LES COULISSES DE MARINELAND

I'm going to make a gesture. Mom, do it. Baby, look at mom. And he does the same thing. You see, she also helps him from time to time a little bit. We take a nice little ring and we're going to put the vitamin in here, to then give it to our animals for breakfast. It's just a perfect coordination between music and animals that will create emotions. That's what makes the hairs stand up on the arm. It's a session, if you want. Well, it smells like manchot. It smells like manchot, but above all, it smells like maribas. Yeah, that's a shark. But in fact, as soon as it touches us, it leaves right away. So there's not much risk. You have to know that odour is the most developed element in polar bears. About ten times higher than that of the dog. Eight o'clock in the morning. The parking lot of the Antibes Marineland is still empty when John Kershaw, the zoo director of the park, starts his day. Hello. How are you? John Kershaw is a bit of the soul of the Marineland. An emblematic figure, he is the only zoo director in Europe to have orcas in his charge. His role? Supervise purchases, manage staff and train animals. We have an animal staff of 50 people and a very large group of animals with specific needs. And it's up to me to make sure that everything works correctly. For the animals and for us. How are you, friend? Is it waterproof paint? In the morning, it's time for the last little touches. The quiet moment of the day. It's calm in the morning, it's good. It's good. This is where we really appreciate the animals, when they are calm like that. So, apparently, this night, they slept over there. In what is called the P5. I already see a mother and a baby. The others may be in the other basins, but anyway, it's up to them to decide where they want to sleep and with whom. It's good. Freedom. To choose with whom we sleep at night. It's great. John arrived in 1980 at Marineland. But for him, it all started when he left the university to live his passion, the underwater diving. I had offered my services to a dolphinarium in England. It was a puddle of water with two dolphins in it. It was, frankly, at the time, a pioneer in the 1970s. And one day, they called me and finally, I dived with the dolphins. And that's what I want to do. So I built the university wall. I think they're still looking for me. The park was inaugurated in 1970. And at the time, its founder, Count Roland de la Poippe, had great ambitions. Marineland is going to be the first important marine oceanarium in Europe. A family business at its creation, Marineland was sold to a large Spanish group in 2006. Today, Marineland is the first tourist site on the Azure coast. A profitable business. 40 million euros is the annual turnover of the first marine park in Europe. Each year, more than a million people spend 38 euros on the place to admire the 5,000 animals and the 45 species that the park has. Turtles, sharks, otters, bears and chubs live here. Even if it's mostly the show of dolphins and orcas that attracts the spectators. An orca, it's wet, but it's especially moving. John remembers his first meeting with one of these big babies. I had never seen an orca. I had only seen dolphins until then. And the first impression, and I still have it, I still have the chills. It's the breath of an animal. When it came next to me, it breathed. I took a step back. Still. And from there, you are marked for life. At the creation of the park, the orcas were captured in the middle of the sea. To get one of these animals, it was not complicated. All you had to do was order a fisherman. Here, for example, we are in 1978 and we are flying an orca captured in Iceland. Direction Antibes, first class. Of course, today these methods are totally forbidden. In France and in Europe in general, administratively, it is absolutely impossible to import a captured animal. It has not been done since the 80s. 85 are the last animals here that were captured. Impossible to capture the animals, so to survive, the park has to count on births. In these images, a rare event, the birth of an orca in captivity. And the last one is him, Moana. The birth took place without problems, in the middle of the afternoon. His mother, Wiki, also born in captivity, gave birth to a good baby of 200 kg. Since the 70s, 5 orcas were born in captivity in the basins of the Marineland. But since these images, Moana has grown well. The proof. Today, Moana has gained a few kilos and is starting to do shows like the big ones. She is Caroline, a 33-year-old nurse who takes care of the big baby. Nothing has predestined her to work with animals. It is her psychological diplomas that have interested the Marineland. So here is our little one, who is already 3.5 meters tall and who, as you can see, is still very close to his mother. They have very important family ties. And in fact, at the very beginning, Moana will learn by mimicry with his mother. Very stupidly. So I'm going to make a gesture. Mom realizes. Baby looks at mom. And he does the same thing. You see, she also helps him from time to time a little bit. And that's how the whole learning process is done. Everything goes through mom. We don't do anything at all. It is she who teaches him all the basics. Not that. No. Now that he is a year and a half old, we start to separate him from mom. But now it is mom who is less comfortable and who stays a lot on the door to see a little bit what we do with his baby. So you have to work on