Tillicim and the other Orca's were/are suffering from major animal abuse at the hands of the Sea World higherups. There is an entire documentary about it called Black Fish. Sea World had plenty of forewarning that Tillicim was becoming more and more aggressive and did nothing about it because it would hurt their bottom line. They even used the trainers as a scape goat when things started to heat up.
Great video! Just wanted to let you know the death of Dawn was actually at the end of the show not the beginning. After the afternoon dining with Shamo show Dawn was playing g with Tillicim in the pool where she was at as hugging him and doing some interactions that were like a little performance for all the kids and other people leaving the show. She was dragged in by her hair or her arm (there are witnesses who say both it’s never been fully confirmed what area he grabbed) they believe he was upset and frustrated because during the show he didn’t perform a task correctly so Dawn did what she was supposed to do and didn’t reward him with the food. It was a trick that had him circling the length of the pool waving his fin to the crowd and then when he heard the whistle to come back to the trainer and he would get food. He did the waving of the fin but he didn’t hear the command to come back so he continued waving and circling until the second or third whistle when he finally hear what Dawn was asking him to do. He had been known to be frustrated and would literally bang his head into the walls of his tank because he was just bored and had nothing to occupy his time. He was also captured in the wild and separated from his mother. When he arrived at his first park he was severely bullied by two female whales who attacked him especially at night when they would be locked away in this modified shacks that went around their tanks and made their enclosure even smaller. Like 1/3 the size of the tank in Orlando. The whales were constantly fed smaller amounts of food because it would make them easier to train because they would be more willing to do what the trainer wanted because it meant food. Dawn died because Tilli got frustrated because he didn’t have an outlet to swim away or do what he wanted. Imagine being forced to live in a bathroom with two of your classmates that you probably don’t even get along with. You can’t leave the bathroom and the two people you live with are from different families, cultures, backgrounds, etc. when you get mad you can’t go anywhere you just have to live there in that bathroom for life! Tilli didn’t attack Dawn because he wanted to hurt and kill her (that is what former trainers who worked with him, Dawn, and other whales have said) he was frustrated and he lashed out like a toddler having a tantrum. Except this toddler is a 5 ton killer whale who literally ripped her arm off, scalped her, played with her corpse, and then proceeded to guard her body for more than an hour refusing to allow the other trainers and staff to remove her body from the tank.
Not ALL movie depictions of orcas portray them as sweet and affectionate toward people. I remember a movie I saw when I was a kid back in the 80s. It starred Richard Harris (Dumbledore from the first two Harry Potter films). At the beginning of the film, Harris' character kills the female of a pair of orcas and for the remainder of the movie that female's mate it hunting Harris. It was actually a really good movie.
Orcas: “ if you get beached and your found by those hairless things on two legs, just make sad noises. they’ll put you back in the water. They’re stupid.”
Most people that talk about Orca in this generic manner, even WATOP, tend to generalize them as the "cruel, killing machines". I have seen a different side of them.
Important to note that those human killings have only happened with orcas that have spent years and years locked up in small pools with little to nothing to do, but perform shows day in day out. Imagine being trapped in a bathtub for a decade. Alone. Paraded around in a slightly bigger bathtub for 60 minutes 6 days a weeks and the back in your bathtub with nothing to do.
I think its because they hunt in groups but not individually. They are incredible mammals of sea kingdom. It is so curious that they eat only liver of the pray. They are absolutely intelligent and smart.
The thing that actually made me fear Orcas was finding out they sometimes hunt Moose! Moose are huge and terrifying as it is I didn’t need to know a Orca would hunt it. I only found that our when I was doing research on Wolves and their prey so... I wasn't prepared to learn that.
You ever feel like you're in a time period as a human where you're stuck between two giants fighting it out? This is what it feels like to see orcas and whales fight.
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Love how Orcas are fierce, intelligent, deadly, yet the minute they open their mouths they look like they’re smiling.
Orca: "Wanna play football?
Tillicim and the other Orca's were/are suffering from major animal abuse at the hands of the Sea World higherups. There is an entire documentary about it called Black Fish. Sea World had plenty of forewarning that Tillicim was becoming more and more aggressive and did nothing about it because it would hurt their bottom line. They even used the trainers as a scape goat when things started to heat up.
