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Published: 2008-05-18 19:40:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 1029; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 10
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Description I haven't been on DA in so long XD Life is busy!
But Marineland opened yesterday so I wanted to post photos. Yay all three orcas are together! It was a little difficult getting them all in the same frame, so I was pretty happy with this shot.

Happy Victoria Day!

Kiska, Ikaika & Athena
Marineland Ontario
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Comments: 37

remmy54 [2015-09-29 22:37:13 +0000 UTC]

that cute

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verybluebird [2010-06-14 00:43:37 +0000 UTC]

It's nice to see a photo of all 3 of them...RIP, Athena.

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Tsitika In reply to verybluebird [2010-06-22 01:01:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! She is very missed.

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howsentimental [2008-06-02 13:16:52 +0000 UTC]

How wonderful! There's even a little space in the bottom corner, where I'm sure Nootka is in spirit. I hope this is a start of a wonderful future for the three who remain. Congrats on getting them all in the shot!

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Tsitika In reply to howsentimental [2008-06-07 22:54:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Here's hoping for many more years of this trio

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Chaotica-I [2008-05-30 13:41:31 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful shot, it is so nice to see all three together!
The colour and contrast in this photo is wonderful, too bad about the curve of the glass though

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Tsitika In reply to Chaotica-I [2008-06-07 22:53:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Chaotica-I In reply to Tsitika [2008-06-08 00:22:44 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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SaddlePatch [2008-05-21 03:13:35 +0000 UTC]

WOW Ike has grown a lot over the last year! He's going to make one handsome bull male one day, just like his dad and his Brother

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Tsitika In reply to SaddlePatch [2008-05-21 15:20:23 +0000 UTC]

Yup, he's almost as big as Kiska.

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Valorca [2008-05-20 20:50:32 +0000 UTC]

Waaaw i love
all at the glass

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Tsitika In reply to Valorca [2008-05-20 23:59:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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jenniferstuber [2008-05-19 21:23:14 +0000 UTC]

Woo hoo! I am absolutely THRILLED that all three of them are together. I was wondering how they would set it up after Nootka's passing.
The three of them look very happy together though. You can see the huge size difference between them all very clearly!
So glad you have started posting again.

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Tsitika In reply to jenniferstuber [2008-05-19 23:17:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I was SO happy to see them all together - I figured there was no other logical way they could be, but then, MLC isn't always logical...lol.

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B-a-l-a-n-c-e [2008-05-19 13:38:46 +0000 UTC]

amazing!!!

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Tsitika In reply to B-a-l-a-n-c-e [2008-05-19 15:38:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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BrennaSeaChild [2008-05-19 00:37:02 +0000 UTC]

Nice to see you back I was there, too.

(You wouldn't happen to have been twirling an umbrella in the UV by any chance, would you?)

I didn't get any pics of them together 0_0

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Tsitika In reply to BrennaSeaChild [2008-05-19 00:47:33 +0000 UTC]

LOL I am the crazy whale-umbrella woman, yes. What do you look like? Our umbrella was so ridiculous, we bought in the bus stop cuz we forgot our own, and when we opened it, we discovered there was little fin on top XD I was like, "Oh we're going to look even stupider than normal..." Can't wait to see your photos too!

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BrennaSeaChild In reply to Tsitika [2008-05-19 00:53:01 +0000 UTC]

I was the kid with really long brown hair and glasses. If I'm right about who you were, you looked at me quick before turning back to your umbrella-twirling xD

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Tsitika In reply to BrennaSeaChild [2008-05-19 01:25:58 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm. Were you sitting on the useless barrier at the UV?

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BrennaSeaChild In reply to Tsitika [2008-05-19 01:53:25 +0000 UTC]

I wasn't sitting on it, but I was standing in front of it. Hmm ... when I saw you, I was standing at the windows on the right and taking pictures. I think we were pretty much the only ones down there. I may have been wearing a black-and-white hat - I can't remember now xD

I was leafing through your pictures on the slipstreams forum (which I never check until then, I didn't even log in) and I saw you were using the same umbrella I saw. So I'm pretty sure it was you, whether you saw me or not

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Tsitika In reply to BrennaSeaChild [2008-05-19 03:18:56 +0000 UTC]

It probably was me lol. You know, my mom might have gotten photos of you XD Did they interact with you at one point?

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BrennaSeaChild In reply to Tsitika [2008-05-19 12:22:53 +0000 UTC]

Ike and Athena came over to check me out for a minute or two, yeah. But not much xD

I'd love to see those pictures, by the way

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orcamistress101 [2008-05-19 00:28:56 +0000 UTC]

this picture is beautiful! i've always wanted to go to MLC. I've only ever been to sea world CA

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Tsitika In reply to orcamistress101 [2008-05-19 00:34:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! SWC sounds pretty awesome to me.

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orcamistress101 In reply to Tsitika [2008-05-19 00:42:41 +0000 UTC]

it seriously is. i love it. i've always wanted to go around the world and go to all the parks with orcas.

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OrcaAmbition [2008-05-18 23:55:48 +0000 UTC]

I'm incredibly excited you are going to be posting again! This is a very sweet shot with your always flawless colors. Thanks for sharing!

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Tsitika In reply to OrcaAmbition [2008-05-19 00:41:03 +0000 UTC]

Aw thank you! I usually just post cetacea pics here, so not much during the closed season. But now I've got a bunch (plus I'm going back June 9 lol). By the way, your boy was verrry interested in Kiska yesterday. He's getting so big, he's almost as big as she is.

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OrcaAmbition In reply to Tsitika [2008-05-19 04:11:59 +0000 UTC]

Your photos are so awesome you really should post more than just Cetecean shots here! Or atleast on Flickr or something. Because though we are rare, some of us really do enjoy more than the animals in what you post - the artistic merit behind it. And interested eh? Ike's a little young, but I would like little Ikaika's running round. I can't believe he's so old!

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Tsitika In reply to OrcaAmbition [2008-05-19 05:28:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the kind words! I did use to post on Flickr till I moved here - I'll probably start posting different shots here more, or go back to Flickr. I'll find something to do with them XD Kiska was totally snubbing him, literally shoving him away. Ike needs to work on his technique But give it a few years and I'm sure we'll have some little Ikaikas!

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OrcaAmbition In reply to Tsitika [2008-05-19 12:10:39 +0000 UTC]

I look forward to whatever you do! And that sounds like what Takara did to Taku when he got here. Man I miss that big ol' guy. :/

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Tsitika In reply to OrcaAmbition [2008-05-19 23:16:24 +0000 UTC]

I still can't believe he's gone. I never met him, of course, but everyone's been saying that Ike is starting to look like him in photos. It's nice to think he's living on in his brother

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OrcaAmbition In reply to Tsitika [2008-05-21 01:53:31 +0000 UTC]

I've always thought their markings were nearly the same and the one shot I had posted of them on here both doing a pec wave made that very clear. XD

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RoxMad [2008-05-18 21:20:53 +0000 UTC]

Welcome back! Can't wait to see more from you!!

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Tsitika In reply to RoxMad [2008-05-18 21:50:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I took a lot of photos, so more will follow XD

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Lunchi [2008-05-18 19:47:23 +0000 UTC]

aw thats a lovely shot!
It is so sad that Nootka is dead but those 3 seem to get along great Good that Kiska doesn't have to stay alone.

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Tsitika In reply to Lunchi [2008-05-18 21:50:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! It was sad being there without Nootka, but on the other hand, great to see them together.

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