Birthdate: May 14th 1998
Born at: Seaworld Orlando
Arrived at Seaworld San Diego: March 8th 1999
Relatives: mother Taima (deceased), father Tilikum, the sister Malia, the brother Tekoa, the halfsisters Nyar (deceased), Unna, Kohana & Skyla, the halfbrothers Kyuquot, Taku (deceased), Tuar, Nakai & Ikaika, grandmother Gudrun (deceased) and grandfather Kanduke (deceased)
Sumar
was born on May 14th 1998 at Seaworld Orlando and is the son of
Taima and Tilikum. When he was three months old Sumar’s mother Taima began to
be aggressive against Sumar and they were separated from each other. Already on
March 8th 1999 Sumar was moved for the first time and arrived at
Seaworld San Diego. He lived there for about one year before he was moved to
Seaworld Ohio on April 5th 2000. Sumar did not stay long at Seaworld
Ohio either since he was moved back to Seaworld San Diego on February 18th
2001 and has lived there since then.
Today Sumar is a very playful orca that likes to play with both other orcas and with the park’s visitors. He measures 5 meters and weighs 1921 kilograms (weight and length 2006/2007). Sumar is Icelandic and means “summer”.