that too. Attention. Unprecedented experience. Hi, beautiful. What does whistling mean at the moment? Whistling is to say at the precise moment when I whistle, what you do is good. And in general, there is a reward behind it. What is the reward? It's either food. So it's a primary need. That's what's most important. Or a toy. Which can also be very interesting for animals. And yes, Moana's mother even taught him to kiss when Caroline shows him a heart. So what is that? That's kisses all the time. No need for fish to interact with the animals. The goal is to arouse their curiosity and make them think. Look, you see, they are good with us. They are quite attentive. As soon as we move, Papi moves with us. We see that there is motivation. And look, Wiki, she's really trying to put a little tooth in at the same time. Some babies have trouble walking. Moana only learns to turn around. On the other side of the park, Sidonie and Agathe, the aquarists of the Marineland hurry. Sharks are just born. Everything is fine. It's normal. Sharks are just born. We're going to get the little bamboo sharks that we're going to transfer to the new tank. Ah yes, indeed, they are very small sharks agglutinated around this rock. They usually live in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean. Under Sidonie's attentive gaze, these sharks are slowly taken from the aquarium. The transfer must be extremely delicate. The shark could die of a heart attack. Little nature. In terms of fishing, we try to stress the animal as little as possible. We put a lid on because when fish are stressed, they can jump out of the tank. Then everything will happen in the new tank when we acclimate the animal to its new environment. No time to waste, so we have to avoid disturbing the sharks. It's on a bucket, there's a better environment. And it's ugly. To transfer the animals, the transfer must be fast enough so as not to stress the animal. Sidonie will have to acclimate the sharks to their new aquarium in the reserve, a place where they grow aquatic plants but also corals to recreate the environment of each species. Our mission is to recreate an ecosystem. That is, when we install an aquarium, we will install the sand for the fish that live in the terriers. We will install the rocks, the living rocks, for the fish that can live in the holes of the rocks. Then we will also leave space for the fish that live in the water. We have fun watching and observing the animals when we introduce them and each one finds its place as we had planned. We are at 24.7, so it's about the same temperature. On the other hand, we are a little higher in salinity. Our goal is to adjust the parameters. Little by little, these fish must acclimate to their new environment. We do this in a precise and fast way. Precise and fast. It's not a joke, so say to the aquarists. Well, that's it, the bamboo sharks are now like at home. Today, they hold in their hands, but this is not the case for all the sharks in the Sidonie tank. In this large aquarium, about twenty sharks cohabit. Gray sharks, feeding sharks and bull sharks. Three times a week, if Sidonie goes up here, at the top of the aquarium, the goal is to feed the sharks. We give them squid. We give them conger. Immediately launched, immediately swallowed. And we also give them sprats and capelin. In fact, we give food depending on the growth of the animals. We adapt the size of the prey to the size of the animal. So in fact, we have big prey for adult animals, and we have smaller prey for juvenile sharks. We apply the rule one prey, one animal. We see the animal going up. The shark, when it goes up, when it hunts, it adopts a particular swim. We observe, we wait for the animal and the shark to adopt this swim. It adopts an ascending swim. At that moment, we present the prey to be sure that it consumes this prey. Contrary to what one might think, sharks do not eat much, 1% of their weight per week. But there, apparently, they were still a little hungry. And if, for example, you fall into it, what happens? So, if we fall into the basin, I think the sharks will be as surprised as we are. So the first thing they do, they go away because they are afraid. Then the shark is curious, so it will come back, look, get a little closer. But we get out of the water and there is no problem. There is no problem. There you go, there is no problem. Well, especially if we go out fast. And since, a priori, we are not welcome, we're going to go somewhere else. More playful, more docile and much smarter, dolphins. Yes, well, be careful of the camera anyway, Flipper. No, it's Rocky, actually. He's going to play with Laura, a young nurse who is just starting in the profession. Concentrated and attentive, at 25 years old, Laura lives on a daily basis with the dolphins. A footwork that she has been hoping to do for years. At first, the parents don't take it too seriously. Yes, of course, it was veterinary, then in adolescence, still. And then it starts with an internship, then a second and then a beautiful day, the chance that we want to continue the adventure with us and that we are offered the first contract. And then it's the dream and then it's gone to live our dream. Today, helped by an experienced nurse, Laura will try to do a new exercise with Rocky, the dolphin. Wow, very good! So here I have a target, in fact, a big target, which will allow me to lengthen my arm, quite simply. And the goal is that Rocky touches the target. Mission