11-year-old Nakai is suffering from horrendous injuries after an incident that took place during Shamu Rocks on 20th September. Although I'm not sure what happened, it seems that it had something to do with the pool walls and Keet and Ikaika. It sounds to me like maybe Keet and Ike were raking poor Nakai and he rammed into the wall. Either way, poor Nakai has now got a huge chunk of flesh missing from his chin. It's so bad you can actually see the bone! He's now in the medical pool, where he is getting antibiotics. He's also interacting with some of the other whales too and the trainers are happy with how the wound is healing. Basically, an incident occurred during Shamu Rocks on 20th September involving Keet, Ikaika and Nakai. Afterwards, Nakai fled to the back pools, but the trainers continued the show with the other whales, unaware at how badly injured he was. Only when they called him over did they realize he had a chunk of his chin missing. Hopefully, Nakai will get better, but there is a chance he will end up like Splash, another killer whale who rammed into the wall while having a seizure. Afterwards, he had all of his front teeth removed and could no longer shut his mouth. But fingers crossed that Nakai will be alright...
Here's a link to the article (WARNING: contains awful images of the wounds)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/candacewhiting/2012/09/27/seaworld-orca-management-leads-to-horrendous-injury-of-young-orca-whale/
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