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Archivado en: General
Archivado en: General
| NAME | MOTHER | SEX | ORIGIN | CAPT./BORN | AQUARIUM | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960< | ||||||
| Corky 2 / A16 | A23? | F | BC, CAN | 12/12/1969 | SeaWorld California | Corky was about 3 years old when captured. She is a member of the Northern Resident killer whale population. Reportedly she is blind on one eye. She experienced 7 (seven!) unsuccessful pregnancies, with no calf surviving more than 46 days. Corky measures about 20.6 feet and weighs in at 8,200 pounds (Feb 2004). |
| 1970< | ||||||
| Lolita | L pod | F | WA, USA | 08/11/1970 | Miami Seaquarium | Lolita, also known as Tokitae, was about 4 years old when captured. She is a member of the Southern Resident killer whale population. Lolita measures about 20 feet and weighs in at 7,500 pounds (Feb 2004). |
| Katina | ? | F | Iceland | 10/26/1978 | SeaWorld Florida | Katina, also known as Kandu 6, was about 2 years old when captured. She became the first “successful” mother in captivity with her calf Kalina. Katina measures about 16.4 feet and weighs in at 5,600 pounds (Summer 2004). |
| Kasatka | ? | F | Iceland | 10/26/1978 | SeaWorld California | Kasatka was about 1 year old when captured. She became the first whale to be artificially inseminated in 2000, using Tillikum’s semen. Kasatka measures about 17 feet and weighs in at 5,400 pounds (Feb 2004). |
| Kiska | ? | F | Iceland | 10/1979 | Marineland Ontario | Kiska was about 3 years old when captured. She measures about 20 feet and weighs in at 6,500 pounds (July 2006). |
| Ulises | ? | M | Iceland | 11/19/1980 | SeaWorld California | Ulises, sometimes spelled Ulysses, was about 3 years old when captured. He spent a long time alone in Barcelona, Spain. Ulises measures about 20,3 feet and weighs in at 9,400 pounds (Feb 2004). |
| 1980< | ||||||
| Freya | ? | F | Iceland | 10/1982 | Marineland Antibes, France | Freya was about 1 year old when captured. She measures about 19.7 feet and weighs in at 6,700 pounds (Summer 2004). |
| Tillikum | ? | M | Iceland | 11/1983 | SeaWorld Florida | Tillikum, sometimes spelled Tilikum, was about 2 years old when captured. He is probably the biggest captive orca, weighing in at 12,300 pounds. He measures about 22.5 feet (Summer 2004). |
| Bingo | ? | M | Iceland | 11/1984 | Kamogawa SeaWorld, Japan | Bingo, also known as Thor, was about 2 years old when captured. He measures about 21.3 feet and weighs in at 8,818 pounds (Oct 2005). |
| Kalina | Katina | F | captivity | 09/26/1985 | SeaWorld Florida | Kalina became the first captive born mother in 1993 with her calf Keet. She was just 6 years old when impregnated. Kalina measures about 17.8 feet and weighs in at 6,280 pounds (Summer 2004). |
| Nami | ? | F | Japan | 10/1985 | Taiji Whaling Museum, Japan | Nami was about 3 years old when captured. She measures about 19.6 feet and weighs in at 6,613 pounds (2005). |
| Stella | ? | F | Iceland | 10/1987 | Kamogawa SeaWorld, Japan | Stella was about 1 year old when captured. She measures about 17 feet and weighs in at 4,409 pounds (2006). |
| Oscar | ? | M | Iceland | 10/1987 | Kamogawa SeaWorld, Japan | Oscar, also known as Wolfie, was about 1 year old when captured. He measures about 18.4 feet and weighs in at 6,172 pounds (2005). |
| Orkid | Kandu 5 | F | captivity | 09/23/1988 | SeaWorld California | Orkid is sometimes spelled Orchid. Her mother Kandu 5 died 08/21/1989. Orkid measures about 19 feet and weighs in at 5,900 pounds (Feb 2004). Orkid has been artificially inseminated several times, but so far without success. |
| Kayla | Kenau | F | captivity | 11/26/1988 | SeaWorld Florida | Kayla’s mother Kenau died 08/06/1991. Kayla measures about 18 feet and weighs in at 6,000 pounds (Jan 2006). |
| Taima | Gudrun | F | captivity | 07/11/1989 | SeaWorld Florida | Taima’s mother Gudrun died 02/25/1996. Taima measures about 18 feet and weighs in at 6,500 pounds (March 2007). |
| Sharkane | ? | F | Iceland | 10/1989 | Marineland Antibes, France | Sharkane was about 4 years old when captured. She measures about 18.2 feet and weighs in at 6,600 pounds (Summer 2004). |
| 1990< | ||||||
| Takara | Kasatka | F | captivity | 07/09/1991 | SeaWorld Florida | Takara measures about 17 feet and weighs in at 5,000 pounds (Summer 2004). |
| Kyuquet | Haida 2 | M | captivity | 12/24/1991 | SeaWorld Texas | Kyuquet’s mother Haida 2 died 08/01/2001. Kyuquet, also known as Ky or Kyuquot, was born at Sealand Victoria, Canada. Kyuquet measures about 21 feet and weighs in at 8,000 pounds (Oct 2007). |
