The complete 1981 SHAMU show SeaWorld Florida

[@terrorofthedeep511]

wow! these shows really were spectacular and LONG!

[@SeaWorldParksRock]

Awesome Video! Can you believe that the orca's were in the Whale and Dolphin Stadium?

[@lbabytutorials4852]

I really love seeing orcas and bottle nose dolphins swim together 💜 I’m glad they made shamu stadium for more room. Heart broken they stopped the breeding program. I see baby a Katina in this. Think of all the lives she has changed in 4 decades. I saw Lolita her tank was half this size. She’s 57, lives with 2 pacific white sided dolphins. I wish she was in a big tank, people say release her to the wild but she only has 30 feet she’s swimming and she’s been swimming in the same 30 feet of pool for over 50 years, when orcas swim anywhere from 50 to 100 miles per day, she would be way too out of shape, the pool is only 20 feet deep so she probably doesn’t hold her breath for a long either and the Miami sun is scorching hot there’s no shade or relief for her. Miami Seaquarium is probably one of the oldest aquariums I’ve ever seen it’s definitely falling apart but I must say they don’t ask her to do much, during the show All she really does is whistle for the audience And get fed plenty of fish. She’s fat and healthy she must have great genetics

[@devotedcetacean6568]

Now those trees are gone and these are alot of rides behind them

[@happyypigeons]

I can't believe that's Thad Lacinak! haha Vintage SeaWorld!

[@vovindequasahi]

I was there with my parents in July that same year! Oh boy did we get wet!! It was an awesome show.

[@freedom4orcas110]

The small female Kandu, has to be Kandu 6 aka Katina who is still alive at SeaWorld Orlando. She's like Makaio's size here

[@Darienlover999]

Katina wasn't moved to Orlando until November 1984. It's likely Kona or Kahana.

[@Aethuviel]

+Freedom4orcas It looks like Kahana to me. Kandu is just a stage name.

[@lbabytutorials4852]

There is a Kandu 6???

[@michaelcbonnici]

Same year I was there. December 1981

[@lbabytutorials4852]

Omgggggg this wasn’t shamu stadium was it? It’s so small. This is amazing thank you so much for the footage. Katina has touched 4 generations of children 👶

[@aaabbbbh7122]

This is not Shamu Stadium, no. This is what I've always known to be referred to as "Whale and Dolphin Stadium," which used to be the original killer whale / Shamu stadium back in the day, before the current Shamu Stadium opened on September 1, 1984.

[@DJandManaphy]

Cindy and Sandy? Weren't they in Jaws 3?

[@Darienlover999]

Aw yeah Ramu who died of "old age" at about 19 years old. Never mind the fact that males aren't even fully mature until their 20s...

[@Aethuviel]

+loveroforcas Who ever said he died of old age? (That's not even a cause of death.) He died from breathing problems, the most common cause of death. Average lifespan in the wild is only around 16 years.

[@alethia23]

+Frida Nyberg 16 years?

[@Darienlover999]

+Frida Nyberg I'd love to know where you get your botched info. SeaWorld (your heroes) themselves listed his cause of death as "old age". The average lifespan of a male in wild populations is actually 31 years and females routinely live to be in their forties and beyond (Olesiuk et al 2005) but hey, you tried. I'm glad to see factual info doesn't get you down, as evidenced by your ableist, racist, classist and speciesist tumblr posts. I appreciate the entertainment, good laughs can be hard to come by Frida.

[@alethia23]

loveroforcas You'll scare her from replying.. careful...

[@keallabe-milles3533]

+ Frida Nyberg Durée moyenne d'âge est de 30 ans pour les mâles et 50 ans pour les femelles. Êtes vous scientifique ? C'est pour savoir vu que vous remettez en cause des années de recherche scientifique sur de simple dire. Et le décès du aux problèmes respiratoires existent il est vrai beaucoup dans les parcs marin mais pour ce qui en est des orques libres ? Le chlore a peut-être joué là dessus ? Non ? Oh, mais il n'y a pas de chlore dans la nature, mince alors comment savoir !!

