My Sea World Pictures

This area of my website will contain my pictures from Sea World. This page will be no where near as detailed as the Disneyland section of the site. In fact at the moment I only have 18 pictures. There are two character pictures and the rest our of the animals at Sea World and some miscellaneous pictures. On this page you will find pictures of Shamu, dolphins, polar bears, beluga whales, manatees, as well as some characters and around-the-park pictures.

The Shamu Adventure Show
Here are three pictures from the "Shamu Adventure Show" The famous killer whale gracefully moves through the water, performing tricks on command from her trainers. Killer Whales are the largest member of the dolphin family. Killer whales occur in more parts of the world than probably any other cetacean sea Whale. They occur in all oceans, both in the open ocean and close to shore, but are more common in the colder, more productive waters of both hemispheres than in the Tropics. Resident populations may cover an area of several hundred square kilometers. Transient populations often move through an area rapidly, swimming more than 1000 km (more than 600 mi) along a shoreline in a matter of days.

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Belugas whales, also called "canaries of the sea" because of their loud, shrill squeaks and chirps, live in the upper parts of the northern hemisphere, in coastal marine estuaries and near pack ice. The protuberance at the front of the beluga whale's head changes shape and size in accordance with the different sounds emitted by the whale. Belugas are popular attractions in public aquariums and oceanariums because of their playful and talkative demeanor.

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Manatee, common name for each of three species of a large water mammal, popularly called a sea cow because it grazes on marine grasses and other water plants. The Amazonian manatee ranges throughout the Amazon River basin in South America; the West African manatee occurs in rivers and coastal waters of tropical West Africa; and the West Indian, or Caribbean, manatee is found in rivers and coastal waters from the southeastern United States and the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean Sea and northeastern Brazil.

Dolphin Show
In the first two pictures are two Pilot whales. They are currently the only pilot whales in the United States and can be found at Sea World. In the last two pictures you can see some bottle-nosed dolphins. The bottle-nosed dolphin belongs to a group of marine mammals known as the toothed whales (Odontoceti). The bottle-nosed dolphin has a pronounced beak, high dorsal fin, and broad tail flukes. These dolphins are approximately 1.2 m (4 ft) long at birth and grow to a maximum size of 3 to 4 m (10 to 13 ft).

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Polar Bear is common name for a white bear found on the sea ice of the Arctic throughout the North Polar basin. The only marine bear, it is longer than other bears and streamlined for aquatic life. It has the plantigrade feet (heel and sole touching the ground) typical of bears, with five sharp, curved claws on each foot for grasping the ice and holding its prey. Long hair between the pads protects the bear's feet from the cold and provides traction on the ice. Stiff hairs on the forelegs, and very broad front feet, help the bear swim. All polar bears are white, although their fur may yellow in the summer.

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Heading over to the Wild Arctic attraction I couldn't resist taking the picture of this adorable jackrabbit. Despite its popular name, the jackrabbit is a hare, which is larger and has longer ears than a rabbit. The jackrabbit's habitat consists primarily of dry grasslands in the midwestern and western United States and Canada, and Mexico. It is among the fastest land animals, traveling almost as fast as an antelope for short distances and reaching speeds of 72 km/h (45 mph). After the jackrabbit picture is one of the antique cars near the queue line of the Wild Arctic ride.

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I took this picture near the Ship Wreck Rapids ride at the Shipwreck Reef Cafe. Macaw is the common name for a group of long-tailed, strong-billed birds of the parrot family, found in the American Tropics. There are 17 living species, and several West Indian species are extinct. Macaws vary greatly in size. At 100 cm (39.4 in), the hyacinth macaw of Brazil and Bolivia is the largest parrot in the world. It is more than three times the size of the smallest macaw, the red-shouldered macaw, a 30 cm (12 in) bird of northeastern South America. Macaws are in great demand for the zoo and pet trade, and thousands are exported, both legally and illegally, to other parts of the world. Both because of this drain on the natural populations and because of habitat loss, several species are severely endangered, especially the blue Spix's macaw, which formerly lived in the interior of Brazil, but is now nearly or wholly extinct in the wild.

Here's Ricky and I with Shamoo and some penguins.

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