Great video! Just wanted to let you know the death of Dawn was actually at the end of the show not the beginning. After the afternoon dining with Shamo show Dawn was playing g with Tillicim in the pool where she was at as hugging him and doing some interactions that were like a little performance for all the kids and other people leaving the show. She was dragged in by her hair or her arm (there are witnesses who say both it’s never been fully confirmed what area he grabbed) they believe he was upset and frustrated because during the show he didn’t perform a task correctly so Dawn did what she was supposed to do and didn’t reward him with the food. It was a trick that had him circling the length of the pool waving his fin to the crowd and then when he heard the whistle to come back to the trainer and he would get food. He did the waving of the fin but he didn’t hear the command to come back so he continued waving and circling until the second or third whistle when he finally hear what Dawn was asking him to do. He had been known to be frustrated and would literally bang his head into the walls of his tank because he was just bored and had nothing to occupy his time. He was also captured in the wild and separated from his mother. When he arrived at his first park he was severely bullied by two female whales who attacked him especially at night when they would be locked away in this modified shacks that went around their tanks and made their enclosure even smaller. Like 1/3 the size of the tank in Orlando. The whales were constantly fed smaller amounts of food because it would make them easier to train because they would be more willing to do what the trainer wanted because it meant food. Dawn died because Tilli got frustrated because he didn’t have an outlet to swim away or do what he wanted. Imagine being forced to live in a bathroom with two of your classmates that you probably don’t even get along with. You can’t leave the bathroom and the two people you live with are from different families, cultures, backgrounds, etc. when you get mad you can’t go anywhere you just have to live there in that bathroom for life! Tilli didn’t attack Dawn because he wanted to hurt and kill her (that is what former trainers who worked with him, Dawn, and other whales have said) he was frustrated and he lashed out like a toddler having a tantrum. Except this toddler is a 5 ton killer whale who literally ripped her arm off, scalped her, played with her corpse, and then proceeded to guard her body for more than an hour refusing to allow the other trainers and staff to remove her body from the tank.
Seals :
Anything:
Tilikum is a tragic tale of an orca that was kidnapped from its family by humans at a young age to entertain humans.
Not ALL movie depictions of orcas portray them as sweet and affectionate toward people. I remember a movie I saw when I was a kid back in the 80s. It starred Richard Harris (Dumbledore from the first two Harry Potter films). At the beginning of the film, Harris' character kills the female of a pair of orcas and for the remainder of the movie that female's mate it hunting Harris. It was actually a really good movie.
Orca: I kill for fun
Orcas: “ if you get beached and your found by those hairless things on two legs, just make sad noises. they’ll put you back in the water. They’re stupid.”
Most people that talk about Orca in this generic manner, even WATOP, tend to generalize them as the "cruel, killing machines". I have seen a different side of them.
I feel so sad watching the poor seals be so brutally killed. Rest in peace sea pups. Hope you find everything that you love in the afterlife
When sharks get reduced down to being a vitamin pill for the tuxedo dolphins...
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Important to note that those human killings have only happened with orcas that have spent years and years locked up in small pools with little to nothing to do, but perform shows day in day out. Imagine being trapped in a bathtub for a decade. Alone. Paraded around in a slightly bigger bathtub for 60 minutes 6 days a weeks and the back in your bathtub with nothing to do.
I think its because they hunt in groups but not individually. They are incredible mammals of sea kingdom. It is so curious that they eat only liver of the pray. They are absolutely intelligent and smart.
Sharks: "I'm the terror of the seas."
Imagine going for a walk and getting jumped by like 13 living tuxedos
The thing that actually made me fear Orcas was finding out they sometimes hunt Moose! Moose are huge and terrifying as it is I didn’t need to know a Orca would hunt it. I only found that our when I was doing research on Wolves and their prey so... I wasn't prepared to learn that.
You ever feel like you're in a time period as a human where you're stuck between two giants fighting it out? This is what it feels like to see orcas and whales fight.