[@lbabytutorials4852]

How did the cram 5 dolphins and 3 killer whales in such a tiny pool

[@kyliesweitzer8914]

Anybody know where this 80's Seaworld soundtrack can be found? Its definitely Les Baxter and I would LOVE to have a copy of it without the audience and trainer voices and claps.

[@Shybear1983]

Shamu is probably thinking 'if you could not stand on me, that'd be great. I'm not a surfboard. Thanks'

[@devotedcetacean6568]

xD

[@Galinette-px3lv]

Can I use your footages ? I will credit you :D

[@Crystalpoodleblack]

It’s so weird to see the trainers in the water with them

[@raanou292]

Hi ! Can I use your videos please ? I will credit you ^_^

[@Aethuviel]

Believe it or not people, but the world has changed a lot since 1981, maybe it's just you who haven't caught up. SeaWorld and other western parks aren't like this anymore, they have changed a lot. The lifespan and survivability of these species are now exceeding that of their wild relatives, and the message has changed. It was thought that Ramu died "of old age" back then, because almost nothing was known of killer whale lifespan back then. And just so you know... the average lifespan of a wild orca is about 14 years. Not 50. 14.

[@keallabe-milles3533]

+Frida Nyberg Vous semblez peu renseigné sur le sujet, cultivez-vous avant de troller ainsi. La captivité de ces animaux est arriérée, voir pire ! Si vous les aimez vraiment, ce dont je doute vu que vous ne cessez de défendre le détention et le soit disant bien être dans ces prisons, apprenez à connaître leur vie, leur alimentation, leur déplacement etc Vous serez surpris de voir que les chiffres que vous citez sont inexactes. Les orques libres et sauvages vives en moyenne 30 ans pour les mâles et 50/60 ans pour les femelles mais bien-sûr vue que c'est une moyenne, elles peuvent aller au delà (une orque centenaire le prouve) et moins aussi. Mais beaucoup s'approchent des ces chiffres, non des vôtres qui correspondent plus aux orques en captivité. 30 ans voir 50 ans. Pas 14. 30 à 50.

[@vermillion6805]

Quelqu'un dit finalement que ... (Someone finally says that)

[@emilymayer4093]

Frida Nyberg I know this comment is old but I simply cannot scroll past it without educating you first. Just so YOU know, the lifespan of a wild orca is 50-60 years for males and 80-100 years for females. Where on earth did you get 14 years from? That's the age that wild orcas reach sexual maturity and breed for the first time, but it is ABSOLUTELY NOT their lifespan?! Please do not spread false information about a subject you are clearly embarrassing uneducated in.

[@caitlynkelly8859]

50-60 for males and 80-100 for females? that's like saying the average human lifespan is 110 because we CAN get that old. in reality, females live to be about 45, and males live to be about 30. of course, that's if they get pass their tenth birthday. over 50% of calves die before they are even a year old, and half of those who remain usually vanish or die before the age of ten. THAT'S where the lifespan comes from. because you only take into account the dead orcas. which has brought the average lifespan in the wild right down. of course, if they breach the age of ten, they'll probably live to the ages I stated above. but that's best-case scenario. did you know that 72 Southern Residents have died in just 20 years? since SeaWorld opened, only about half of that number have died. which is NORMAL. when wolves where first being domesticated, they where dropping left and right. whenever an animal is taken into captivity, it takes decades for a system to be worked out that can keep the animals alive.

[@AlexSmith-fj2zn]

Frida, what is your opinion on the capture of killer whales back when it was legal, and what is your opinion on the current captures in Russia and China?

[@fusion451]

30:21 the female trainer was later pulled in for real

[@amberbell1147]

What Orca is this?

