Orca Teeth

A collection of photos depicting the oral health of orcas in captivity

1. Orca Teeth
A presentation of poor oral health
of captive orcas

2. Nootka 5

5. Shouka- Six Flags

7. Tilikum

THE TILIKUM STORY

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8. —Tilikum

10. Taima

13. Taima's mouth 1995
Teeth 1 & 2 are broken

Teeth 3 & 4 are broken with
cores visible (requires husbandry
with Water Pik to remove
impacted fish)

17. Katina

This video is publicly available. The orca is Katina, SWF, 2009.
Note her devastated lower jaw secondary to jaw popping. They break teeth on steel gates.

Fractured and broken teeth (see arrows)

18. Tilikum

Note the absence of teeth
at this orca’s lower jaw.

Endocarditis E

Pneumonia (lot's of captive deaths. Hmmm?)
Sepsis

Valvular heart disease

23. Sumar

24. Corky Rocket Launch

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No teeth visible at all

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25. Sumar

28. Lovey (L) and Earth (R) - SeaWorld
Kamogawa, Japan

29. Tilikum

30. Tilikum

31. Kalina

FROM CHOMPING
ON STEEL GATES
“JAW POPPING”

THESE ARE
DRILLED OUT

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NOTE FRACTURED
TEETH OF KALINA

32. Kshamenk (Argentina)

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