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Originally Posted by angieadms
OHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is sad......Wonder what they are thinking being locked up in such a small space instead of the wide open ocean.....when you put it that way it feels so cruel!
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Yeah, I just read that the average lifespan of an orca (killer whale) in captivity is 13 years. They can live between 40 and 60 years in the wild though. The original Shamu died in 1971, she was only 10.