SeaWorld Entertainment, the business behind Shamu the killer whale, wants to make waves in the public market.

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Attracted by plankton, krill and large shoals of herring, minke, fin, humpback, and the occasional killer whale habitually pass through the briny coastal waters between Donegal and Cork City.

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It was Dr. Kenney who took credit for naming Shamu, the famed killer whale, and then figured out how to fly her to Sea World from Seattle.

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Scientists recently made what they believe is the first ever wild sighting of an adult white killer whale, off the coast of Kamchatka in eastern Russia.

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Researchers in Hawaii measured the hearing of a female killer whale and found she could fine-tune her most crucial sense.

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As the whale-hunt began, he and his people showed up with their flagship and a smaller boat painted to resemble a killer whale, so as to scare the grey whales away.

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In real life, Keiko was a captive killer whale sparking animal rights campaigners to raise funds to release him from the Mexican aquarium where he was kept.

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