about 7,000 pounds (males are bigger); the widest part of her pool, at 80 feet, only lets her swim a few body lengths. She needs only two quick flicks of her flukes to travel the span. With her family in the wild, she would swim a hundred miles per day or more, but this is only the most obvious limitation of her captivity. Orcas in the wild are highly social animals, gregarious and playful, whose world revolves around their family pods. They also are complex, large-brained creatures with some sensory capacities, like echolocation, far more sophisticated than humans’ own. Holding them
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Females 20ft/7000lbs, males larger
