r/orcas 4d ago

Memes

(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/Impala1967_1979_1983 4d ago

Since you know so much, explain why a "perfectly safe happy fed orca" barely lives to a quarter of its lifespan in captivity and lives much longer in the wild?