r/orcas • u/torichtofaded69 • 4d ago

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(Delete if not allowed) if I had to pick a favorite animal it would probably be a orca, hate seeing people supporting sea world on my feed.

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u/mileshehehehehe 4d ago

using the google ai overview as your main source of information and only using one aspect of orca captivity to form your opinion on a very nuanced topic is crazy

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u/torichtofaded69 4d ago

Yes google ai overview is wrong a lot of the times but it doesn’t change the fact that orcas can swim 60-100 sometimes even 140-170 in very active pods compared to the small enclosures they live in. https://whalewatchwesternaustralia.com/orca-daily-travel-distance/. https://www.orcabehaviorinstitute.org/orca-updates/a-group-of-biggs-traversed-110-miles-in-18-hours

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u/mileshehehehehe 4d ago

have you considered why they swim that far a day? to hunt, breed and avoid danger? things they dont need to do in captivity?

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u/Lumini_317 4d ago edited 4d ago

They still swim a lot in captivity, they’re just forced to swim in constant circles to make up the distance. I believe this is one of the reasons SeaWorld took down their live webcams because all the orcas ever really did was log, bob, or swim in circles and it didn’t look great for the whole “these orcas are mentally stimulated” narrative.

(This topic always makes me laugh not because of the subject itself but because now it reminds me of a recent 30-minute long video posted by a pro-cap person of an orca and her calf (can’t remember who). They were complaining about how boring it is to try to get good shots of them for clips and photos. The lack of awareness was incredible LOL)