SeaWorld Orca Encounter 02 15 2023 w/SLOW MO!

Hello all, welcome to the 5:30pm presentation of Orca Encounter on Wednesday February 15 2023. This video is not exactly the full show, but most of it. I tend to sometimes edit out some of the jumbotron clips that are featured at every showing and get right to the live show. I've added some slow motion shots to capture the acrobatics of these amazing animals. Thank you for watching!

[@learleywells4498]

After all the bad stuff that has happened to these whales in the past, humans still continue to force them to perform today! Humans are evil, and very cruel to animals of all breeds and all mammals! One would think they (humans) would have learned their lesson by now! 😠💔💔 And when a whale's fin is bent over, that is a sure sign of stress and pressure! 🐳🐋🐬😟😥💔💔 I can't watch anymore of this! They need to be taken back to their own territory. They don't need to be forced to perform! 💔💔💔😡They feel intense pain like we do and hurt emotionally like we do! When will you people ever understand that they are not made to perform?? It's been on the news media that these whales has a tendency to be bullied by the other whales, and forced to train at Seaworld, but that's not their fault at all! It's the trainers (humans) fault because they don't separate them from the other whales, and they don't need to be trained at all because they are forced trained! And when you see a whale's fin bent over, it is definetly a sure sign of stress and pressure! Poor whales. If it gets to be way too much stress and pressure for them eventually they will snap and, they will attack the trainers! I cannot believe it's still going on today! 🥺😢💔💔 How ignorant can you people be?? Watch the true story movie called, "Black Fish." Get educated! ☹

[@mad2heal]

Hello, I appreciate your comments, and yes there is a lot to be educated to humans in general, not just about performing whales, but society as a whole. On the whale side of things, i agree that everyone should watch blackfish, though, if one does, must take in account that the director Gabriela Cowperthwait intended the documentary to make humans reflect themselves in many ways. I've watched not just the movie, but watched interviews with her and she explains that she understands as an intelligent individual that the whales already in captivity would be very difficult to get them back into the wild, but she knows that government and activists must put in legislation and bills to must be put into place to improve the future. That not only goes for these amazing whales, but for our own humanity if you really think about it. We are a very materialistic society. In order for us to help awesome creatures like this, we must help ourselves to improve our way of thinking. 2 things to maybe to maybe calm you, is 1, legislation has been passed to make sure seaworld cannot breed the orcas anymore, so they are phasing out this era of trained whales, (one of the main reasons i am documenting the shows because it won't be long that this will not exist in the future) so the 5 whales in Orlando at the moment are the last one's that will be there EVER... and 2, the bent fin theory is not true. I used to think it was myself, but I have talked to many experts and witnessed myself the behaviors of these orcas that it is just when the muscles in the dorsal fin are relaxed. Alot of the time you see in videos of them in the wild during strong ocean current swimming they erect the dorsal fin on purpose to be able to handle fast and strong swims, it is a great stabilizer for maneuverability. I hear you though, small space wasn't meant for these global migrators, but to understand for at least the ones now in captivity, they are loved deeply by the trainers, if they weren't it's true, they would fight against them often and you probably wouldn't even get a single performance from them. The love and positive environment that the trainers create for the orcas is essential to not just the performance, but the overall way of life while they are there. It is another reason I am documenting these shows, because there is a section towards the middle of the show, where a trainer interacts one on one on both sides of the tank and shows exactly how they have a strong bond with the orcas. I would say really watch those moments because there is no doubt that in order for them to interact that way, wouldn't be without food(of course), but even more importantly and probably overlooked, is the ESSENTIAL POSITIVE REENFORCEMENT. Take my videos as you will, though I wish to express love for these animals through them, because while we have these individual whales in captivity, we must give them love all the way until their last day. I am positive these trainers have complete love for these animals or they would not be allowed to word with them.