affection, R.I.P Luna....

[@coolcat1684]

jenna gold Yea and the professional do gooders made it worse by threatening people with 100,000 fine for even looking at him/ her?

[@blackcitroenlove]

It's the songs. These songs have been sung for thousands of years, and as a result have been essentially passed down among the orcas as well. The bass carries especially well in water. The First People know what they're doing, and this is an affirmation of a relationship that has existed long before settlers ever thought anything else existed outside their own villages.

[@thudthud5423]

Canadian Government: "The best way to protect this lonely animal is to isolate it and ignore it. Don't be its friend. Other orcas will magically appear and adopt it, even though that is not normal or typical behavior for orcas. Trust us, we're experts."

[@jaythesiren]

@@thudthud5423 that’s not what happens, Luna lived 6 years alone. “Magic adopts” weren’t a thing. Is it possible? Sure but did it happen? No! And is it critically dangerous for a young orcas to spend the foremost of its developmental years COMPLETELY ISOLATED? Absolutely. Trust me any human interaction he got was better than total isolation. Trust me I’m an expert.

[@BlGGESTBROTHER]

@@blackcitroenlove "relationship that has existed long before settlers ever thought anything else existed outside their own villages" Do you think Europeans just suddenly appeared one day; civilization/culture and all?

[@Sheer_Tazieh]

This is the first KZbin video that I cried with ❤️Luna Rest In Peace

[@emilyrugburn9167]

Yes 😢 It hurts still

[@mcguire202]

He seems happy bless him xx

[@laughtoohard9655]

Luna had a real fascination with human interaction and boats. In the end it was his undoing, which was incredibly sad.

[@hereforthealgorithm..2am..848]

I love Luna and his spirit but I cannot watch this knowing that these incidents ultimately caused his demise. RIP beautiful

[@falaise17]

Such a beautiful soul, he was a kid at then but he never play to drag or bite, it is because the Orca is smart enough to know that human cannot afford to be like him. Missing Luna a lot! RIP Luna!

[@lovelydiva06]

Aww Luna seemed to have quite the personality and seems very sweet and playful but I know it can get lonely being on it's on and why I think he developed such a bond with the people he comes into contact with

[@SakiLuvzRocco143]

what a sweet baby!

[@christyg.8811]

What a beautiful creature... A beautiful soul that deserved more then he got.... RIP luna😭

[@rainmakerii2610]

The whale understands the ancient drum songs,as does the Eagle!!!

[@stefancocker333]

I had an amazing experience with a family of beautiful Orcas in NZ. I felt connected to the little one when I waved my arm up and down, the baby did rhe same thing x

[@nadinadejda]

Сколько радости получили гребцы на лодках, да и мы тоже, от просмотра!🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@nanaimojenny]

Rest in peace little Luna

[@coolhandbear]

Completely agree with DYoshe. If natives had not intervened, Luna would have been alive.

[@NocturnalAngel77]

Dana B Well said.

[@megaponful]

coolhandbear in a fishbowl

[@ontarioguyincalgary4845]

Had his hands in his mouth and Luna was so gentle.. Love it!

[@vonclod123]

Like a giant puppy..oh dear, I'm heartbroken to hear Luna is gone:(

[@danielarmandoescatehernand4790]

Mi respeto y admiración para todas las criaturas con las que compartimos el planeta.

[@deinDilemma]

Better show than Seaworld.

[@heartlove7502]

Agree 10 million times

[@t.rok13]

Absolutely! always Will be.

[@elenamontenegro5767]

I would actually pay for this

[@b.l.9764]

RIP Luna. I do not know why ships and boats do not have rotor guards standard

[@Rabbit.760]

Cuz the rotor ain't gonna do damage, it would actually protect a whale from the prop

[@b.l.9764]

@@Rabbit.760 LOL, ya, propeller guards too. :)

[@dingledee2704]

Yah wtf

[@72marshflower15]

Omfg..

[@studentofabrahamiamavibrat3615]

THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE👏🏼🙏💕🐳🐋

[@Flo1918]

He's so happy to see you..making you a show!!

[@bowrudder899]

God makes such incredible creatures.

[@jennr3850]

I am reading the book about Luna the lost whale now. One of the best books I have ever read. Thank you for sharing this

[@YourAbeFroemann]

Springer (A-73) is a fully functioning wild orca, who this year returned with the A pod to the north end of Vancouver Island with her first calf. Oh, and seaworld can go straight to "the hot place"!

