Fin Flop

Dorsal collapse 

happens in less than 

1% of wild killer whales. 

We know this. 

All the captive males 

100% have collapsed 

dorsal fins. 

And They say that they're A Family, 

that the whales are 

in Their Family. 

They have Their Pods. 

But that's just an artificial 

assemblage of their collection, 

however Management decides they should mix them and 

whichever ones happen to be born or bought and brought in. 

That's not A Family, you know —

Come on. 

You've got animals from different 

cultural subsets that have been 

brought in from various parks. These are different nations. 

These aren't just two 

different killer whales. 

These animals, they've got 

different genes, they use 

different languages.

Well, what could happen 

as a result of them being 

thrown in with other whales 

that they haven't grown up with, 

that are not part of their culture 

is there's hyperaggression,

a lot of violence, a lot of killing 

in captivity that you don't 

ever see in the wild. 

For the health and safety of the 

animals, please do not put 

your hands in the water. 

“It was always sort of this backdrop, 

this underpinning of tension 

between animals.

Whale-on-whale aggression 

was just part of your... 

the daily existence.”