Tag: Kyuquot

Kyuquot, which is often misspelled Kyuquet, is a bull Orca who was born on December 24, 1991. He was born at Sealand of the Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia. His mother was Haida II and his father is Tilikum (whale). At the age of 13 months, Kyuquot was moved to SeaWorld San Antonio in Texas, with his mother in January 1993. He has been there ever since.
Kyuquot’s mother, Haida II, died on August 1, 2001. Kyuquot, who had an extremely close bond with her, was devastated and it took him months to recover from the loss.
Ky, as he is normally called by his trainers, is nearly mature, so he is quite massive. His pectoral fins are growing larger and his dorsal, which is quite tall in its own respect, leans very far to his left side. Also, his flukes are beginning to curl under, like all adult male Orca’s. He has grown at an astounding rate in the past year and a half; he currently measures nearly 6 m (20 ft) and weighs in at 3.2 tonnes (7,200 pounds).
Even though he was involved in a…