Mark Trim

When's he going? Going where? And they said, well, back to the wild. And my comment was, that's not a killer whale, that's a golden retriever.

When's he going? Going where? And they said, well, back to the wild. And my comment was, that's not a killer whale, that's a golden retriever.

The two years I was working with him in Oregon, he must have been sick six times. Five, six times. Not something you want to see in an animal that is going to spend every single day trying to swim far enough, swim fast enough to try and find enough food to eat.

The two years I was working with him in Oregon, he must have been sick six times. Five, six times. Not something you want to see in an animal that is going to spend every single day trying to swim far enough, swim fast enough to try and find enough food to eat.

He was the absolute worst candidate selected for a project like that. He was the worst. Out of all the killer whales in the world, you could just statistically line them up, look at them, and he is dead last.

He was the absolute worst candidate selected for a project like that. He was the worst. Out of all the killer whales in the world, you could just statistically line them up, look at them, and he is dead last.

No, not the people I knew. And I knew everybody there.

No, not the people I knew. And I knew everybody there.

Nobody at that facility that I knew of would sanction or condone or ever intentionally reduce the water quality just because they wanted to make a point on something like that. I mean, that animal was prone to getting sick anyway. I mean, all you're doing is inviting disaster.

Nobody at that facility that I knew of would sanction or condone or ever intentionally reduce the water quality just because they wanted to make a point on something like that. I mean, that animal was prone to getting sick anyway. I mean, all you're doing is inviting disaster.

We introduced him to salmon and introduced him to squid.

We introduced him to salmon and introduced him to squid.

In the very beginning, he would just spit the squid out into the water and the capelin. And then he's watching it sink, and then he'd just go and pick off the capelin, and then it would just rain squid down to the bottom.

In the very beginning, he would just spit the squid out into the water and the capelin. And then he's watching it sink, and then he'd just go and pick off the capelin, and then it would just rain squid down to the bottom.

He was just the most easygoing, just laid back, mellow. I used to just shake my head and kind of laugh to myself. And I'm like, I just can't believe what a cool critter he was. I mean, everybody that worked with him called him the one in a million whale.

He was just the most easygoing, just laid back, mellow. I used to just shake my head and kind of laugh to myself. And I'm like, I just can't believe what a cool critter he was. I mean, everybody that worked with him called him the one in a million whale.

Because no matter how far my career stretches before I disappear and how long I work with marine mammals, there will never be another whale like that.

Because no matter how far my career stretches before I disappear and how long I work with marine mammals, there will never be another whale like that.