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Shamu represents the first successful intentional live-capture of a healthy orca.
Three previous orca captures ( including Moby Doll and Namu ) had been more opportunistic.
The way Shamu got her name was from Namu, She + Namu = Shamu.
The very young ( 14 foot / 4. 25m, 2000 lb / 900 kg ) Southern Resident orca was captured by Ted Griffin in Puget Sound in October 1965 to be a companion for the orca Namu at Griffin's Seattle public aquarium.
But the new orca was soon leased to and then purchased by SeaWorld in San Diego in December 1965.
She was retired from performing after an incident in which she grabbed and refused to release the leg of a female SeaWorld employee who was riding her as part of a filmed publicity event.
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