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jjcollins
27 Aug 02, 07:54 PM
Katina, the park's 26-year-old killer whale, gave birth to a calf at 11:53 a.m. Sunday in front of crowds of guests at Shamu Stadium. The 7-foot long baby was born after an hour of labor. SeaWorld officials said that they are not certain of the calf's sex but it is doing fine, Local 6 News reported. Officials said that they are hoping the calf grows up to be strong and healthy, according to the report. The calf is the 17th killer whale to be born at SeaWorld's parks. Eleven of the whales have been born in Orlando.


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jj......  .  .
Emma
27 Aug 02, 08:06 PM
You never know..... The new baby killer whale might become the next Shamu in later years  .
USA Here I Come
27 Aug 02, 08:08 PM
. I saw this on the news, its very good news! I love the pic! Where did you get the pic from?
BevS97
27 Aug 02, 08:11 PM
so glad we aren't expected to give birth in a stadium surrounded by paying guests  ,
Anne
27 Aug 02, 08:13 PM
What a wonderful thing it would have been to be able to see it .
SMAX
27 Aug 02, 08:51 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Silver @ Aug. 27 2002,20:23)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Like the sound of the one hour labour though #.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
You women - no pain tollerance .
Amazing-Grace
27 Aug 02, 10:14 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Silver @ Aug. 27 2002,20:23)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Like the sound of the one hour labour though #.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Don't like the sound of a 7ft baby though....eh Julie .
chunkster20uk
28 Aug 02, 08:05 AM
That would have been an amazing thing to have witnessed.
Muppet
28 Aug 02, 10:13 AM
I would of loved to have witnessed that.

Thanks JJ
AlisonB
28 Aug 02, 11:11 AM
Wow - sounds amazing!
TracyK
28 Aug 02, 12:56 PM
What lovely news. &nbsp;We were there Friday so just missed out on seeing the little one.
Tracy
BONZO
28 Aug 02, 01:48 PM
WOW!


Now that would have a been a HUGE bonus!
keith&carol
28 Aug 02, 02:15 PM
We saw a Killer Whale birth years ago on one of our early trips. Everyone had to keep silent and they had lots of cameras running & trainers on hand.
They had put another female in the pool to keep her company. You could see when she had a contraction because her dorsal fin bent right over.
The baby just slipped out & swam straight under her left flipper. They swam round & round the pool like that just as if she was showing it off to everyone.
Suprise, suprise, the t-shirts were ready & waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has to rank among the most memorable things we have ever seen.
Carol .
Carole
28 Aug 02, 08:06 PM
What an amazing thing to see. .
nhartleysm
16 Sep 06, 09:47 PM
When was the most rescent killer whale born?
BCKloon
16 Sep 06, 10:09 PM
I believe Trua was the latest to be born earlier this year , If you send a PM to RobFL (seaworld cast member) he will tell you the facts :)
Vabeth
16 Sep 06, 10:21 PM
They had put another female in the pool to keep her company. You could see when she had a contraction because her dorsal fin bent right over.The baby just slipped out & swam straight under her left flipper. They swam round & round the pool like that just as if she was showing it off to everyone.
Awwww! That's given me goosebumps!:)
Jools
16 Sep 06, 10:28 PM
Hmm this thread is 4 years old!
BevS97
16 Sep 06, 10:37 PM
Just closing this as it's rather out of date