Orca Encounter Goes Wrong (Ultra HD) Aug. 23, 2019 - SeaWorld San Diego 

I find it disgusting what humans will do just for the price of admission. Poor animals don’t belong in a concrete tub.

Notice they no longer get in the pool with them

Ultimately, what's going on is the collagen in the dorsal fin is breaking down. One reason this may happen is from temperature. Warmer temperatures can disrupt collagen's structure and rigidity. Which may explain why more captive whales have curved fins. In captivity, whales breach the surface more often, exposing their fins to the warmer air. It doesn't take long for this process to happen. One group developed curved fins after a month in captivity. But once the group was released back to the wild the fins reverted to normal.

Those trainers even know what being captive does to these animals.

For everyone saying this is an old video- they never claimed that this was Tillikum, all orca names are listed in the description

Their poor dorsalfins 😭😭

Thanks for the show. Saved us a ton of money and the quality was awesome.

They’re so beautiful. So smart. So majestic.

I miss tilikum like his story was so sad. I miss keiko too :((

It’s so crazy... how does each one know when to go when? Like they’re so synchronized it’s very cool I feel bad obviously wild animals shouldn’t be held in captivity unless in a rehab shelter or like a sanctuary to help their population & rescue.. but seeing these majestic creatures and how very intelligent they are is absolutely incredible.. God bless the good ppl who truly love & respect them and take good care of them..

Apparently these are cleverer than humans

One has to remember that when many of these Orcas were initially captured; whale hunting was going on hot and heavy. As Chief Dan George wrote: if you talk to the animals, they will talk to you. If you do not talk to them; you will not know them. What one does know; one will destroy. There are 2 types of Orcas transient and pod. Completely different. People are very aware of Orcas because of their aquarium existence. How concerned are you the people for still hunted Sperm, Humpback, Blue or Grey whales. Humans typically join the rah, rah of the moment..

The trainer did a great job explaining the communication and the aspects of their training! 🥰

Tillikum was in orlando, not San Diego

ORCAS ARE UNPREDICTABLE BUT BEAUTUFUL..

I thought that little mishap was quite cute and gave an opportunity to give a more educational experience instead of just circus tricks. Lucky for the crowd to witness real orca behavior. I found that more interesting then just splashing and jumping.

The flopped over dorsal fin means that these whales are UNHEALTHY and slowly going mad.

Until you can show me an Orca without a curled dorsal fin in captivity I WILL NOT GIVE YOU A DIME!

The trainers often say during a show they can’t “ make” the Orcas do anything. Here is a prime example. The trainers respect that.

Oh that was so funny Corky chasing Makani! LOL Even the show didn't go exactly as planned it was great seeing them behave naturally. Haven't been to Sea World in a long time, I really miss it!

Beautiful, graceful and powerful!

If they let them back in the ocean they won’t serve out in the ocean they will die out there it’s pretty sad i did re search on dolphins and whales when I was in school

21:46 Trainer: Come here Whale: waaaa? Trainer: do you wanna splash some people? Whale: yeaaa Trainer: Go!

So what went wrong ?

Orcas are wolves of the sea. Go figure...

I’d never go to any sea animal exhibit but stop saying zoos are bad .. 95% of zoos are where rescue animals live ..

I have no idea what went wrong here, but I enjoyed watching this I’ve never been to seaworld :(

I love Whales so much especially orcas

The fins have nothing to do with if they are sad and depressed. If you notice there are one or two with a straight fin and I doubt they are completely content with their life.

It makes me sad that no one died

Her eyes look dead inside

How are ppl not understanding that "Tilikum" is the account username - not indicative of what whales are in this particular video? Also who cares. It's all wrong. Tilikum's captive life was tragic and life is tragic for these animals also.

I don’t understand What went wrong???

Beautiful video. Thank you for sharing.

