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Famous Captive Orca Fends For Herself In Florida Keys During Irma

Tori Richards

A famous aquarium orca who has been dubbed “The World’s Loneliest Whale” was left to fend for herself in the Florida Keys as a Hurricane Irma blasted toward Miami as a Category 4 storm.

The whale, named Lolita, is part of an endangered species and has been the star attraction at the Miami Seaquarium for 47 years. But as the biggest hurricane in history chewed up the Florida Keys on its way to the mainland, she was left in the open and not evacuated.

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