@MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 11 months agoKept in captive isolation for nearly 53 years, Lolita the orca dies amidst plans for releasewww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1370arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1365arrow-down1external-linkKept in captive isolation for nearly 53 years, Lolita the orca dies amidst plans for releasewww.salon.com@MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 11 months agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@TacoEvent@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months ago …she shared her small enclosure with a male orca named Hugo for the first decade of her captivity. In 1980, Hugo died from a brain aneurysm after an extended period of banging his head against the tank’s spectator glass during fits of depression.