I think they handled to situation well. They are animals and animals have a hierarchy and the trainers allowed them to keep their response to behaviors they don’t like. A young dog or chicken would get the same response from an elder no matter the age gap. I think the trainers did a great job conducting the presentation and explaining the situation. I am glad they are no continuing the breeding and capturing of these beautiful animals. Funding animal education and protection is one thing but exploiting them for profit is wrong when it clearly has shown to affect their health and well-being being in captivity. That part is sad.

I miss the shows. They were fun to watch. Made me want to learn more about the animal.

Bad news: Watching Top Gun did not make you a pilot. Watching Blackfish did not make you a marine biologist.

I didn't see anything that went wrong so why that title???

Only in America 🙄🥴

No captive born Orcas have yet lived past 30yrs of age when they are capable of living from 70-90yrs of age in there normal habitat with that being said I think this in itself explains an awful lot.

Has anybody seen the video of that Orca killing that female trainer?

These trainers are awesome! They have a tough job and they do it well. These Orcas really love the trainers. Can't wait to see the show live.

At least give them some kind of toys to play with then or let them hunt for live food instead of just feeding them dead stuff they’re sick of.

You actually can swim with the Orca's, it is soooo much better than watching them do tricks. It is on my bucket list.

How old is corky the orca? She's gorgeous!

Where did it go wrong?

I guess you don’t mess with Corky

This is old video. Didn't happen in 2019! Why doesn't it say truth! Tillikum dead years ago.

Orcas are killers.

Beauty and danger I one package.

The communication with the animals and the trainers is amazing.

Fins bent over, these Orca are sad and depressed!!!

I'm so confused I don't understand why San Diego is still having shows.. that was supposed to have ended a couple of years ago..

I will never take my family to one of these. They are worse the the zoo.

In Canada we banned orca breeding and captivity. I think Canada currently has 1 orca in captivity

Look at all the hooked fin. They are so sad.

How are they not embarrassed to show their dorsal fins looking like that, as if them being in captivity is not the obvious reason for them looking like that

Wish they’d quit w/ the “Killer Whale”. Orca sounds more accurate to me.

It’s incredible that Corky is still alive and relatively healthy for an orca in captivity. I just watched a news piece from 30 years ago about a group working to get her released back to the wild. Some were losing hope because of her age. Ironic that they thought she would be released and that Keiko would spend the rest of his life in captivity.

this is so sad. these animals can’t simply be freed into the ocean for obvious reasons. the last generation of these whales have to spend the rest of their lives in this depressing state. SeaWorld does a lot to help conserve wildlife but captivating these intelligent and social creatures is almost morbid.

Sad part is that they can't set them free, these whales have no idea how to be whales. Since they were taken away from there family at such a young age, they dont know anything. And for people who think that they should be set feet they should really take that to mind, they cant speak the language, the dont know how to hunt or dive. They also get medicated when they get sick, which makes them easily Susceptible to getting a cold, And dying.

This only peaked my interest as I thought it was the show where the orca drowned a trainer

16:55 she gave him one fish he was mad his attitude change then

Tbh, i hate that those orcas live in captivity, they are so pretty! They could of been in the wild instead of being raised in captivity.. and now it’s too late

The fins are bent almost completely over 😢 they are not happy, it's horrible

I don’t get why people always scream when they’re splashed it’s just water.

In the wild they do not constantly eat. They must keep them.hungry to force them to work. That is sick.

why do you seem hostile when you respond to comments? kinda weird

Here lemme explain. SeaWorld claims that this condition is common-however, in the wild, it rarely ever happens and is a sign of an injured or unhealthy orca. The phenomenon is more common in captivity, but people have also seen wild orcas with curved fins. So, the cause cannot be captivity alone. Ultimately, what's going on is the collagen in the dorsal fin is breaking down. ... In captivity, whales breach the surface more often, exposing their fins to the warmer air.