[@tammiea8552]

There's a great video out there detailing Luna's life. It's about 20 minutes long, I can't remember the name of it though. Oh my Luna, I would've loved to have swam with you. May you finally have your family in the big sea in the sky.

[@eentweedrievier8645]

I don't think that they were being irrational. In the beginning they were open to returning Luna to his pod. But I do think that Seaworld/other businesses started showing interest in a young, male orca that has gotten used to being around people and has ''fresh'' blood (new genetic material to keep the captive orca population strong). It's just too much of a coincidence. Here, in my country (The Netherlands), they also said that they were going to reunite the orca Morgan with her family. She currently resides in Loro Parque Spain while her family is in the seas of Norway. Young, female, fresh blood and used to people. These people of the First Nation did the right thing, protecting the killer whale. Maybe he could have been reunited with his pod (I doubt so, his pod suffered heavily losses because of footshortage) but the chances that he would have ended up in a fishbowl somewhere in a amusement park were too high.

[@the14wout]

Eentweedrievier they never said they would return Morgan to the wild. They wanted to try to do that and if there was the chance to, they would have done it. But Morgan is deaf, so the chances of her losing here pod again were to high. Unfortunately, but I think she is taken care well of right now in Loro Parque, at least, I hope so. (Also from the Netherlands)

[@michelepowers-neeld6700]

​@@the14wout They are using her for breeding. Her first calf died young. There is film footage of her ramming her head against the gates repeatedly and chewing the concrete sides of the pool. She is constantly bullied by the other Orcas and has been teeth raked to the point where she needs antibiotics constantly to protect her from infection. Loro Parque is a disgusting prison, no better than Sea World. Yes she is deaf but she is imprisoned, exploited, enslaved and dominated by humans that know that they do not have her best interested in mind.

[@Pawknee123]

Thank you for posting this.

[@micheldawes1]

Wow! Absolutely amazing! (Made me very, very nervous when she was so close to the running outboard though!)

[@lts2293]

Aww sweet Luna :) too bad that orca got hit with a boat propeller and died from the injuries 😩😩😩 you guys should watch the full story on Luna. It’s heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. ♥️

[@rsuriyop]

OMG that's what happened to this orca?? Day ruined already 😭😭😭

[@TheMass33]

I believe that a member of these species will eventually show us everything about the deep.

[@601salsa]

That is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity I wish I was granted such an honour

[@Greggee100]

U-Tube; An orca named Luna-L98 scroll down/comments

[@mjs6157]

Makes me think that there's a connection with orcas that we humans forgot about, yet they didn't. They are so curious about us humans.

[@mcguire202]

Aaaaaawwww little luna - rip sweetie pie.

[@kostaslappas5700]

One day. One moment. One world. One universe. And yet. We can not understand how small we are, by thinking that we are the only one's with feelings. Destroying everything to build our small life's. Destroying those who excist to make these planet a better place. One day we will see. One moment we will kneel, in front off a world far better than us.

[@dodobrd1238]

Omg......they are amazing creatures! he thinks the paddles are giant hands petting him lmao. Soooo cute

[@justicewillprevail1106]

I’m heart broken each time I watch lunas videos. Knowing she was lonely breaks my heart.

[@trent8002003]

Just goes to show there's this mystical innate bond between humans and whales. They are special. Eat beef. Don't eat whale meat!

[@trent8002003]

But whales are different now. They've evolved such an unusually high level of intelligence that they are now closer to human beings than almost all other animals, let alone cows or hippos. Takes intelligence to appreciate intelligence. That probably why orcas and humans have such great bonds!

[@ffp08]

Orcas are dolphins, not whales.

[@trent8002003]

So? You're right of course but that's not the pt at all.

[@ffp08]

trent8002003 there is a big difference on consciousness between a dolphin and a whale

[@trent8002003]

There's a big difference on consciousness among different kinds of dolphins as well. Your point?

[@mr.davidson3314]

That is awsome so majestic and powerful and the whale looked pretty cool to. Lol.

[@protodominichusplay]

Its remind me about keiko which is lonely and staying at human side

[@SlickSniper3]

Truly breathtaking.

[@maggiemcc]

Such a beautiful video they are all including Luna enjoying each others company

[@ingermimi]

Spirit animal, it loved the ceremonial song and drumming!

[@book3376]

This is one of if not the most beautiful video I’ve ever come across on the internet.

[@dickdastardly5534]

It still breaks my heart to think some cruel bastard killed him.

[@HunterJumper-ow2oo]

Luna was like a big aquatic dog! So playful, I love it! I'm sure if it had been legal to do so, he would have let people take rides on his back!

