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Tilikum

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Tilikum is an orca. Some aquariums in other countries have orcas, just like Ocean Park has dolphins. Tilikum lives at SeaWorld in Orlando in the United States. Tilikum made headlines last week when he killed his trainer.

What happened

Tilikum had just finished a show and his trainer Dawn Brancheau was playing with him. She lay down in a very shallow part of the pool. Tilikum grabbed her pony tail and pulled her into the water. He shook her around like a toy. She died.

Not the first

Tilikum has now been involved in three deaths. In the first one, he and two other orcas drowned a trainer. In the second one, no one is sure what happened. One morning, a dead man was found floating on Tilikum's back.

Kings of the ocean

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