accomplished! To make a dolphin jump, the gesture is not enough. Still, a close relationship with the animal must be created. A relationship that works on a daily basis, even if in the end it is always the dolphin who decides whether he wants to or not to be in interaction with the caretaker. It's going to be either sometimes he doesn't like the exercise, so he tells us right away and then he leaves. It's simple here, we don't have a leash, we don't have anything, so I don't like your exercise. It's going to be that kind of thing. Or just simply, just when they understand. There are even us, sometimes we say to ourselves, but wow, you managed to understand what I said to you without words, without anything, with a gesture and my body attitude, that's amazing. When they understand what we have in our heads without language, that's amazing. The dolphins therefore may understand Laura. The secret of this complicity, so that they respond to the gestures of the caregivers and let themselves be done, is that they feel safe. The goal is that he is confident, that my hands are you follow me, but at the same time my hand is a caress, it also gives behaviors that he knows, but the goal is to say we are together, we are a team, I offer you little games, if you want to participate with me, I am delighted. Nicolas, said Nico, has been working for more than 10 years as a caregiver in the marine land locker room. Around the neck, his whistle and then his combination on his muscular body, Nicolas goes to prepare the little orc breakfast. Behind this door, the fridge of the marine land, ambient temperature minus 18 degrees. Here is the fridge, where we will store the fish that we will defrost from day to day for our animals. 22 tons of frozen fish are stored there, all for 20,000 euros. With that, the animals of the park have enough to last two months. So we're going to get the amount of fish we need. So here is my herring, I need five plates of herring, so I'm going to take five plates of herring like here. Where do the fish come from? It's taken from the sea in the natural environment, so then it depends a little bit on the fishing areas. It's well preserved in the cold, it's not cold. It's very cold here, it's great. So that the fish are ready for breakfast, he heads to the kitchen. This is the physical part, so then it's the small slope, a little more physical. So that's the herring for tomorrow. And now, the cooking sheet of a whole world. Recipes for a special Orc breakfast, several hundred kilos of fish, placed delicately and left to defrost for 24 hours. The next morning, as the sun rises on the coast of Azur, it's ready. It's 8am and Nico is already in the kitchen to finish preparing breakfast. Here are the three types of fish that we give. Here we have herring, the big fish that is known by everyone. Here we have blue merlin and here a small fish called capelin. So we're going to give each Orc a slightly different amount of fish. So here, to find out what the fish eat per day, we're going to give them on the table here the amount of fish that we have. So here, Freya, we were just talking about her. Freya, we're going to give her 24 kilos of herring 10 kilos of blue merlin, 5 kilos of capelin, which gives her a total of 39 kilos of fish per day. 39 kilos for Freya, the female of the basin, for her, is a bucket with a blue ring. The young Moana will have the right to the bucket with the yellow ring. 14 kilos of fish will be distributed during the day, an amount that changes throughout the year. It also depends on the water temperature, it also depends on the period. Sometimes, here on the Azur there are temperatures that can go down a little bit. It's quite regular, but it happens from time to time. So the animals need to eat more, Like us, when we go skiing and all that, we eat more raclette and things like that. It's the same for us here with our fish. We give them more fish or more energetic fish. We went up with Valentin to 100 kilos of fish per day. That's because he was a big male and he was growing, he needed to eat a lot, so it went up to 100 kilos. In addition to an impressive amount of fish, Nicolas will hide something in the orca's breakfast. Food supplements, small gills that are there to compensate for the loss of nutritional elements of the fish during freezing. We'll take our bucket. In general, we'll take a nice little gill, here, we'll make a little hole and we'll put the vitamins in here to give our animals at breakfast the little vitamins supplements for the whole day. And hop, unknown to us, the orcas will eat all the fish with the food supplements. It's really important that we have an extreme sanitary quality. So as soon as a fish falls on the ground, we throw it away. Unfortunately, those fell on the ground in the trash. That's it, breakfast is ready. Direction the main basin where the orcas are already waiting for the right fish to start the day. Under the direction of Anke, each caretaker will feed an animal. Apparently, the orcas like their fish in the morning. They're singing this morning. For example, this morning we'll give them breakfast here and tomorrow it might be in another basin. The large basin in which the orcas contains 45 million liters of water, the equivalent of 12 Olympic pools. But where does this water come from? In this control room, agents Daniel and Emmanuel have a general view of all the vans, all the water arrivals and all the sewage that flows It's a permanent as there