Marine Biology Research - Original Shamu and Kilroy

[@EquineMetalhead]

The story of Shamu is so tragic. Shamu was born in 1961 off of Puget Sound when in 1965 she was captured. Her mother was shot with a harpoon gun and died right in front of her. Shamu was taken the the Seattle Marine Aquarium to be a companion for Namu. However, the two didn’t like each other so Seaworld bought her. The first Seaworld park was in San Diego and that’s where she went. She was the first orca to travel by airplane. She was named Shamu, because She + Namu = Shamu. She was usually pretty sweet, but she’d easily get agitated. She had a companion named Ramu and Kilroy. Ramu and Shamu mated and he was sent to Orlando, the second park to open. Kilroy stayed until she died. In 1971 Shamu attacked a young lady named Annette Eckis and rode Shamu for a stunt performance. Shamu was fine the first lap but the second time Annette got on and went halfway around the pool, she slipped and fell off, and Shamu grabbed her thigh and sunk her teeth in. Her mouth had to be pried open with a pole. Annette had to get 200 stitches. They blamed it on Annette being a woman and wearing a bathing suit when really Shamu got fed up and lost her temper. Later that year, Shamu died. Shamu was only ten years old, and the baby who she was pregnant with, died also. Shamu left a legacy behind just like Namu and their names were used in shows as stage names for the killer whales, Shamu is now at peace with her mother, Rest In Peace Shamu. Gone, but never forgotten.

[@gudrunorca]

That was amazing!! :D It's so cool how the narrator refers to them as "this large dolphin", so accurate! :D

[@gwellsify]

Great video thank you, but breaks my heart. This is where it all began for Seaworld and she died so young.

[@scarlettmeadows]

Omg Shamu looks like Orkid!!!!

[@kxkstudios1729]

I'm going to be using some of your footages of the old days xD If you don't mind :)

[@FreedomForOrcas]

Hey! I hope you don't mind but I've borrowed footage from here for my video on Shamu which I'll be uploading in an hour or so. Will be giving full credit!

[@4theOrcas]

Marine Biology Research: Gray Whale, by Quality Information Publishers.

[@Shamufan88]

This is great! Thanks for posting! Where is it from?

[@baimads6760]

I don't know if y'all realize this but when marine creatures with fins are held in captivity their top fin bends down a little bit on the tip you can see what I'm talking about if you look at 1:35

[@airaysickle]

+bai&mads Happens in the wild as well and it doesn't happen with each orca. Corky 2 is a good example. She has a very tall, bull like dorsal fin yet it stands high and proud. Nakai's didn't get too high before it started turning same with Shouka. But it DOES occur in the wild as well. And quite a bit. Do the research you'll be very surprised and it's kind of interesting.

[@airaysickle]

+bai&mads seagrant.uaf.edu/map/gap/marine-mammals/whales/images/AT127.jpg have another

[@airaysickle]

+bai&mads I also want to go over the infamous picture of "keiko" swimming with the wild pod. s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/01/8b/c6/018bc6a9a0e6172112e376b4330b532e.jpg Many peta idiots and anti captivity rats claim that is him. It isn't. The saddle patch, grey area behind the dorsal fin, is not the same as Keikos. This is a fully wild orca who lived with that pod, I forget the exact numbers and letters given to mark him with, but it is not Keiko. The markings do not match and theres the solid proof from the people who actually follow orca pods in the wild and study them. This photo was probably seen by some blinded anti captivity fool and they warped it into saying it is Keiko to blind more people and get them on board. Now I am done. I no longer wish to speak about this. I have been trying to reason with idiots the past 2 months and it's driving me up a wall good day.

[@iichxseii7963]

That’s happens normally sorry I’m late

[@caitlynkelly8859]

I'm planning to use this footage for a "forgotten orcas" edit. I'll reply to this comment with the link to the video once it's posted.

[@xXxStarShipsxXx]

this tank is so small D:

[@littlesongbird1]

Yes it is...that's why SeaWorld built bigger ones.

[@lunawilson5456]

Wow I love this thankyou:

[@leahframe1]

shamu is an orca

[@salisawo9818]

killer whale is another name for orca

[@RabiesTheBeagle]

Kewl

[@robinrush6313]

This is the extent of what SeaWorld has learned about Orca's in 50 years in two minutes & nine seconds! So much for "research" SW. They do as much "research" as teh Japanese whalers do for Whales in the Southern Ocean.

[@pytko3]

That's not fair and you know it.

[@owensaviation2856]

It’s pretty clear this was in the 60s and doesn’t summarise their 50 years of reasearch

[@aichanaciry8252]

LOL Shamu died young he lived 3 years in seaworld i dont think thatthey learned much

[@DarkTripods07]

@@aichanaciry8252 I was just thinking the same. She didn't lived that long at all and replaced her with Shamu 2 who later died too.