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Old Dec 11, 2000 | 8:48 am
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Old North Whales, Oz
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I recently spent 15 days in Japan, and I am writing this to pass on bits of news and impressions. During my visit, I saw all three survivors from the capture of orcas at Taiji two years ago. All looked to be in fairly good condition now, especially the female being held at the Taiji Whale Museum. She looked great... energetic and alert, breath and body full, dorsal fin still straight.

She is in the largest part of the lagoon at TWM... it's about 130m across, flushed by sea water (there are fish, plants, sand and rocks, the depth varies but is sufficient for her to dive on one side, disappear from view and surface on the other). She had two dolphins for company and was breathing synchronously with one of them. I'm not sure why, but she has not been put together with the other orca, Nami chan, though she spends time facing Nami chan's enclosure.
http://whales.magna.com.au/NEWS/taiji3.html
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