I understand that most of these orcas were born in captivity and most likely cannot be freed. They don’t have the endurance, the language skills and knowledge needed to survive. Many are not even pure eco-types so they wouldn’t be accepted into existing wild pods. Not to mention that most of their teeth are in need of daily care. BUT we know more about the need of orcas than we did when these tanks were built. Let’s make them bigger. The parking lots sure have some extra land. Let’s give them more to interact with, other than blank walls. Maybe the pools could have jets and currents. Just because an animal is surviving in its current environment, that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve more. Orca are too special to be treated like dancing poodles. We need to make the most of having them in captivity. Let scientists get in there and learn as much as we can, so hopefully we will use that knowledge to protect the wild orca. Make the sacrifice of these orca’s freedom garner more than dollars.

Orcas look weird when you notice their eyes

Thought all these places got shut down

While they probably are sad and depressed....their fins collapsed likely due to them not having enough water and from gravity. They don't droop fins because of mood.

FYI @happyhealerforpresident2029 The animals at every Seaworld are fed regularly and have the best quality of food, vitamins and have the best medical care. The fish that they are being given is a Treat not a meal. People that are concerned about the animals that are in captivity should really get a job at one of these parks to see how amazingly these beautiful creatures are treated. I used to feel the same way about the orcas being in captivity then I had a job at one of the parks and learned so much about how they are treated and cared for.

This might be a stupid question but why does only 1 trainer put a metal gate up when giving commands etc? I'm guessing so that specific orca doesn't come up to far onto the platform?

it really is amazing how much damn money these stupid places make and they refuse to make large enclosures for these animals and treat them properly. there is a right way to keep these animals and the greedy bastards up top don't care. you cant set these animals free at this point.

I mean how on earth do they control these giant beasts. How do they train them? I can barely train my dog 😦 it’s so sad really

You can’t put them back in the ocean so get over it . It is enrichment for children who will never get to see orca the biggest Dolphin. Most children who love and care about marine life will go on to be Marine Biologist. So no sense of complaining only the meek will inherit the earth. Pray no more trainers get killed by these wondrous creatures

I don't like this either but the way they train those orcas is amazing

I’ve seen many comments talk about how ridiculous it is when people say that the bent dorsal fins are do to the whale being sad or sick bc whales in the wild can be sad and sick as well but theirs don’t bend. This is a very good point but I’d say that this would qualify as a different kind of sad or sick. It’s obvious that this only happens to captured whales living in captivity. The defeat, and helplessness that comes with that is a kind of sadness that wild don’t experience. Wild whales are at the top of the food chain and these whales have no control of their environment or food. I personally think there’s several factors that could play a part in causing the bend, the main one being not able to swim the distances, speed and depths as the wild ones are used to and the open ocean has many currents that can be quite strong so they need to be strong to match the environment. So basically I think it mostly comes down to the environmental differences. Sadness my not be the cause of the fin bending but I wouldn’t call anyones opinions ridiculous. Of course they’re sad, that’s not a crazy statement in my opinion. What I do think is crazy or ridiculous is the fact that people go around putting others down and thinking they’re smarter then others when in reality it’s ok if someone do know something plus anyone can be wrong. Hell even our scientists and doctors and specialist get things wrong. Being wrong is part of learning and growing. The dunning Kruger effect always amazes me. Maybe it’s the ego refusing to be wrong or people just wanting to feel superior to others but that’s the part that seems ridiculous to me. Sorry for the rant y’all have a great day

What went wrong was the calf was misbehaving and not doing what he was suppose to do and chased the adult female until she corrected him.

I wonder if the orcas in the pool can recognize the orcas on the screen.

So they "ask" these animals to perform tricks for humans. Translation: You don't do what we tell you to do or you don't eat.

The only thing that bugs me is that they call them whales when in fact, Orcas are the largest member of the dolphin family and are in no way related to any species of whale

9:25 And when they really want to be heard, they breach!! ...which we will conveniently skip over as non of these whales will ever get to do that due to the water not being deep enough and them not having enough space...

God, what amazing creatures! So majestic, mysterious, and intelligent! I think they are amongst the most beautiful creatures of the sea.

