Marine mammal park
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A marine mammal park is a commercial theme park or aquarium where marine mammals such as dolphins, beluga whales and sea lions are kept within water tanks and displayed to the public in special shows.
An orca (Kasatka) performs as Shamu at SeaWorld San Diego
Lolita the Orca performed at Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years.
Orca
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The orca, or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. The only extant species in the genus Orcinus, it is recognizable by its distinct pigmentation; being
Marine mammal park
…world's first oceanarium." In November 1961, Marineland of the Pacific on the Palos Verdes Peninsula near Los Angeles became the first park to display an orca in captivity, although the orca named Wanda died after two days. The Vancouver Aquarium had the second orca held alive in captivity, Moby Doll, for…
Killerwhales jumping
Orcinus citoniensis fossil, an extinct species of the same genus, Museo Capellini in Bologna
Modern orca skeleton, Naturalis, Leiden
An orca leaps out of the water when swimming—a behaviour known as porpoising—in Hood Canal