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Hyak
A captive killer whale housed at the Vancouver Aquarium in Canada, notable for being captured in the Pacific Northwest in 1968.
apps Top Hyak Alternatives
The top alternative to Hyak in 2026 is Ruffles (J1) with a score of 9.2/10, followed by Ocean Sun (L25) (9.0) and Granny (J2) (8.5).
Ruffles (J1)
Ruffles was a male Southern Resident orca, specifically part of the J1 matriline. He gained recognition through his dist...
Ocean Sun (L25)
The Ocean Sun (L25) was a critically important member of the Southern Resident killer whale population. This individual...
Granny (J2)
Matriarch of the Southern Resident killer whale population, estimated to have lived over 100 years, regarded as possibly...
Tokitae (Lolita)
Orca captured from Puget Sound in 1970 and held at Miami Seaquarium for over 50 years, becoming a central symbol of capt...
Kiska
Female orca captured off Iceland around 1979 and held at Marineland Canada, she spent her final years as the sole orca a...
Kavna
Kavna was a beluga whale at the Vancouver Aquarium who lived to be 46, making her one of the oldest recorded belugas and...
Kalina
First orca born and successfully raised in captivity, delivered at SeaWorld Orlando in 1985 to Katina and nicknamed Baby...
Katina
Female orca captured in Iceland in 1978 and held at SeaWorld Orlando, one of the most prolific captive breeders and the...
Corky II
Northern Resident orca captured in 1969 and held at SeaWorld for decades, notable for undergoing more captive pregnancie...
Chimo
Rare white orca captured off British Columbia in 1970 and held at Sealand of the Pacific, believed to have had Chediak-H...
Qila
Qila was a beluga whale born at the Vancouver Aquarium in Canada in 1995, notable for being the first beluga to be conce...
Orkid
Female orca born at SeaWorld San Diego in 1988 to Kandu V and Orky II, among the earliest second-generation captive-born...
Kandu V
Female orca at SeaWorld San Diego who died in 1989 after a collision with Corky II ruptured an artery, an incident captu...
Orky II
Male orca captured off British Columbia in the late 1960s and held at Marineland of the Pacific, later transferred to Se...
Corky I
Female orca captured from British Columbia waters in 1969 and held at Marineland of the Pacific in California, an early...
Bjossa
Female orca captured in 1980 and held at the Vancouver Aquarium for over two decades, the last orca kept at that institu...
Kilroy
A captive killer whale kept at SeaWorld San Diego, notable for being collected from Washington state waters in 1969.
Haida II
Female orca held at Sealand of the Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia, one of three orcas involved in the 1991 drowni...
Winston (Ramu IV)
Male orca held at multiple North American marine parks during the 1970s and 1980s, one of several wild-caught killer wha...
Nootka IV
Female orca held at Sealand of the Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia, one of three orcas implicated in the 1991 deat...
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