Tilikum (c. December 1981[1] – January 6, 2017), nicknamed Tilly, [2] was a captive male orca who spent most of his life at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida. He was captured in Iceland in 1983; about a …

Apr 19, 2024 · When it comes to tales of killer whales harming humans, Tilikum's story is the most notorious. Tilikum, also known as Tilly, was a male orca whale (Orcinus orca) captured off the coast …

Feb 26, 2025 · After years of declining health and a complicated lung infection, Tilikum, who grew to over 22 feet long and weighed more than six tons, died on January 6, 2017, at the age of 36, …

Jan 6, 2023 · Tilikum was the focus for the controversial 2013 documentary Blackfish, which detailed the killings and presented them as a direct result of the stress he endured while living in captivity.

Feb 25, 2010 · A family from New Hampshire visiting SeaWorld Orlando shoots a home video seconds before trainer Dawn Brancheau is killed in an attack by a killer whale named Tilikum.

Jun 13, 2023 · A male orca who was captured in Iceland in 1983, Tilikum lived most of his life in captivity at SeaWorld Orlando, where he killed his trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010.

As his expert 40-year-old trainer Dawn Brancheau leaned over the edge of his tank during what is called a “relationship session,” the 11-ton star orca Tilikum took her in his mouth, dragged her into the pool, …

Tilikum was a bull killer whale (Orcinus orca) bought by the SeaWorld marine park in Orlando, Florida in 1992 to be part of the park's orca exhibit. [2] He was the largest orca in captivity.

Tilikum (pronounced till-EH-kum) was an approximately 35-year-old male Icelandic killer whale who lived at SeaWorld Orlando. He is considered to be largely responsible for the death of senior trainer Dawn …

Feb 25, 2010 · A veteran trainer at Orlando's SeaWorld was dragged under water to her death Wednesday in the jaws of Tilikum, the oldest and largest killer whale in captivity, as horrified …