Nord performing

15.01.2023, the show on 3 PM.

My boy performing the orca segment of the show all by himself! I couldn't contain my excitement when I saw him)
I didn't exactly have the best seat this time, and I'm not used to recording the behaviours right now, so I apologize for the not-so-well filmed footage. I gotta practice recording. I also need a better camera.

Main behaviours:
0:00 - spit bows
0:08 - fluke swim (I don't really know what this behaviour is called)
0:13 - slideout (right, left, middle)
0:53 - swim + a little cute moment with the trainer
1:19 - bows

Stage behaviours:
1:27 - stage slide
1:34 - stage pec wave
1:38 - stage slideout
1:56 - fluke wave

Additional moments:
2:04 - prep bow? This is right before he goes for the spit bows in the beginning
2:10 - losing the trainer, he swam in the wrong direction lol
2:19 - isn't that how Tilikum used to stop?...
2:24 - end of the segment, Nord swims away

My comments about the show:
1. It was surprising to see humans perform much more than the marine animals, honestly I waited for like...25-30 minutes before dolphins showed up?
2. The dolphins got stuck on the stage. All 5 of them. And they all had to get off by themselves. Honestly I can understand trainers not helping the heavy orcas get back into the water, but dolphins???
3. Naja was nowhere to be seen. I'm so scared that I won't get to see her again, too...
4. I teared up twice during the show. First during the vocal part of Nord's performance, when he did the fluke swim, - it reminded me of Narnia too much - and second when I saw the recording of 3 orcas breaching on the stage screen. It still hurts to know that Narnia is gone.


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