#russian orcas

[orcinus-ocean]

More images of the Chimelong pod, from here: https://www.themeparx.com/chimelong-spaceship/

[freedomfororcas]

Photos of the Russian orcas currently being held in “The Whale Prison” in Nakhodka. They were captured from the Othotsk Sea, alongside 90 belugas. They were reportedly to be sold to China, however the Russian government intervened and prevented the export.

Now, these animals wait in limbo while the government looks into the issue.

You can stay updated on the issue at Free Russian Whales.

Photo source

[girlwiththeorcatattoo]

Видео с выпуска косаток было опубликовано на телеграм канале «Зелёный змий». ⠀ Поведение косаток на этом видео нельзя назвать нормальным. Эт

Just dumped into the ocean after six days of travel in shipping containers. The link is of the orcas in open water, and they are acting very odd. Vniro claims that this is happy movement, but other experts have stated this looks like stress or strain on the muscles of these animals due to a long period of being inactive.

I want these creatures to be ok, but my hope is fading more and more with every thing I read.

[orcacharm]

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[themagicof-orca]

Shared from Russian Orca’s Facebook page;

Eng/Рус

On the 18-19 of January a group of experts visited the “whale jail” in Srednaja bay of Primorsky kray for the inspection. The group included killer whale scientists from FEROP. We used the inspection data to make a photo identification catalog of 11 killer whales kept in Srednaja bay. They are Alexandra, Kirill, Vitas, Vasilievna, Harja, Leha, Forest, Gaika, Zina, Zoya and Tihon. Killer whales could be identified by the individual shapes of their eye patches and saddle patches that don’t change from year to year. Eye patches could be used for identification from birth. Saddle patches usually become visible in the second or third year. Besides the eye patch and saddle, the dorsal fin shape, marks on the dorsal fin’s trailing edge, and scars on the body are also used for identification. Scars can stay visible for many years.  You can download the identification photos here

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18-19 января в бухте Средняя проходила проверка https://primamedia.ru/news/778606/…. В состав экспертной группы также вошли специалисты по косаткам – участники нашего проекта FEROP. По материалам проверки мы подготовили фотокаталог косаток, которые находятся сейчас в вольерах базы передержки. Каждую косатку можно узнать индивидуально по особенностям окраски заглазничного пятна и седловидного пятна за спинным плавником. По форме заглазничного пятна косатку можно узнать с рождения. Седловидное пятно обычно полностью проявляется к 2-3 годам. Силуэты пятен не изменяются в течение жизни. Кроме того, для идентификации используются форма спинного плавника и шрамы на теле, которые могут сохраняться по несколько лет. В бухте Средняя находится 11 косаток в возрасте, примерно, от 1 до 6 лет: Александра, Кирилл, Витас, Васильевна, Харя, Лёха, Форест, Гайка, Зина, Зоя и Тихон.

[missmariemariana]

Russian Orcas on Facebook

“We would like to introduce you killer whales Babushka and her son Vasya The Young.

Female orca Babushka (which means «Grandma» in Russian) was named like this because she was once sleepy chilling while other orcas were socialising. She is clearly recognisable by her eyepatch. Vasya the Young was a teenager the size of his mother in 2005. A year after it became clear that he is going to be a huge boy. Besides Vasya, Babushka had two calves in 2005 and 2011, but unfortunately they died in first two years of their life. 

In August 2017 we a had a lovely encounter with a big aggregation of killer whales. Everyone was busy enough: playing, socialising, sleeping, hunting on fish. Suddenly two very familiar killer whales came across the boat: Babushka and her son. But there was still someone else near Babushka - one very small calf! So Vasya the Young became an elder brother. This summer we hope to see all three of them again!”

[prairieorca]

NAGOYA AQUARIUM planning to produce HYBRID orcas

The Japanese aquarium is home to 32-year-old Stella, 5-year-old daughter Lynn (Rin), and Stella's 9-year-old grandson Earth.

Citing international criticism of Taiji - where two of the aquarium's previous killer whales came from - Nagoya indicated that it's become difficult to obtain wild orcas to expand the gene pool, and there's a subsequent fear of the disappearance of orcas from captive facilities in Japan.

At present, all captive orcas in Japan are related to each other.

As a result, the aquarium is launching a collaborative research effort with Chimelong Ocean Kingdom (Zhuhai) to obtain frozen sperm from the Chinese facilitiy's Russian-blooded orcas to breed with Nagoya's Icelandic whales.

Nagoya's whales are from the Icelandic herring-eating ecotype, while Chimelong's are from Russia's mammal-eating population (which are low and decreasing in number due to captures since 2012). Scientists around the world have been researching to determine appropriate classifications of all killer whales, and in the future some groups may be considered subspecies or separate species altogether.

Basic research between Nagoya and Chimelong is expected to be completed by 2020.

Previous killer whales housed at Nagoya:

- Ku (arrived October 2003 from Taiji Whaling Museum, died September 2008) - Nami (arrived June 2010 from TWM, died January 2011) - Ran 2 (arrived December 2011 from Kamogawa SeaWorld, transferred back in December 2015) - Bingo (arrived December 2011 from KSW, died August 2014)

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[merciresolution]

Nord (I think?) looks like he’s got some discoloration going on.

I think Narnia in the back also has something going on around her flank patch (is that what that’s called?), but it’s hard to tell.

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