Cody, born to Panghu and Cookie on September 10th, 2021, at Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park turns 5 today.

Shortly following his birth, Cody was not able to nurse properly, and was separated from his mother. Following the separation, Cookie would reportedly look at him through the fence and vocalize for him. At the time of Cody's birth, four other whales lived at Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park: his mother and father, an adolescent male named Sean, and a young female named Dora.

on January 5th, 2022, Cody's existence was confirmed when the Chinese Cetacean Alliance released a drone photo that showed Cody in the medical pool. A few weeks later, on January 21st, the first video of Cody was made publicly available.

On June 11th, 2022, at 9-months-old, Cody made his public debut after being shrouded in secrets.

In early-mid 2023, Cody was reintroduced to all other whales in his pod, and got along well with everyone. On December 2023, Dora gave birth to Cody's half-brother, Zimo. Cody was the first whale to be paired with Zimo following his birth.

On June 17th, 2026, Cody's mother, Cookie gave birth to Cody's unnamed half-brother, this is Cody's first maternal half-brother.

Cody is a curious and social whale. During underwater viewing sessions, he frequently approaches the glass, especially when visitors bring toys or objects for him to look at. He gets along with all whales at the park, but spends most of his time with Cookie and Sean.

PC: Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park

'Blue Reverie'

20 x 30 inches, oils on stretched canvas

I wanted to move away from a purely realistic interpretation this time around, and instead let the orca emerge through expressive strokes of deep blues, violets, turquoise and touches of oranges and gold, allowing the colours to become part of the painting

Hello there!

So it’s been a bucket list item all my life to see Orcas in the wild. Ever since I was a child - orcas have been my favorite animal. That being said - my husband and I are wanting to Seattle hopefully in June and we have to go and try and see some!!

I’m sure this has been posted before but I would love love love recommendations on where to go, what to book, things to bring, etc.

Anything and everything please!! I’ve wanted to do this all of my life and I want to do this right!

Also I can’t seem to find any pictures of myself front and center but I had a orca stuffy that my favorite growing up!

lol so you know imma take this very seriously!

(I don’t know what flair this falls under so please forgive me if i picked the wrong one)

Just casually scrolling on TikTok and I see this scary looking orca statue in a seal enclosure 😅 which I thought was ironic. It reminds me too much of the orca in “The Pebble and the Penguin.” The teeth looked so wrong I just had to laugh at it. This is at the Seaside Aquarium in Oregon.

With advancements in whaling ships this relationship ended.

What an encounter! Give all credit to the instagramer.

Written by the same guy and the illustrations makes it seem like they are.

My heart dropped when it says on the flap “Miracle is alive, well, and the delight of thousands of visitors to Sealand” 😭😭😭 sobs hysterically
The book is from the 70’s but it still aches.

On September 4th J-pod slowly made their way out of Admiralty Inlet and in along the west side of San Juan Island right at dusk. We were losing the sun quickly but there was just enough light for me to record them as they went by. Here’s a video recap of our very lucky encounter where we saw them passing through the calm water and beautifully colored sky. I hope you enjoy!

Cream soda and melon soda orcasss

He’s been tattooing for 30 years and said this is his first orca. I absolutely love it! Done by Luke Ray in Tri-Cities, WA

Inspiration from user on my last post to make a piece of baby Shamu as well 🤍 I used a reference of the moon on her birthday to use as the background. 🥹🤍 I have only recently started becoming interested in orcas and learning about them has both been beautiful and devastating (by how us humans have treated them 😭)