Orca Encounter (Full Show) - SeaWorld Orlando - February 17, 2026

Описание: This was the first day these four orcas have been together since around 2022, as they were previously living in gender-separated groups. This was the 3:30pm Orca Encounter that day, though you could see some of the orcas still needed some time to get settled with the major social change. Can we talk about how amazingly Malia did? See below for highlights:

0:18 Intro with Nalani, Malia, and Makaio, starting with Nalani's kicker. Notice Makaio needed to watch Nalani instead of have his head up like he normally would when sitting with a trainer.
0:59 Makaio's ventral bows! Makaio never comes back from these during this segment
1:19 Nalani leaves her trainer after noticing Makaio off on his own
2:30 Malia's side breaches

5:24 Statement on reintegrating the 4 orcas together for the first time in years, in lieu of the standard Husbandry/Play segment

8:58 The Hunt/Splash with Nalani, Malia, and Makaio, beginning with Makaio's fluke fling
10:16 Nalani's fluke splash zippers as Trua watches from the gate. Trua had a trainer available to the right of Makaio's trainer but he wasn't feeling comfortable enough to join them just yet
11:23 Nalani and Makaio's double pec wave! I love the sibling group behavior!

14:22 Finale with Malia, Nalani, and Makaio. Malia sits up first but Nalani and Makaio come late
15:39 Nalani leaves and it's honestly a miracle Makaio is still participating at this point
16:29 Makaio is asked to fluke fling and Nalani follows him. Makaio gets it done but gets taken away by Nalani afterwards
17:15 And the last one standing is Malia! We salute you, Malia!

Nalani, Malia, Makaio, and Trua (Killer Whales) at SeaWorld Orlando on February 17, 2026.

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