Vacation Time

Hey guys! My family has finally chosen vacation destinations, and SeaWorld San Antonio is among them. The dates are July 30 - Aug. 3 or 4. This is how we plan to manage our time:

July 30:
Driving out to San Antonio. Get settled.
July 31:
Visit SeaWorld (I'm so excited to see Takara, Sakari, Unna, Ky, and Tuar!)
Aug. 1:
Possibly visit SeaWorld one more time; then we will be heading out for Schlitterbahn, we will be staying on park reservations so we will spend the remainder of the day there as well.
Aug. 2: Schlitterbahn Day!
Aug. 3: Drive back home.

Whatever photos or videos I get will be posted on my YouTube :)
http://www.youtube.com/OceansOfInspiration

SeaWorld Orlando - About Nalani

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   Born on September 18, Nalani is one of the youngest killer whales in captivity currently at the age of five. Her mother is Katina, a 32 year old orca that also resides at SeaWorld Orlando. Katina is not a captive-born orca and was captured from the wild. Her father is Taku, a killer whale that died at the age of fourteen at SeaWorld San Antonio but was born at SeaWorld Orlando. Taku also happens to be Nalani’s brother. That’s right; she’s an inbred, while she is a special whale she shows no side effects of being inbred. Nalani was Katina’s sixth calf and Taku’s second. Nalani was born at SeaWorld Orlando and that’s where she remains with mother Katina and other pod members including: Tilikum, Kayla, Trua, Makaio, and Malia.

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    Nalani’s name is Hawaiian for “Heaven is Calm.” Too bad this little girl is anything but calm. She is a very loving and curious youngster, but was very dependent on her mother in the first few years. She is learning fast, as she is used in shows regularly alongside Trua, Malia, Kayla, and Katina. An easy way to identify Nalani is how plump she is. She's chubby, like her mom and dad/brother, has round eye patches, has a straight dorsal fin, and is the longest baby at SWF.

More Orca "Inventory"

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Loro Parque: 

Adan

Kohana

Morgan

Skyla

Tekoa

Keto

Mundo Marino:

Kshamenk

SeaWorld Kamogawa:

Earth

Lara

Lovey

Oscar

Port of Nagoya Aquarium:

Bingo

Ran II

Stella

Miami Seaquarium:

Lolita

SixFlags Discovery Kingdom: 

Shouka (Orca)
Cupid (dolphin)

Marineland Antibes: 

Freya

Freya

Inouk

Moana

Valentin

Wiki

Marineland Ontario: 

Kiska

SeaWorld Parks (America) - Orca "Inventory"

SeaWorld Orlando: 

Katina
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Makaio
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Malia
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Nalani
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Tilikum & Trainer Dawn Brancheau
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Trua
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SeaWorld San Diego:

Keet
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Ikaika
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Kalia
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Nakai
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Orkid
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Ulises & Trainer
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Kasatka
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Corky
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SeaWorld San Antonio:

Unna
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Tuar
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Sakari
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Takara
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What IS a cetacean?

Okay, so you all may be wondering, what is this thing you call a cetacean? Well, according to the Bing Dictionary it's a "large ocean mammal - a large ocean mammal that has a streamlined body with forelimbs modified as flippers, no hind limbs, and a blowhole on the back, e.g. a whale or a dolphin." Yes, this includes all whales and dolphins. This is a short little, blog. I hope it informed you. 

-Courtney-