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

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..

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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