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physically nonhuman . false killer whale . adult

[pseudorca-crassidens]

,, P. Crassidens - Introduction

ˏ ˋ Hello ˏ Apocrypha - mid 20s - they/them

___ . Physically nonhuman though I use a plethora of terms to describe my experience including therian and otherkin.

↳ Cetacean sideblog for - @taxideermied

Pronounced uh-POK-ruh-fuh

As you may have guessed, I am a false killer whale. While I am physically nonhuman, I do not plan on publishing the specific mechanisms of my beliefs. You are welcome to take it or leave it, though I would prefer if you'd block me rather than try to argue. I support all types of physical nonhumans (as well as other non/alterhumans) and do not take well to sanism, ableism, or identity policing.

This is a nonhuman blog but I will also post about cetaceans in general. I am particularly interested in pseudorcas, orcas and other delphinidae.

I may post about current day or historical captive cetaceans. While I am opposed to cetaceans in captivity, I recognize the reality of the situation is nuanced and complicated. If you want to know more about my opinion on this subject, please ask.

Not new to nonhumanity, but relatively new to tumblr. I’m shy but I want to make friends! My tone is pretty formal sometimes but I promise I’m nice.

No DNI, it’s my blog, I block who I want.

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False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens

Observed by sewings, CC BY-NC

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Малая черная косатка-дельфин (Pseudorca crassidens)

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I visited Dolfinarium Harderwijk today. The water was much clearer and beautiful. I could very much imagine myself living in such a place. Though it is unlikely I would perform there if I did live in such a place (the performance animals are all bulls and I am a cow and also much weaker so could not go do fast or jump so high), their show was much better and more enjoyable this time (minus some germans who would not stop talking the whole show).

I hope the humans will like me and take me eventually. I know the process to return to the water will be a very long one and I have so much work yet to do. I am slowly making progress though, someday... someday.

Still visiting places like this and seeing other cetaceans helps ease things and reminds me what I am working towards. I like to imagine how my life would be in such a place and to swim forever. It does always make me emotional, perhaps tonight, if I am lucky, I might get to have some whale dreams, maybe even dreams living in a tank like this, it is probably nicer than I can actually have.

Zwem ver, zwem vrij, kleine walvis, zwem voor altijd~

[inatungulates]

False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens

Observed by jeronimoavilesolguin, CC BY-NC-ND

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False killer whales investigated a tour boat in Hawaii recently and the crew captured mesmerizing underwater footage of the mysterious mammals, including one that seemed to be smiling for the camera. Source

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Viggo Helsted (Danish, 1861–1926), "Coastal Scenery with Breakers", 1911

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William Blair Bruce - "Evening on the Baltic"

[pseudorca-crassidens]

I have been really melancholy lately about wanting to go back to some kind of ocean/water environment and be my pseudorca self indefinitely. When my life gets stressful, burying myself underwater becomes that much more appealing.

I was able to go swimming again recently but I was struck again by just how hard it was for me. Just a few meters of energetic underwater swimming and I was having heart palpitations. I had to cling onto the edge of the pool and catch my breath for a few minutes. It’s so awful. I can remember so clearly being able to swim like it was second nature, even in this body, and now that is gone and I don’t know if and when I’ll get it back.

[orcinusorka]

Today is the world orca day! I am an orca, and it is my day.

I'm very happy to.. be an orca. To exist right now? Not so much. But I still appreciate who I was born as, and who I really am. Someday in the future I will return to my true body as well, and in my next life will be free.

Happy world orca day to every other orca. I had a very good day today as well, so that's even better. 🐬🖤🤍

[pseudorca-crassidens]

False Killer Whale (Pseudorca Crassidens)

Observed on iNaturalist by wilbur_goh

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キース Keith

at Taji Whale Museum via @uoza0320

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ティナ Tina

at Aqua Park Shinagawa via @natalipaqpa

[orcinusorka]

In honor of disability pride month, I wish to highlight a few amazing disabled cetaceans.

1. Morgan the orca.

Picture credit: Diva flora nikolova.

Morgan is a Norwegian killer whale rescued 15 years ago in the Netherlands. She was found alone, malnourished and lethargic near Ameland, and was first taken to Dolfinarium Harderwijk, before eventually the tank at the park was deemed too small for her and she was transported to Loro Parque, Tenerife in the Canary islands.

She currently resides at Loro Parque with her companions Tekoa and Adán, and her recently born calf — Teno. She was deemed non-releasable after the staff of Harderwijk found out she was deaf, and ever since lives at Loro Parque, where her disability is accommodated in an incredible way, with her trainers doing everything to secure her a safe and comfortable life.

2. Winter the dolphin.

Picture credit: Clearwater marine aquarium.

