Moana

Moana (pronounced mo-AH-nah) was a 12-year-old male Icelandic killer whale who lived at Marineland Antibes in France. Moana was born there tail-first on March 16th, 2011. His mother was Wikie and his father was Ulises via artificial insemination. Moana passed away due to acute bacterial septicemia on October 18th, 2023 at Marineland Antibes.

Early Life[]

Moana was born to Wikie and Ulises on March 16th, 2011. He was the first successful birth of a killer whale via artificial insemination in Europe and the third worldwide. His father, Ulises, lives at SeaWorld San Diego in California. Initially, Marineland Antibes incorrectly sexed Moana as a female before finding out that he was, in fact, a male killer whale. At that point, he had already been given the name Moana but Marineland decided to keep the name anyway.

Death[]

Moana passed away due to acute bacterial septicemia during the night of October 17th or early morning of October 18th, 2023. During the afternoon of October 18th, Marineland Antibes announced that Moana had passed away unexpectedly. According to outsider sources and various French news outlets, Moana had reportedly been under watch due to health concerns.^[1][2] This was, however, never confirmed nor announced by Marineland themselves. A necropsy was carried out to determine Moana's cause of death.^[3]

Trivia[]

• The name "Moana" is a unisex name of Hawai'ian origin and means "ocean" or "sea."

Transfer History[]

Moana was never transferred out of Marineland Antibes.

Galleries[]

• Photos of Moana
• Videos of Moana

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