The trainer perched on the killer whale as he emerged from the water during Martinez’s attempt at a stand-on spy hop, which led to the catastrophe.
However, Keto tilted to one side, and another trainer said that the orca seemed to have placed himself between the stage and his trainer on purpose.
While other trainers used procedures that had consistently been successful with killer whales, Martinez was told to thin gently to another pool,
But Keto would not comply. Instead, he pushed Martinez to the bottom and played aggressively with his body using his rostrum, which is the point of his beak or nose.
Although they eventually succeeded in regaining control of the orca and recovering Martinez’s corpse, he died as a result of severe wounds, including internal hemorrhage.
