Walter the Whale
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title:
Walter the Whale
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Walter the Whale (Skana) was a star orca during the early era of captive orcas in the 1960s. In 1967, following the death of Namu, the only other established star orca was Shamu. Walter the Whale was the orca's advertised name at first, but she was later renamed Skana. Walter was captured from K Pod of the southern resident orcas in 1967 by Ted Griffin, and shipped to the Seattle Public Aquarium. Soon the orca was transported by truck to Vancouver in a rental arrangement with boat show producer
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Historic star captive killer whale
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_the_Whale
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2024-01-07T13:38:00Z
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