| Kshamenk | ? | M | Argentina | 09/19/1992 | Acuario Mundo Marino, Buenos Aires | Kshamenk, also known as Sharmenk or Shamenk, was about 4 years old when captured. He was forced to strand. Kshamenk measures about 19.5 feet and weighs in at 7,800 pounds (March 2005). |
| Keet | Kalina | M | captivity | 02/02/1993 | SeaWorld Texas | Keet was separated from his mother at the age of 1 year 8 months to support Kalina’s next pregnancy. Keet measures about 19 feet and weighs in at 5,990 pounds (Oct 2007). |
| Shouka | Sharkane | F | captivity | 02/25/1993 | Six Flags California | Shouka measures about 16.3 feet and weighs in at 4,700 pounds (Nov 2004). |
| Keto | Kalina | M | captivity | 06/17/1995 | Loro Parque Tenerife, Spain | Keto is also known as Kito. He weighs in at 5,290 pounds (2007). |
| Valentin | Freya | M | captivity | 02/14/1996 | Marineland Antibes, France | Valentin measures about 16.7 feet and weighs in at 5,700 pounds (April 2006). |
| Unna | Katina | F | captivity | 12/27/1996 | SeaWorld Texas | Unna measures about 16 feet and weighs in at 4,900 pounds (April 2004). |
| Ku | ? | F | Japan | 02/09/1997 | Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan | Ku, sometimes misspelled Coo, was about 5 years old when captured. She measures about 19 feet and weighs in at 5,643 pounds (April 2005). |
| Lovey | Stella | F | captivity | 01/11/1998 | Kamogawa SeaWorld, Japan | Lovey, also known as Oyako, became the first surviving captive born calf in Japan after 5 unsuccessful pregnancies. She measures about 15.7 feet (Feb 2006) and weighs in at 3,527 pounds (2005). |
| Sumar | Taima | M | captivity | 05/14/1998 | SeaWorld California | Sumar, also known as Summar, and Taima had been separated since November 1998 because of aggressions between them. On March, 8, 1999, Sumar, being not even 1 year old, was transferred from SeaWorld Florida to SeaWorld California. Sumar measures about 15.3 feet and weighs in at 3,200 pounds (Feb 2004). |
| Inouk | Sharkane | M | captivity | 02/23/1999 | Marineland Antibes, France | Inouk measures about 13.9 feet and weighs in at 2,500 pounds (April 2006). |
| Tuar | Kalina | M | captivity | 06/22/1999 | SeaWorld Texas | Kalina’s latest calf first had been named Flash but people were unhappy with that name. Then he was named Tuar in an on-line poll. Tuar measures about 14 feet and weighs in at 2,500 pounds (Feb 2004). |
| 2000< | ||||||
| Tekoa | Taima | M | captivity | 11/08/2000 | Loro Parque Tenerife, Spain | Tekoa weighs in at 2,990 pounds (2007). |
| Lara | Stella | F | captivity | 02/08/2001 | Kamogawa SeaWorld, Japan | Lara measures about 12.8 feet and weighs in at 2,204 pounds (2005). |
| Wiki | Sharkane | F | captivity | 06/01/2001 | Marineland Antibes, France | Wiki, sometimes spelled Wikie, measures about 13.4 feet (April 2006). |
| Nakai | Kasatka | M | captivity | 09/01/2001 | SeaWorld California | Nakai measures about 13.2 feet and weighs in at 2,500 pounds (Feb 2004). |
| Kohana | Takara | F | captivity | 05/03/2002 | Loro Parque Tenerife, Spain | Kohana (Japanese for “little flower”) had been referred to as Makea on the internet prior to her official naming. Kohana measures about 14.2 feet and weighs in at 2,610 pounds (2006/2007). |
| Ikaika | Katina | M | captivity | 08/25/2002 | Marineland Ontario | Ikaika measures about 11.9 feet and weighs in at 1,800 pounds (Summer 2004). |
| Skyla | Kalina | F | captivity | 02/09/2004 | Loro Parque Tenerife, Spain | Skyla weighs in at 1,650 pounds (2007). |
| Athena | Kiska | F | captivity | 08/08/2004 | Marineland Ontario | Athena measures about 9 feet and weighs in at 1,500 pounds (July 2006). |
| Kalia | Kasatka | F | captivity | 12/21/2004 | SeaWorld California | - |
| Halyn | Kayla | F | captivity | 10/09/2005 | SeaWorld Texas | Halyn has been rejected by her mother and has to be hand-reared. She measures about 10.5 feet and weighs in at 1550 pounds (Oct 2007). |
| Trua | Takara | M | captivity | 11/23/2005 | SeaWorld Florida | Trua (Icelandic for “believe”) measures about 7 feet and weighs in at 350 pounds (Nov 2005). |
| Ran 2 | Stella | F | captivity | 02/25/2006 | Kamogawa SeaWorld, Japan | Ran 2 measures about 6.5 feet and weighs in at 375 pounds (Feb 2006). |
| Nalani | Katina | F | captivity | 09/18/2006 | SeaWorld Florida | - |
| Malia | Taima | F | captivity | 03/12/2007 | SeaWorld Florida | Malia measures about 6 feet and weighs in at about 350 pounds (March 2007). |
| Growth rate defined by Duffield and Miller (1988) was used to estimate the age from the length at time of capture. | ||||||
