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FreydisTit t1_j3zeqv7 wrote

Reply to comment by mishap1 in Killer whale dies after grounding itself on Florida beach by katherinezetajones

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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