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Orcas Lived With
Kanduke Aug-16 75 ???-?? 75
Haida ???-?? 75 May-?? 76

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Nookta II's Death
Measurements: 1975 & 1976
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Gender Male
Age at Death ~ 4 years 
Date of Capture August 16, 1975
Place of Capture Pedder Bay, BC
Date of Death May 1976
Place of Death
 Sealand of the Pacific
Cause of Death
 Perforated Post-Pyloric Ulcer

  About Nootka III

Nootka III was caught off Pedder Bay along with Kanduke* in August 1975. LIke Nootka II*, she was supposed to be a mate for male orca Haida* and was immediately sent to Sealand of the Pacific. Both orcas got along well, although they were from pods with different ways of life, Nootka was a Transient and Haida* was a Resident.

Unfortunately she died in May 1976 from an abcess located in her gastrointestinal tract.

 Name Meaning & Blood Type:
- Nootka means "Little Anna" in Inuit and "Circling Around" in Wakashan
- Pronunciation of Nootka: NOO-kas
- Blood Type: 100% Transient

 Family:
It is believed that Nootka originates from the Pacific Transient orca community.


 Transfers:
Seattle, WA August 16, 1975 - ??? ?? 1975   
Sealand of the Pacific ??? ?? 1975 - May 1976             

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