... has helped change the world's view of whales. He has killed three people. Tilikum is a male Orca, more commonly referred to as a killer whale, with a complex background. In 1983 Tilikum was violently captured in Iceland and then illegally sold to 'Sealand of the Pacific' aquarium in Canada. He ... Orca of his necessary nutrients and food was withheld from Tilikum if he did not respond to the trainers' instructions. Tilikum was a highly intelligent whale and due to this he seems to have noticed his mistreatment. Tilikum began to become restless, frustrated with being trapped in a concrete...

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... animals are confined to small living spaces and how this leads them to lash out and become aggressive with trainers (Trimarco). The performing whale Tilikum, the whale that the documentary focuses on, at SeaWorld in 2010, killed trainer Dawn Brancheau. This is traced back to the frustration the animals feel ... towards them and can affect their communication (Killer Whales in Captivity). These living arrangements are not ideal for a wild animal such as the killer whale. Keeping them away from their natural home and family puts a tremendous amount of stress on the animals, which explains ...

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... blowholes. Here I"ll be talking about two types of whales including their differences and their similarities. These are the similarities of both the killer whale and the sperm whale. They both migrate in water especially in the warm places of the sea. Both of these whales swim with their tails moving up and ... down (so do all the other whales). The killer whale as well as the sperm whale comes from the Odonteceti group, which means they are toothed whales that prey on fishes, squids, sometimes sharks, and other creatures in ... to take a look outside, this is called lobtailing. Though t...

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... up and leave. I'd sit there, uncomfortable, anesthetized by thumping music, bright colors and smiling faces. I'd watch a trainer stand on the face of a killer whale, surf its back, spin it in goofy circles, and I would instinctively feel I was beholding something demeaning. But then I'd look around the stadium and see ... are the largest animals to be held in captivity and have been used for public display over the last forty years. According to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation there are currently fifty-seven Killer Whales held in captivity in over fourteen marine parks in eight diffe...

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... day of the attack recall the whales seeming very agitated, this likely had a lot to with the attack on Dawn. Samantha Berg, a former Seaworld trainer recalls there being seventy plus whale-trainer incidents. Although there had been a lot of trainer involved incidents that seem to have been fueled by the animals' aggression, there were many whales who died in captivity due ... go searching all over the world. Initially hunters were capturing whales from Washington, but once they were banned from hunting there, they moved to Iceland to hunt. John Crowe, a former whale hunter says he's see...

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... in water. Several organisms can adapt to different pH levels and other chemical amounts but some cannot stand too much carbon dioxide and may get sick and die. The blue whale is the largest animal on earth ever. All its body parts are huge, and its spout shoots up at least 30 feet when it surfaces for air. Whales breath through ... their throat, that is they can expand their throats. They have huge plates in their throats called Baleen which filter out water and keeps the food in. Another way the whale has adapted is that they don't sleep. Instead, they take short naps by floating near ...

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