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TIL Lolilta is the last Southern Resident Orca in captivity at Miami Seaquarium. Captured in 1970, it is thought that her ~92 year old mother, L-95, is still alive in the wild with the rest of Lolita's L-Pod Family. Southern Resident Orca stay with their Mother's & pod their whole life

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