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katherinezetajones OP t1_j3xzaa2 wrote

My friend is a news reporter in Florida on scene there, she said “FWC and Seaworld are recovering the body now. NOAA says it’s the first Killer Whale in history to wash up in the Southeast US. They’re going to necropsy to try and figure out why it’s here.”

This is sad to see. Hopefully it’s an isolated case.

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randomsnowflake t1_j415cxi wrote

First thing I said to myself was “what the hell was it doing in Florida?” Orcas are cold water dwellers from what I know.

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mishap1 t1_j3y5z9t wrote

Sea World trying to do some secret dumping?

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Call_Me_Kramer t1_j3y6p18 wrote

Secret dumping on a public beach for everyone to see?

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FreydisTit t1_j3zeynh wrote

We don't have orcas. We do have aquariums that have been caught doing unethical things to orcas.

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FreydisTit t1_j3zeqv7 wrote

I don't know why you are being downvoted. I think the likelihood of it being from an aquarium or illegal trade is greater than it happening naturally. This has never happened before. I've seen Pilot wales beach themselves, but not a fucking Orca.

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JetAmoeba t1_j3zg1ia wrote

This has never happened before but you’re assuming it’s Option 1 that has never happened before as opposed to Option 2 that has never happened before

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mishap1 t1_j3ziadb wrote

Releasing a formerly captive orca that subsequently didn’t do well in the wild isn’t unprecedented. Keiko (Willy) lasted just a year on his own and was unable to socialize with any of his own kind.

My comment is a throwaway joke given how quickly Sea World was on the scene but a killer whale dying this far from their usual turf hasn’t been recorded either. I don’t know if anyone else has released an orca lately given Keiko’s fate but they’re usually social animals so you’d expect sightings of her pod.

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Hopeful_Hamster21 t1_j3zx6d9 wrote

This is reddit man, it's a little wild. And sometimes people like to dogpile on down votes. Maybe a joke with bad deliver that didn't land right quite right, but you didn't say anything malicious or jerkish. You're good by me.

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FreydisTit t1_j3zm6qz wrote

The autopsy and dna will hopefully confirm where the whale came from, but I wouldn't be surprised if the whale was held in captivity at some point. A few in the state have recently changed hands, and we have had a lot of controversy surrounding orcas, especially.

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