Gender: MalePod: N/APlace of Capture: Born at Loro Parque, SpainDate of Capture: Born October 13, 20

Gender:Male
Pod:N/A
Place of Capture: Born at Loro Parque, Spain
Date of Capture: Born October 13, 2010
Age at Capture: Captive born
Current Location: Loro Parque, Spain

On October 13, 2010, the captive-born female Kohana gave birth to her first calf at Loro Parque in Spain; a male named Adán sired by the captive-born male Keto.

Unfortunately, due to her being separated from her own mother at such a young age, Kohana never learned how to properly care for a calf and rejected Adán immediately. This resulted in staff having to hand-rear Adán, despite the abysmal failure of hand-reared captive calves in the past.

In addition to his mother rejecting him, Keto is not only Adán’s father, but he is also Kohana’s uncle; meaning that Adán is inbred and making him the second inbred calf in captivity.

As he’s grown, Adán seems to be progressing well, but due to the instability of Loro Parque’s social structure, he has sometimes been raked and displaced by the older whales. Kohana can be placed with Adán but does not play a maternal role to him. Adán was the first whale to be introduced to Morgan when she arrived in 2011 and the two seem to get along well; eventually, Adán was introduced to all of the other whales as well.

In August 2012, Kohana gave birth to her second calf by Keto; this time a female named Victoria, or Vicky for short. Once again, Kohana rejected her calf immediately and Vicky had to be hand-reared like her older brother. Adán and Vicky spent some time together and got along well. Unfortunately, Vicky died in June 2013 just 2 months shy of her first birthday.

Many people have also expressed concern over Adán and his health, as pictures taken at the park show he often looks sickly and has poor body condition.

Today, Adán is 4 years old and remains at Loro Parque where he participates in shows but otherwise spends most of his time with Tekoa and Morgan.

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