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I got ridiculously happy when I saw this, thinking it was recent, and then I remembered he’s gone.

i wonder if they’ll do anything with his skeleton. it would be nice if they could articulate it and perhaps make a little memorial area for him in the park.

Yeahh. Has Seaworld ever done anything like that for any prominent animal of theirs? I mean, I haven’t heard of them using the methods of Marineland, but nothing like them honoring a dead animal.

I recall hearing once that Kalina was buried on the property of SeaWorld Orlando since she was the beloved “Baby Shamu” but given that there’s no proof of that it’s likely false.

SW barely acknowledges the existence of the original Shamu, I doubt they’ll do anything special for Tillikum.

I didn’t realize that was Kanduke at Skeletons, that’s pretty neat. I would love it if SeaWorld would display Tilikum for educational purposes, but I’m not holding my breath. They probably want him gone asap.

Yeah he’s over the admissions area. I’m not sure if there’s a sign explaining exactly who Kanduke is or anything, at MO there’s a sign explaining where Winnie came from and how she died.

i wonder if they’ll do anything with his skeleton. it would be nice if they could articulate it and perhaps make a little memorial area for him in the park.

Yeahh. Has Seaworld ever done anything like that for any prominent animal of theirs? I mean, I haven’t heard of them using the methods of Marineland, but nothing like them honoring a dead animal.

I recall hearing once that Kalina was buried on the property of SeaWorld Orlando since she was the beloved “Baby Shamu” but given that there’s no proof of that it’s likely false.

SW barely acknowledges the existence of the original Shamu, I doubt they’ll do anything special for Tillikum.

I don’t mean to sound negative as shit, but EVEN HERE most people don’t understand that there are multiple types of orca. They don’t know about the issues, other than maybe in abstract. A distressing number of people think that ACTIVISTS have doomed the orcas because of Seaworld’s cessation of breeding. I’ve seen a number of discussions in which people have already written the SR’s off.  These aren’t pro-caps, they’re just casual observers. That’s bad. While there’s a big group of cetacean enthusiasts here, and a huge number of conservation-focused orgs (they do great work!), it’s actually distressingly small in the big picture. And while I hate to bring this up for the thousandth time, this shit is a huge part of why I have so much vitriol for places like Seaworld and now VanAq because they aren’t really helping. They could do so much more. They should be. Lip service, from them, from politicians, from people who don’t change their habits, voice their opinions, DO something, is what gets us to this dreary point of despair in which it’s literally just a relative handful of people against the apathetic horror which is most of humanity. If the numbers we were told at Superpod are correct, something like 97% of charity (and attention) goes to human issues. That leaves the minuscule rest for the environment and animals. That’s awful. This is what we’re up against. How do we fix it? What do we do? 

I can’t believe they both are gone. Wth is happening

This makes me so angry. J-34 Doublestuf was my boy and I know it sounds silly but I really cared about him. The stupidity and greed that humans possess is so scary and just not understandable to me. I’m sad, angry, frustrated and helpless. It broke my heart seeing the picture of him so skinny. I’m looking forward to the autopsy - the not knowing what killed him is aggravating. But what I gather from that picture is simply starvation. Because stupid humans only think about themselves and not the entire ecosystem and all of the lives involved. RIP Doublestuf

You put my every thought into words. This is exactly what I mean.

Hey guys, tumblr isn’t working or something ugh but I have another bit of video here, check it out! This is particularly for cetacean blogs, but anyone can watch of course…just a bit of video I found interesting from one of my visits. Let me know what you think! tokitaee bathe-the-whales breakthewhalebowl globi-melas

No no no no no he has to be okay. Has to.

How exactly is this racist?

Ye except Japan doesn’t really like, EAT dolphins anymore they just kill them for shits and giggles so..

I just gasped so loudl you would have thought a ghost was in my house

Not to sound dumb, but how can you tell looking at this picture?

Oh I just assumed this was the only recent photo they had of her on hand. Odd that they wouldn’t have gotten a more “revealing” photo but I wouldn’t let a NOAA researcher steer me wrong!