Sentences with phrase «orcas showing»

This fall, lawmakers in California made yet another dramatic move in response to the company's Orca show: They passed a law outlawing breeding the whales in captivity.

The 14 - year - old orca showed off her vocal skills by imitating her trainer's words, saying things like «Amy» and «bye - bye.»

But Bradshaw's moving description of the effects of captivity on the physiology, behaviour and psychology of orca shows the value of this approach.

The film went on to spark a cultural revolution that forced the company to begin phasing out its popular orca shows.

Because I know about all the rescue work SeaWorld does which is entirely eclipsed by the orca shows and captive entertainment it has have misguidedly clung to.

Joining us Peter is Tim Zimmerman, Co-Writer and Executive Producer of Blackfish, the provocative documentary about Sea World and orcas, to discuss the documentary as well as Sea World's announcement to end their Orca shows.

Not exact matches

SeaWorld stopped breeding its orcas and phased out theatrical shows for more natural visitor encounters.

A study in 2002 showed that seals do not react to the recorded vocalizations of fish - eating orcas, but they do get jumpy when they hear transients.

In fact, the researchers» subsequent analysis showed that these orcas belonged to the population of animals previously considered strictly fish - eaters.

SeaWorld announced today that it will end orca breeding at all of its marine parks and phase out its killer whale shows.

Now, scientists report online today in PeerJ that commercial ships entering Haro Strait where the orcas live (as shown in the photo above), are likely interfering with the calls the whales make to communicate and locate prey.

While the study was designed to look at stranding trends and did not evaluate the causes, necropsies on beached orcas have shown that they absorb extremely high loads of humanmade toxins, suffer from infectious diseases and, in the case of fish - eating populations, depend primarily on severely depleted salmon stocks.

Even so, orcas are beautiful creatures that don't deserve to be treated in some of the ways that they get treated, and Blackfish accomplishes its goal of showing us that.

When my children were young, we went to the killer whale (orca) shows at the Vancouver Aquarium.

Nowadays, whale watch operators who can't show orcas to their passengers can almost count on humpbacks to fill in the gap.

It's been rather uncanny over the years, to note how often the space left by absent resident orcas is filled by transient orcas, who somehow manage to show up and save a thin whale watching day.

Your friendly and experienced guides of Eagle Eye Adventures will show you some magnificent encounters with wildlife which may include transient Orcas, minke whales, pacific white - sided dolphins, porpoises, sea lions, seals, black bears, cinnamon bears, and perhaps grizzly bears, all in their natural environment and Wildlife Adventure Tours.

The calendar below shows the departures dates for our Four Day Orcas and the Humpbacks Sea Kayaking Adventure.

How much of this threatened part of British Columbia we can show you depends on which sea kayaking orcas adventure or killer whale kayaking tour you select to share with us.

These Orcas, who will prey on Pacific White - sided Dolphins, showed little interest but the dolphins moved quickly in the other direction.

The orcas, also known as killer whales, have been entertaining our San Juan Island kayak tours all summer, showing off their power with beautiful breaches and playful tail - slaps on the water.

Ask them if they can back up their orca whale watching claims with actual data and show it to you.

Of course, the orcas usually steal the show, and can pass by at any time.

Without the backing of any scientific studies that show kayaking with killer whales has any negative effect on the orcas, NMFS was planning to shut down kayaking on the west side of San Juan Island this year.

And actually, the year I moved to Washington was the year the Orca's rarely showed up because of the bad salmon run.

Loro Parque is an acclaimed wildlife park boasting everything from whales and dolphins to sloths and gorillas — head to the spectacular Orca Ocean pool to see the whales put on a show or take the little ones to the world's largest penguinarium.

Scroll down to the map below that shows a green shaded area where over 95 % of orca whale sightings occur.

Whether hiking the West Coast Trail, kayaking with orcas in the Johnstone Strait or venturing off the beaten path and into old - growth rainforests and wild - running rivers, our goal is to show you a wild time with minimal impact on both the wildlife and the environment.

Photo of two Orca Whales playing, one is showing its tail, photographed on a whale watching tour from Telegraph Cove, BC.

Emerald Coast, while not shown in - game, seems to stay faithful to Sonic Adventure, featuring sand, loops, bridges, and orcas.