[@TheRobin1976]

Amber Bell I think it must be Ramu (1967-82)

[@Aethuviel]

+Amber Bell The little one is Kahana, big one is Ramu.

[@bullishvibe]

What a cool video! 😎 📹

[@willianramos5650]

TILIKUM BORN IN WILD , WITH SAMOA AND NANDU . #RIPTILIKUM

[@Titaniumsalut-Rumms]

The show is great! But the music is horrible >.

[@spencerpearson3986]

No it isn’t. Classic 80s!

[@capt.kicky-feet2964]

200 lbs of DEAD fish a day!!!!

[@truatheorca7691]

Capt. Kicky-Feet actually it's restaurant fish. You eat the same thing as them.

[@caitlynkelly8859]

I mean, it's been than no fish for over a month and a slow and painful death by starvation. that's the alternative in the wild.

[@DarkTripods07]

@@caitlynkelly8859 yet year later after this video, Ramu died from an infection. Mmm slow and painful death.

[@logangoose]

So much different now

[@caitlynkelly8859]

people are saying how atrocious the tank size is, but let me remind you, many whales around the world (including places like Canada and the US) live in Smaller, Dirtier tanks, with trainers who couldn't give two shits about them. Chimelong Orca Kingdom has *9* Transient orcas that where all taken from the wild for one reason. to breed. the plan is to breed these whales and sell the babies to other parks. because nothing brings in guests like a cute baby whale. knowing China, it won't be long before the calves are separated before they are even weaned. and if one of the whales die? no big deal. they can just boat out and grab another, younger whale that can make them even more babies!

[@Begnsteal]

… so your exuse is that many others have smaller tanks… so. If I keep my dog in a small kennel. That’s ok bc other people put dogs in even smaller kennels.

[@foreverkayla3563]

Is Kanduke?

[@willianramos5650]

RAMU OR WINSTON (KALINA FATHER) , KANDUKE ARRIVED AT SEAWORLD IN 1987 , BEFORE (TIME IN THE VIDEO) HE LIVES IN MARINELAND CANADA

[@ScousePets]

@@willianramos5650 winston was in san diego their was another ramu in orlando

[@murphy3349]

@@willianramos5650 is Ramu no Winston...Winston was in San Diego and Ramu in Orlando

[@TheRobin1976]

Mother in law jokes? At Seaworld?!

[@Meowskiii]

AT 17:45 HE SAYS ""THAT'S HOW WE CONDITION OUR....TRAIN OUR... "" you get my point? Free these whales now! Lolita has been working for 43 fkin years! TILLIKUM is stressed and too big. LET THEM GO!

[@happyypigeons]

+Meowskiii Have you ever tried educating yourself? Conditioning refers to the training. Trainers use that word, but not during a show since it might be too big and complicated for guests to understand. Clearly you're a fine example of that.

[@AnimalLeftist]

+Shamu_fan , Shamu is dead. How is that for education? www.seaworldfactcheck.com might help you with your delusions.

[@happyypigeons]

+AnimalLeftist Shamu is a stage name, genius.

[@AnimalLeftist]

***** , lol. Orcas have stage names?? REALLY! So, they're on "stage"?? Like, like rockstars!! Oooooh, sign me up, I want an autograph. Anthropomorphization, much? This isn't the theatre. Oh, wait, yes it is, to you. They all have the same name, makes it easier to forget how the first one died.

[@Aethuviel]

+Meowskiii No. I don't get your point. What's bad about training an animal?

[@murphy3349]

Ramu,Kona and Kahana🐳

[@willianramos5650]

🐳🐋🐳🐋🐳🐋

[@foreverkayla3563]

Is Kenau, Kandu5 & Winston This show is of 1987

[@VideofromGeorge]

No not 1987, it is 1981.

[@foreverkayla3563]

Ok

[@foreverkayla3563]

But? Is Kanduke??

