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The Pod
Location: Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan
KSW's stadium just has 2 tanks for the orcas, which does not allow to create many orca groups. The 2 big males, Bingo and Oscar, are rarely separated from the females. They were even present at births or they met the babies soon after the birth. Stella, the matriarch and dominant female of the group, allows the males to be with the babies and it has never been reported that they were any tensions between the orcas. But the two tanks are way to small for 6 orcas, so moves may occur soon. When Lovey got pregnant in 2007, the group was split. Oscar, Lovey and Lara were mostly in the show pool doing performances, while Stella, Ran and Bingo are kept in the back pool. After Earth's birth that separation didn't change. Ran might join her sisters during the shows soon as she was trained a lot lately.
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The PodLocation: Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan
KSW's stadium just has 2 tanks for the orcas, which does not allow to create many orca groups. The 2 big males, Bingo and Oscar, are rarely separated from the females. They were even present at births or they met the babies soon after the birth. Stella, the matriarch and dominant female of the group, allows the males to be with the babies and it has never been reported that they were any tensions between the orcas. But the two tanks are way to small for 6 orcas, so moves may occur soon. When Lovey got pregnant in 2007, the group was split. Oscar, Lovey and Lara were mostly in the show pool doing performances, while Stella, Ran and Bingo are kept in the back pool. After Earth's birth that separation didn't change. Ran might join her sisters during the shows soon as she was trained a lot lately.
