Wanda - orca: Difference between revisions

Wanda
Sex	Female
Captured at	Newport Harbor, California
Capture age	Approx. 7 years
Capture date	November 18, 1961

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On November 18, 1961, an orca was seen swimming alone in Newport Harbor, California. A team from Marineland of the Pacific rushed to the harbor to try and capture the whale. If they succeeded, Wanda would be the first orca ever to be brought in alive.

After hours of effort, the team finally managed to capture the exhausted orca in their nets and transport her to Marineland in Los Angeles. Wanda was calm as she lay in the shallow water in the back of the truck. However, when she was placed in a 100 x 50 x 19-foot tank, she immediately swam into the wall and then began swimming restlessly around the edge of her tank.

Tragically, less than two days after being captured, Wanda became agitated. She swam rapidly around her tank, hitting her body against the walls several times before finally swimming into a flume way where she convulsed and died at 8:30 am on November 20, 1961.

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-Sex: Female
+{{Infobox animal|name=Wanda|gender=Female|capture_location=Newport Harbor, California|capture_date=November 18, 1961|capture_age=Approx. 7 years}}
-Pod: N/A
+On November 18, 1961, an orca was seen swimming alone in Newport Harbor, California. A team from Marineland of the Pacific rushed to the harbor to try and capture the whale. If they succeeded, Wanda would be the first orca ever to be brought in alive.
-Place of capture: Newport Harbor, California
+After hours of effort, the team finally managed to capture the exhausted orca in their nets and transport her to Marineland in Los Angeles. Wanda was calm as she lay in the shallow water in the back of the truck. However, when she was placed in a 100 x 50 x 19-foot tank, she immediately swam into the wall and then began swimming restlessly around the edge of her tank.
-Date of capture: November 18, 1961
+Tragically, less than two days after being captured, Wanda became agitated. She swam rapidly around her tank, hitting her body against the walls several times before finally swimming into a flume way where she convulsed and died at 8:30 am on November 20, 1961.
-Age at capture: Approx. 7 years
-On November 18, 1961, a lone [[orca]] was spotted swimming alone in Newport Harbor, California. Once word spread, a crew from Marineland of the Pacific scrambled to get to the harbor in an attempt to capture the whale. No [[orca]] had ever been brought in alive before, and if the crew was successful, Wanda would be the very first.
-It took hours for the crew to corral the orca but by sundown, she was exhausted from trying to escape, was finally entangled in the nets, and the crew moved in to haul her all the way to Marineland in Los Angeles.
-She was described as docile, as she lay in the few feet of water in the back of the transport truck. However, when she was lowered into the 100 x 50 x 19 foot oval tank, Wanda immediately swam into the wall before turning to swim restlessly around the perimeter of her tank.
-Less than two full days after being captured, at 8:30am on November 20, 1961, Wanda “became violent and after encircling the tank at great speed and striking her body on several occasions, she finally swam into a flume way, convulsed, and expired.”
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