Kasatka
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Kasatka is a female orca who lives at SeaWorld San Diego and the mother of Takara,[1] Nakai,[2] Kalia.[3] and Makani. She was captured off the coast of Iceland on October 26, 1978, at the age of less than two years.[4] She was estimated to be born around late 1976. Her name probably comes from the Russian word Kasatka (Russian: Косатка), a generic name for orcas. She is 17.7 feet (5.4 m) long and weighs 5,950 pounds (2,700 kg).[5]
Kasatka became a grandmother for the first time when her daughter Takara gave birth to her first calf, a female born May 3, 2002, named Kohana. Takara gave birth a second time, on November 23, 2005, to a male named Trua in SeaWorld Orlando. Kasatka was separated from Takara on April 24, 2004, where she was moved to SeaWorld Orlando. Takara has since given birth in 2010, to a female calf named Sakari. Takara had another daughter in 2013, named Kamea. Kalia gave birth to Kasatka's fifth grandchild and fourth granddaughter, Amaya, on December 2, 2014 at 12:34 pm.
Kasatka has shown aggression to humans. In 1993 Kasatka tried to bite a trainer during a show, and again in 1999.[6] On November 30, 2006, Kasatka grabbed the same trainer from the 1999 incident, Ken Peters, and dragged him underwater twice during their show.[7] The trainer survived with minor injuries.[8]
Kasatka gave birth to her fourth calf, a male, on February 14, 2013.[9] He was later named Makani. "At birth Makani (Hawaiian for "Wind") measured about 6.5 feet and weighed in between 300 and 350 pounds. His father is Kshamenk, via artificial insemination."[10] Her daughter Kalia gave birth to her first calf, Amaya, on December 2, 2014 at 12:34 pm.
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- ↑ http://www.counterpunch.org/2010/02/26/how-orky-and-kasatka-almost-sank-sea-world/
- ↑ "Kasatka" Beyond the Blue. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
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- ↑ "Near Death At SeaWorld: Worldwide Exclusive Video" Huffington Post July 24, 2012.
- ↑ "Killer whale attacks Sea World trainer" CNN November 30, 2006.
- ↑ [1] 10 News February 20, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.orcahome.de/orcastat.htm
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