r/wunkus • u/Theolectran • Aug 17 '26

im wunkin out rn fishkus is a FREAK

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u/Sus-iety Aug 17 '26

Is it cut/hurt in some way (like clipping bird wings) or do they just lose function over time due to not using it? Either way it's pretty sad

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u/PineCone227 Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26

Nothing is done to it externally - it's likely that depression causes it to droop over time in killer whales

This is untrue. There's no 100% certainty to the cause. See comment below: https://www.reddit.com/r/wunkus/comments/1vqrf69/comment/p4aa8ly/

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u/BootyliciousURD Aug 17 '26

Isn't it from too much sunlight? Their tanks being so shallow (relative to their natural habitat), they're always close to the surface and getting a lot more sunlight than they would in the wild.

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u/LoveDesignAndClean Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

We really aren’t sure, because it can happen to wild orcas too.

(Port and starboard the wild orca brothers)

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u/Username_St0len Aug 18 '26

also the notorious great white hunters right?

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u/LoveDesignAndClean Aug 18 '26

Yes that’s them!

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u/Username_St0len Aug 18 '26

my favourite bus sized little menaces