[@germansherman7707]

you know these animals are very similar to us, we must respect them as they respect us

[@Fabio-on6bp]

Che meraviglia 🤩 l'amore per gli animali è la cosa più bella vedere ♥️

[@carlosbarriga5258]

Luna is So Beautiful... She's so Amazing and Gorgeous..... I just wanna give her a hug.....

[@saosahn]

Just watching this video years later it makes me cry...

[@toshihikoification]

love orca's incredible and very intelligent. their friendly it seems in the wild.

[@thareallaura726]

Beautiful!

[@user-dt9om9je7g]

Потрясающе!!!, интересно, кто кого изучает мы их?, или они нас?))...удивительная съёмка!!!

[@ashasegaran2470]

That's really beautiful how amazing

[@aininsofiya2574]

My feel so sad looking at this video. If i was them, i would feel very honoured to play with her. I will take care of her 😭😭

[@alpickford7499]

It wasn't a her....

[@deborahgarrick3949]

You might want to check out the Orca Network, as they followed Tsu'xiit or Luna from the beginning to his sad death by a U.S. tugboat. They have videos and a whole lot more info on him. Tsu'xiit was honoured by the Mowachaht-Muchalat First Nations after his death, they went to the Kakawin's (Orca) favourite feeding ground off Mooya Bay in British Columbia to have a ceremony to honour Tsu'xiit...for the Kakawin is their Spiritual guide. Good Luck Shelby!

[@jbrisby]

Indians killed him. You're a fool or an asshole if you believe otherwise. Everyone knows you don't feed or play with wild animals, for exactly this reason. Selfish pricks ignored this basic wisdom because Luna was bringing in money. So much for the myth of wise spiritual Indigenous people in harmony and balance with Nature. Just a bunch of money-grubbing apes.

[@lisakazmierczak9060]

That is just wonderful what they did and Luna she's so beautiful beautiful orca that's for sure she will be missed 🐳🥀❤️🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤

[@petermcdougall1152]

R.i.p. luna! Truly a beautiful creature!

[@julianandreaswiggins5756]

She is so adorable!

[@shelbymarie2249]

I've seen a few films of him and he's never with his family. I wonder what happened to them or how he got separated from them. Going to keep digging to find out his whole story if possible. I didn't know he had passed on, save for the comments that I've seen stating so. What a shame, he's so lovely and I do agree with having cages around the motors. That's an excellent idea.

[@steph21456]

Si nous respectons la nature elle nous respectera. J'espère que Luna ça toujours aussi bien parmi des humains qui respectent là vie.❤

[@paddyt4043]

That's amazing mate

[@reggiewilson4577]

Absolutely majestic

[@RabiesTheBeagle]

Orcas do like performing in their natural habit;)

[@lucasmichael5524]

LOVE this video

[@mjs6157]

Im so in awe about now im tearing up

[@pilikilopezmartin3205]

Actually, the people trying to relocate him were not going to bring him back to his family. They were going to put him in captivity. In the end, the natives did what they were supposed to do. Luna looked like he loved them a lot anyway.

[@beverlykorte8581]

Beautiful 💕💕💕💕 🙏🏼🙏🏼🌹💕🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏽🌹🙏🏻,Luna was lovely 💖💖❤️✌🏼

[@LuciferMorningstar-yv1yc]

It's beautiful thing to see

[@rsuriyop]

Just read the wiki bio of this orca and cannot believe the tragic way in which he died. Worst thing about it was that he was only 6 yrs old at the time which is literally still just a young child in orca years. If tugboats have the power to do what one of them did to this poor orca, then maybe we shouldn't have them around in areas where whales and seals normally frequent to come up to the surface.

[@jasmijnariel]

Luna you show off🥰

[@YanChingVideos]

What a beautiful baby

[@CourtyardPigeon]

just amazing

[@diohorus699]

Spettacolo puro!!!!!🤩🤩🤩

[@desertmav8632]

What a sweet sweet creature, our oceanic counterpart without question

[@djanepessoarosa5750]

I love luna...beautiful luna

[@yamato9790]

Luna, was a gift from God to those locals however, the stupidity of ignoring such humble creature and leaving him to the mercy of a tugboat propeller . It is just painful to think about that little orca.

[@prince-solomon]

That sweet orca was trying them to stop that awful noise they call music. RIP Luna

[@ironindica7342]

RIP Luna you are a magnificent spirt!

[@marieesler3004]

I love luna. thank you to his human friends who loved him and helped him stay free...

[@anna.a8067]

Luna 😍