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Tilikum
Tilikum during a 2009 performance at SeaWorld
Species: Orcinus (orca)
Breed: Icelandic
Sex: Male
Born: c. December 1981 (age 33)
Years active: 1982 – present
Weight: 12,000 pounds (5,400 kg)
Tilikum (born c. December 1981),[1] nicknamed Tilly,[2] is a bull orca currently living in captivity at SeaWorld Orlando, Florida. He formerly lived at SeaLand of the Pacific in South Oak Bay, British Columbia. He has sired 21 calves, with 11 still alive. In the Chinook Jargon of the Pacific Northwest, the name means "friends, relations, tribe, nation, common people."[3]
Tilikum has been involved in the deaths of three people during his time in captivity: a trainer at the now-defunct SeaLand of the Pacific in British Columbia, a trainer at Orlando's SeaWorld, and a man trespassing on SeaWorld Orlando's property. Tilikum is heavily featured in CNN Films' 2013 documentary Blackfish.
