Talk:Keiko (orca)

Proof of health?

Does anyone have any roports/articles of his development of skin lesions at Marineland Canada. They don't appear on the official timeline at keiko.com whereas other health information does. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Typhoid boy (talk • contribs) 08:39, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

I think that 'Keiko' was infected intentionally to infect 'God'. Orcas should be given free choice to enter or exit any 'Marineland' areas or decide if they want to be trained and NEVER trapped in such places. They should have access to others of their own species especially in natural populations uninfluenced by humans. This is why Fukushima happened. Retribution.

Actually, in David Kirby's Death at Seaworld, it is stated that Keiko began to develop the lesions at Marineland, largely as a result of the great stress he was under while living at that park. This means the lesions developed between 1982 and 1985. Tilactl (talk) 16:08, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

What is a veterinary chaplain??

See subject. Is this seriously a real job?----------------------------- I had the same question. Check out "Animal chaplains" on Wikipedia.Welby99 17:57, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Lack of an image

There's no image for Keiko, despite the fact that he is one of the most famous orcas there is. There has to be a non-copyrighted image of him. Anyone have such an image, or willing to volunteer one they took when he was at the Oregon Coast Aquarium? 69.59.212.172 00:34, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I think I might have one; I'll ask the next time I go home if we still have a digital copy of it. It was taken while he was at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Titanium Dragon 01:45, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

"Whale"

Killer whales belong to the dolphin family. Which belong to the cetacean family and are technically whales, but you wouldn't point to a bottlenosed dolphin and call it a whale, would you? If no one has a convincing reason to keep the word "whale" in the article (when not prefaced by "killer", of course), I'll go ahead and change it to "orca". Any objections? Loma Prieta 08:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Origin of Keiko's name

Anybody know? I doubt anybody would give a male orca a female name if they knew any better. 71.217.67.204 17:41, 8 October 2006 (UTC) -Keiko is Japanese for "blessed child." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.110.74 (talk) 17:22, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

In David Kirby's Death at SeaWorld it is stated that Keiko was named Kago at Marineland Canada which sounds like "I Shit" in Spanish. This lead to his name being changed to Keiko at Reino Aventura in Mexico. Tilactl (talk) 16:05, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Correct, and that book is a solid source. Kago is also confirmed by http://www.orcanetwork.org/Main/index.php?categories_file=Keikos%20Story

So I added that info without the "I shit" part. Also his translation of the word keiko: blessed child. Other sources confirm that as one translation: https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&tbm=bks&q=Keiko+in+Japanese+means+blessed+child&oq=Keiko+in+Japanese+means+blessed+child&gs_l=psy-ab.3...136939.139601.0.140133.14.14.0.0.0.0.171.1262.13j1.14.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0.CSsiktf9jac Peter K Burian (talk) 16:45, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Keiko "Captured

According to the fishermen that found Keiko he was alone (his pod left him). I would call it rescued more than captured (a young Orca his age wouldn't live long by himself). ^_~ Smileyface 12 91 22:29, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Deletion

The phrase "Keiko was not sent to the world to act but to teach us a lesson on life" has been deleted from the end of the "Death" section. If anyone can find a way to fit this sentiment back into an encyclopedia article, please feel free, however as it stands it seems more than a little editorial. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.169.184.179 (talk) 00:33, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Age

Things seem a little uncertain about the year of birth of the whale. The page says 1976, but there is no citation for this and an external link at the bottom of the page states that he was born in 1977 or '78. Perhaps someone with greater knowledge of this than myself would care to correct the ambiguity? Liamoliver (talk) 13:35, 10 December 2009 (UTC) Also, under his photo in the right portion of the page, it says he is in his 50's, yet in the actual article, it says he passed at age 26. Something is off there. I'm not personally going to edit anything, as this is my first time on his page. I'll leave that to the Keiko 'experts'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.70.9.139 (talk) 05:42, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

The 57 year figure is measured in "whale years" (akin to dog years or cat years), while 26 is an estimate (since no one knows when he was born). —EncMstr (talk) 12:59, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Rename?

Any thought to renaming the article Keiko (killer whale)? Most other whales in the category Category:Individual killer whales use the identifier 'killer whale.' --Daysleeper47 (talk) 19:25, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Mexican Soap Opera Azul

Hi!, I wasn´t sure how to add this on the main article, but I know Keiko also stared on a mexican soap opera called Azul, here´s the article:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azul_%28telenovela%29

Could someone tell me how to add this to the article or add it for me please???

Thank you!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.214.145.6 (talk) 19:42, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Curved Dorsal Fin

I'm surprised Keiko's distinctive curved dorsal fin isn't mentioned in this article, since it is strongly associated with both the public's perception of him and his eventual release. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.118.118.118 (talk) 15:27, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Sources

Link 11 goes nowhere. Heres a new one: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/sep/08/theobserver2. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.10.45.154 (talk) 15:04, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

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Keiko lived in the aquarium in Newport Oregon for several years before being released into the wild

might want to add something about the time he was displayed in Newport Oregon at the aquarium 174.214.16.113 (talk) 18:43, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

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