[@willianramos5650]

@@foreverkayla3563 NO , KANDUKE LIVED IN MARINELAND IN 1981

[@libera2750]

It's a shame people are so offended by EVERYTHING today! Can't even sit down and enjoy an amazing show without crying, bitching, complaining and ripping apart an excellent show!

[@KYRA_FX]

Elaborate ?

[@lbabytutorials4852]

Agreed I loved this !!!! Theses whales are FAT and happy if they don’t want to perform they do f have too

[@sarahschneider8092]

Just horrible!!! How can normalpeople like this cruel and support the suffering and slaughter??

[@justinlb2017]

Sarah Schneider how is it slaughter and do reasearch before hating seaworld o,o they rescue animals

[@sarahschneider8092]

Justin Burgess​ seaworld had captive orcas, that's right, but do you know how dolphins have do 'life' there??! They can't really swim in their cages, have to eat dead fish with medicines to stay calm, they must live with foreigners dolphins. Wild dolphins had to see how their familiy brutally slaughtered by murders! They must swim in the blood of their own family and friends! And a few have 'luck' because they can be a clown to entertain people!! Sea world may rescue animals but what is the price for it???

[@reymeza9175]

You got so Blackfished its hilarious!! It's not like you know how the dolphins live.

[@AnimalLeftist]

+Rey Meza , and you do? Apparently not.

[@brandonluk8289]

Sarah Schneider But seriously have you ever thought about the trainers thoughts. They love these whales too much to even think about using spears and stuff. Plus most of the whales probably wouldn’t think like thy

[@elise2363]

This is not entertaining in the least. Disregarding the abuse for a second, nothing about this is exciting.

[@gachastudioforlife6458]

oh hush up peta supporter!

[@jordancook9727]

so sad

[@lyricrogersofficial]

i see a collapsed dorsal fin, even in the thumbnail :(

[@alisonquerns3403]

Horrific abuse of an intelligent self aware animal. The ace predator of the ocean reduced to this. Seaworld was capturing whales at this time so these whales were removed from their families and put into a bathtub and made to do circus tricks. It’s just shocking that this ‘entertainment “ has been going on for this long. These trainers look and sound absolutely ridiculous The music even more so. My God this is the worst

[@MrJm323]

Yawn!!! Go and look at how orcas treat their own prey -- how they entertain themselves terrorizing and torturing seals, sea lions, dolphins, whales, etc.. There are plenty of videos of this behavior in the wild on this platform. ...Then, come back and guilt-shame humans for behavior that is far more compassionate towards the orcas. Orcas entertain themselves with the lives of intelligent sea mammals; so do we. What we do is hardly "horrific abuse". (And THEY are not the apex predator of the oceans -- WE are the apex predator of the whole solar system!) Or, just look up the story of Keiko -- and what CHOICES he made after being freed (after having been trained to hunt for fish on his own and even demonstrating that he could feed himself on a thousand-mile journey from Iceland to Norway). Keiko was confined at a place with far less resources than Sea World. And, he STILL preferred humans to integrating into a wild orca pod.

[@jefferyc6193]

Stop buying tickets to go to see these shows. Watch the documentary, Blachfish to get to know the truth about the brutal whale capture and separation from their mothers….

[@MrJm323]

Blackfish is a crockumentary, which success says more about our decrepit education system than anything else. "Brutal whale capture", eh? Ever see orcas terrorize and torture their prey (seals, sea lions, dolphins, gray whales, etc.) for their own entertainment before devouring them (or not bothering to eat them)? The orca and dolphin capture and exhibition industry seems downright compassionate to orcas compared with the ruthless orca pod psychology towards their own prey. ...And, it seems Keiko, the Free Willy orca, agrees with my assessment of their relative compassion and care for cetaceans -- since after being freed from the waters from where he was captured, he chose ultimately to spend the rest of his days with humans rather than integrating into a pod or just swimming "free" in the wild oceans.