Winter was found stranded in the coastal waters of Florida on December 10th, 2005. At the time, she was still a young dolphin calf who was found entangled in a crab trap line, which permanently altered the state of her peduncle and flukes. She was immediately rescued and taken to the Clearwater marine aquarium, but unfortunately a majority of her tail was lost to necrosis. It had to be amputated, which normally would've ended in her being humanely euthanized, but thankfully the CMA found an incredible way to accommodate her — a prosthetic tail.

Winter has starred in various "Dolphin Tale" movies inspired by her story, and has made history as a disabled animal incredibly accommodated by those who rescued her.

Winter sadly passed away on November 11th of 2021 due to an intestinal abnormality.

3. Sami the dolphin.

Picture credit: unknown.

Sami (サミ) was an Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin born at the Okinawa Churaumi aquarium in Japan. She was born on April 14th, 1999 to dolphins Oki and Poi. She was the first Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin born in Japan to have lived for more than a year.

In September of 2020, she developed an infection around her tail flukes that unfortunately caused necrosis before it could've been treated, and parts of her flukes had to be amputated. Thankfully, similarly to Winter, she too received her own prosthetics — ones developed by Bridgestone. Sami sadly passed away at the Okinawa Churaumi aquarium on June 5th, 2025 at the age of 26.

4. T002C2 "Tumbo" the orca.

Picture credit: Simon Pidcock

Tumbo was a west Coast transient killer whale, born around 2005 to T002C "Tasu".

When Tumbo was only a few years old, researchers began noticing a slight curve forming along his spine, a sign he was starting to develop scoliosis. Concern grew for him, especially as with age his condition only worsened. Due to that, he found it hard to keep up with his pod at times, especially when participating in hunts. But thankfully, in a true orca fashion, his family would regularly slow down and wait for him whenever he'd start to get left behind, and would even hunt for him then share the food with him.

Tumbo is especially an important orca to me, since just like him, I too have scoliosis. I don't portray it much, nor do I really talk about it, but it's a large part of my life — especially as it only gets worse with time. Tumbo was last seen around September 2019 when he was reported to be missing, and on March 31st, 2020, was sadly declared deceased.

5. Katak the orca.

Picture credit: Acquired via the killer whale wiki, provided by inherently wild.

Katak was born on August 15th of 1989 to orcas Nootka V (F) and Kandu VII (M) at Marineland Canada. After his birth, he made history as the first captive orca to be born in Canada, and shortly after he was given the name Katak. He bonded well with his mother, and after some time he was diagnosed by the marineland veterinarians with epilepsy, and was put on medication meant to help with it. However, despite the newly found disorder, a decision was made to transfer the young calf to SeaWorld San Diego.

At SeaWorld, he was renamed "Splash", inspired by the way he'd splash around during his seizures. However, many found this name to be quite insensitive, me included, and continue to use the name Katak to this day. Thankfully, he bonded well with the pod at SWSD, and his epilepsy was treated with phenobarbital, along with also being put on medication to treat Ulcers.

During one of his seizures in 1995, Katak accidentally collided head-first with a gate of his tank, and during the event orcas Kasatka (F) and Orkid (F) assisted him and held him up at the surface to help him breathe, showing their care for him. After this seizure, his jaw was left severely damaged and required surgical intervention. After this, he could never fully close his mouth again.

He passed away on April 5th, 2005 due to a perforated stomach, and despite being involved in a few aggression incidents, he was remembered as a lovely and sweet member of the SeaWorld orca pod.

It's really only a number of cetaceans I remember off the top of my head, but they're proof that even with disability one can live a life of happiness, and even with disability one can be shown unconditional love and care.

Stay safe, stay proud.

[orcinusorka]

Your daily reminder to donate your money to organizations protecting wild whale and dolphin populations instead of organizations aiming to "end captivity". If you donate to those scams, such as shady sanctuary projects, it's pretty much guaranteed that your money will be stolen and never used for even 1% of the promises you're told.

And by "organizations protecting wild whales and dolphins" I mean ACTUAL organizations doing REAL work, not scams reposting stolen photographs of wild orcas with the same anti-captivity word salads in social Media post captions.

I mean organizations like orca conservancy, the center for whale research... Etc. Not the dolphin project, not anything PETA-esque, and most certainly not shady social media personalities.

[pseudorca-crassidens]

Maybe I’m in a bad brain space but I think being in a tank would be very soothing. Everything would be accounted for. I’d get food dropped in my mouth, I’d get praise, I’d get vet care. The walls would be known quantities for all my life.

I glimpsed through a study that suggested pseudorcas had better welfare outcomes in captivity than some other delphinidae (not the exact wording, but that was just gist) and maybe that holds true for me too.

[pseudorca-crassidens]

Very frustrating trying to find images of pseudorcas and they are almost all unidentified and unsourced. Especially vintage photos or anything of captive pseudorcas. I want to catalogue them here because it’s so rare I see anyone discussing pseudorcas in marine parks, but I don’t want to repost images uncredited and without even a name for the animal in them when I know they had one :<