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AnoOrca — Shark Reference Sheet
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Description
SHARKSpecies: Orcinus orca
Subspecies: New Zealand Killer Whale
Sex: Male
DOB: 1983 (estimate)
Length: 22 ft
Weight: 8,500 lb
Category: Drywork only/senior trainers only
Differentiating Characteristics
-Tall dorsal that bends 1/3 of the way to the right side
-No saddle patch
-Half of each tail fluke is white
-White from lower jaw extends around both eyes
Secondary Reinforcers
-Kelp
Finds Aversive
-Tactile
-Attempts at control
-Extended separation from Valentine
-People at the underwater viewing window
Behavioral Tenancies
-Moody and disobedient
-”Red eye” aggression precursor
-Highly aggressive
-Displacement of other male orcas
-Bird baiting/hunting
Behavioral Incidents
1993: Mouth open lunge at trainer without contact during training session
1995: Mouth open lunge at trainer without contact during training session
2000: Open mouth lunge at trainer, bit trainer's arm and pulled trainer into pool, repeatedly submerged trainer for twenty minutes. Safety nets successfully separated them and the trainer was retrieved from the pool, but with serious injuries.
Transfers
1993: From ocean (New Zealand) to New England Dolphinarium (Massachusetts, USA)
Summary
Shark is a wild caught sexually mature male orca collected from New Zealand in 1992.
He has sired one offspring; a male named Skate in 2004 via artificial insemination, born to Kahna at the Dolphinarium.
Shark has been noted to be highly dominant and aggressive in nature to trainers and other whales alike. Due to numerous aggressive incidents with other male whales, he is kept separate from the Dolphinarium's other orcas for their safety, however Valentine is an exception as Shark has bonded to him very closely. He can often be seen swimming in the mother-calf position with Valentine. He does not become distressed when separated from Valentine unless for extended periods.
Shark is considered highly dangerous, and only experienced senior trainers are permitted to work with him, and never alone – several spotter trainers must be present. Drywork is to be conducted from behind a physical barrier. Husbandry and medical procedures must be conducted with safety bars in place, only after Shark has been sedated for safety purposes. Remains of birds that he kills are to be left in the tank with him until he is gated into a different tank, at which point it is safe to retrieve them. Update May 2013: Shark is no longer a show animal and is not to be used as an underwater viewing animal. He is to be kept out of any tanks that are open to the public during park hours.
Tankmates
New England Dolphinarium [1993-Present]
Kahna [1993-Present] anoorca.deviantart.com/art/Kah…
Toby [1993-Present] anoorca.deviantart.com/art/Tob…
Akua [1993-Present] anoorca.deviantart.com/art/Aku…
Skate [2012-2017] anoorca.deviantart.com/art/Ska…
Archimedes [2012-Present] anoorca.deviantart.com/art/Pee…
Pua [2012-Present] anoorca.deviantart.com/art/Pua…
Paco [2012-Present] anoorca.deviantart.com/art/Pac…
Valentine [2012-Present] anoorca.deviantart.com/art/Val…
Umilak [2012-Present] anoorca.deviantart.com/art/Umi…
Queeky [2012-2017] anoorca.deviantart.com/art/Que…
Cupid [2015-Present] anoorca.deviantart.com/art/Cup…
Facility: n-e-dolphinarium.deviantart.co…
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(Note that Shark has an "alternate universe" which is played out in the "Foreign Fathoms" roleplays at Cetus Sea, in which he fathers twin calves - Frida and Ida - born from grayorca 's OC, Sigrun.)
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i love the re-vamp, really shows off his flukes ^^
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Thank you! 
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Non-canonical as it is, Shark's turning out to be quite the stud.
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I only point out as much because I adore the idea of Skate (
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I agree
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GAH.. he's going to get Kikami mad, I just know it. XD wonderful ref sheet of him.
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Thank you~
Hehe x3 Oooo, Kikami's gonna get protective of Ano, is she? >u>
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Hehe x33 Kikami and Ano sittin' in a...tree!
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I was gonna say net, but, y'know, your name is Tree, so it was obligatory
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hehe it would be more logical to say net, but Tree was so much more entertaining. XD
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Hahaha epic! Shark is a cool looking orca. 
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Hmmm... I kinda thought the same way when I made the brothers (one, I thought about its similarity with Okura's though his color was changed to gray, and the other inspired by a piece of paper mustache)
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I actually first drew Shark when I was little, and I thought their eye was inside their eyepatch (Imagine Little Spot from Free Willy 2 if you've seen it - he had the black spot inside his eyepatch. I thought it was his eye. ...Apparently I thought only Little Spot had eyes or something, lmao)
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I will admit.. your proportions on orcas are getting so much better with each piece I see from you. =]
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