That's My Baby - Takara the Killer Whale

That's My Baby episode featuring Takara, a killer whale at SeaWorld San Diego, and her pregnancy and birth of her calf, Kohana.
+Bonus SeaWorld commercial.
Uploaded under Fair Use for educational purposes. That's My Baby originally aired on Animal Planet.

[@ElizabethFort-v6n]

I wonder how kasatka would've acted if they would've brought Takara back to be her when she had her baby Trua

[@kinola3206]

Nakai was with his mom and sister during Kohana's birth; he can be seen when Kohana takes her first breath.

[@LovelyLilDevilWings]

RIP Kohana

[@lbabytutorials4852]

Ken peters is a legend he still works at Seaworld lol him and Kasatka had a lot of water work problems. Kasatka is an incredible mother helping her daughter never leaving her side

[@LovelyLilDevilWings]

She had a lot of problems with a lot of trainers being in the water with her, especially when Kalia was a baby.

[@raymondkim8887]

This is probably an old rerun of That's My Baby - Takara the Killer Whale with the new opening sequence.

[@dukedematteo1995]

Tell me this isnt the coolest shit ever.....The apex predators of the sea want to be our buddies. And the rocket hops are so amazing. What a rush that must be!! And the anti caps would rather have these guys starving to death in Pugent Sound or dying off the coast of Norway like Keiko...

[@aliciapetronio2394]

You're absolutely right! That's what everyone does not want to understand! These animals are in human care!

[@gracejin392]

The shots where Ken Peters and the blonde trainer are playfully interacting with the whale - that's not Takara that's Kasatka. Like I know Takara is Kasatka's daughter so they might look alike but that whale is definitelyyy Kasatka. Why lie?

[@LovelyLilDevilWings]

So, here's my guess - they didn't actually film Kohana's birth because it happened to quickly.

[@seawolftheorca]

Perhaps during the time that when they were doing the filming there, Takara was not up for interacting for any number of reasons. So the trainers instead used Kasatka as a stand-in for the TV show. While many of us really interested in cetaceans can easily tell them apart, the vast majority of people cannot. Substituting Kasatka for a moment doesn't necessarily mean anything malicious on their part. Giving Takara the option to participate at a particular time or not is more important than making sure every single scene is of exactly her.

[@seawolftheorca]

They did use film of Takara actually giving birth to Kohana in this episode, but perhaps they did a lot of the other filming post-birth of Kohana and she was busy taking care of a baby so Kasatka was used instead for some pre-birth stuff.

[@kasatkatheorca9890]

Kohana’s birth had me wondering- is nakai her uncle or her brother? Or is he both?

[@rassel7691]

Both. Nakai is her Uncle because he is a son of Kasatka. And he is her brother because Nakai and Kohana were both fathered by Tilikum.

[@Indy44636]

John hargrove needs to resee this . Maybe it will clear up the lies he said in black fish.

[@dukedematteo1995]

Tell me that isnt awesome.