It is for an educational reason they are showing what the animals can do and I am a trainer at loro parque the best zoo in Europe and that is for educational reasons only

The fin is hooked over because they are in captivity and it’s exposed to heat. They don’t have skills anymore to go into the wild also they travel and migrate during the seasons and that doesn’t happen in a pool smh 2020 humans are treated like captive animals now y’all know why they be going wild 😜 I also notice how the fin is much smaller and the whale 🐳 is big so maybe that’s why the fin didn’t bow

I was at Sea World San Antonio back in 2006. A male Orca slid up on the platform in the head & tail up position and refused to budge. They did a wonderful job of explaining that animas are going to do what they'll do when they want to do it. So, staff was just going to ignore him and let him get down in his own time. It was the best temper tantrum I've ever seen. 😆

I’m sure you remember what happened to Willy aka Keiko everyone saw the film Free Willy and found out he wasn’t really free.. People were out raged and demanded he went back to Iceland where they captured him when he was two years old. Mind you He’s been with his trainers, Hollywood in motion pictures, he has been training for people for 25 years & he LOVED his fans. They had to raise $20 million to get him out of Mexico they had to build him a brand new tank in Oregon which was beautiful by the way I think he should have lived out his last year’s in Oregon.. Instead it took four or five years to get him healthy and ready for “the wild” You know how stressful it is to get an 8000 pound orca from the United States to ICELAND 😳 it cost soooo much money - finally Keiko was freed. He Immediately traveled 900 miles to Norway he was swimming up to boats Frantically looking for a human companionship, he was also showing up to people that had a oceanfront backyard and he would never leave. We didn’t ask HIM if this is what he wanted? The ocean is a scary place! He cried for his owners, his home he Eventually died four months later after being freed, he died of pneumonia and loneliness, starvation. If Lolita is freed The same thing will happen to her because she’s triple his age, I’m sure she loves her owners and trainers. Where she lives is unacceptable, people have swimming pools bigger than where she lives. Miami Seaquarium makes big bucks all year around instead of trying to free her they need to find better resources of getting her in a bigger tank. She also need shade from the Miami sun, I live in Miami and I’m gonna visit Lollita on Thursday. But People need to calm down about this whole freeing the orcas, its like kicking A five-year-old out the house and say get it together, you’ll figure it out!

I had to guard circus elephants, they were pissed all the time

As a toddler I always knew something was wrong in the orca’s dorsal fins . Turns out I was right

I'm so torn with Sea World. I'm 38 now and haven't been since I was about 12 or 13. But as a kid starting at about 7/8 yo, my mom used to take my cousin and I every summer to Sea World. We are close in age, both only children, and while we are unfortunately no longer in each others' lives, we grew up like brother & sister at the time. He had a very traumatic childhood and was raised by my grandmother that wouldn't have taken him anywhere had it not been for my mom and our Sumner and holiday visits with them. I also didn't get to do much the rest of the yr or have a lot of friends so I always looked forward to our Summer Sea World visits, especially since I've always loved animals. So my memories with Sea World as a kid are extremely cherished. Now as an adult I understand things for what they really are and it truly sucks. I haven't gone or supported them in years even though I have to admit I do miss it. But regardless of the things that have come to light about them, I can't say I regret going as a kid. It was a special time with my cousin, mom, and grandma...all that would be ruined later on on life, and I'm so glad I have those incredibly fond memories to look back on...

This is the saddest thing I've ever seen.

I have heard from a marine biologist that if the fin is bent over that the orca is sick (I know it's not always the case)

Matriarchal societies weren't structured the same as patriarchal societies in that rather than having a line of authority, they encouraged and assisted each person to practice their personal interests in a creative way as opposed to a structured way to allow freedom of expression while keeping peaceful relations with others.

These creatures are amazing and everyone is saying their sad but why is no one doing anything

Omggggg their fins :'(

I dont see anything wrong but i bet the whales do get tired.

All captive adult male have collapsed dorsal fins, likely because they have no space in which to swim freely and are fed an unnatural diet of thawed dead fish. SeaWorld claims that this condition is common-however, in the , it rarely ever happens and is a sign of an injured or unhealthy .