Remember this look in the eye, this photo was taken on August 8, 1970!
The Daughter of the Sea, named Lolita Lolita, is a killer whale Orcinus orca, 51 years ago today, lolita and her family were captured in Puget Sound, Washington, when she was 4 years old... Captured at the same time, there was also a look of hatred in its eyes that was caught in the net for a moment!
Since then, Lolita has sold to the Miami Seaquarium for $20,000, and her family has since been scattered all over the world... In addition to losing her family, Lolita was even more unfortunate to live in the smallest pool of the entire American killer whale, and the widest part of the pool was less than 4 times its length! (The maximum width of the pool is 24 meters, while the Lolita is 6.1 meters)
At first, Lolita was accompanied by a killer whale named "Hugo Hugo", but due to Hugo's constant head-banging behavior on the stage, she eventually died in 1980 from a ruptured cerebral hemangioma... Since then, in addition to a few pilot whales and Pacific alligator dolphins, there is no longer a similar species to get along with it, it is currently one of the only three killer whales in the world that do not have the same kind of companionship, and it is also the longest, to know that the killer whale is a very social animal, if a person does not contact anyone for a long time, presumably this is even more painful than giving him a shot!
A few years ago, the destruction of several hurricanes once again pushed the topic of Lolita to the cusp of the storm, due to the small environment, the awning fell the entire water temperature rose instantly, Lolita almost died of high temperature... So in the private sector, the organization of "Free Lolita Free Lolita" was formed, hoping to put the 55-year-old back into nature!
What is even more unexpected is that in several experiments to test the memory and sociality of killer whales, "Lolita actually recognized the voices of her family after half a century, showing great joy and excitement"... (Somehow, when I saw the results of this experiment, I couldn't help but feel a little [tears] [tears]...)
Well, hopefully Lolita has a good home, and hopefully one day her dream will come true and be with her family in the sea!