are 300 pumps so there are always pump defects, vans that don't close properly, so it requires a 24-hour surveillance. Here we have the orca pump that feeds the orcas. We can see it well. On the other hand, we need water at the lagoon. So what we're going to do now is stop the filling of the orcas and we're going to send the water to the lagoon. At any time, these agents must be able to regulate or stop the filling of a basin. Direction, the lagoon. So here you have the sewage coming from the sea so it comes to take the water 600 meters from the shore and 70 meters deep. Why this depth and this distance? Because in these conditions, we are sure that in summer and winter, whatever the weather conditions outside, we always have the same quality of water, both physically and chemically and in terms of temperature too. So it's here, under the beach of Antibes, that the heart of Marineland Through these pipes, all the water that feeds the basins and aquariums of the marine park Every day, up to 5 million liters of water pass through this pump. A real labyrinth of pipes goes through Marineland. In all, 10 kilometers of sewage are necessary. And indeed, in terms of installation, it changes our bathroom. We'll go eventually. Earlier, we saw that the level of the basin was low, so our goal is to make a water supply so that we are at a good level on this basin. So now, the valve is open and the pump in the sea well is going to start and the water is going to arrive. The water comes directly from the sea to the lagoon or to the basins of the polar bears. And yes, there are also polar bears in Marineland. I present to you Flock, the female, and Rasputin, the male. A couple who seem quite happy to be able to play in their basin filled with water. And to take care of these two big babies, hidden behind these star moons, Gregory, their caretaker. And this morning, Gregory prepares a little olfactory for these bears. These are animals that will have to try to interest and occupy throughout the day, precisely because we don't have these famous learning sessions that are quite numerous during the day at dolphins and orcs. Honey, apples, eggs, and even popcorn for these brown mammals. It will also go through some games. You should know that odour is the most developed element in polar bears, about ten times higher than that of dogs. And so the first thing it will do when it goes out is sniff. So these are little stimuli that will attract its attention. And what's the point of all this? Simply to prevent it from getting bored. Floch and Rasputin live in this enclosure of 2,200 square meters. A vast garden with a pool and an ice cave. On the other hand, at the level of intimacy, we know better. Water may be the last solution to save this species on the verge of extinction in the natural environment. From 20 to 25,000 polar bears are still trying to survive. Parks may be the last places where we'll see this species in the years to come. And unfortunately, it's not the only one. apart from global warming, which polar bears have become the symbol of, since they are supposed to disappear because of it, well, unfortunately, there are other species that will survive only in parks. But in a park in the sun on the Azure Coast, isn't it a little too hot for these bears who are used to the cold? It's true. At first glance, it may seem surprising, but we'll remember one very important thing, which is that they don't come from the North Pole. It's still essential. First of all, it's forbidden, it's a good thing, but these are two animals that were born in a park, so the first thing is that they are completely used to heat since they were born. You should also know that under their white fur, which is actually transparent fur and a black skin, which is really a very good thermoregulator, we see these animals even at 2 p.m. in mid-August roaming around in the middle of the canyons. Of course, they don't spend all afternoon there, but they really regulate their time through all these places, really everywhere they can go, where they feel good. Sometimes they go to bed in the shade, sometimes they take a nap in the sun, sometimes they roam in the water, and really, whether it's minus 10 like last winter or 35 like in August, they have exactly the same attitude. Making the bears feel good is Gregory's role. He really hopes that one day Flock and Rasputin will give birth to a little polar bear. On the platform where the caregivers give their show, Caroline is in the middle of a session with Valentin, the male of the basin. These sessions take place all day to take care of the animals. We asked him three behaviors, namely to go in the middle of the basin, to sit on his belly and to move the pecks at the same time. So that's our sound call. It allows us to call the animals when they do something and I have no other way to tell them that what they are doing is what I asked them to do. It also serves as a safety device. If something falls into the basin, the animals are conditioned to respond to this sound message by coming back to the platform. An essential sound call if someone falls into the basin, for example, because today it is forbidden to go in the water with an orc. This is because of a dramatic accident in the United States a few years ago. This scary story of an orc from Delphinarium who killed his trainer in full display. Dawn Brancho, 40 years old, was one of the stars of SeaWorld, an amusement park located in Florida. She loved orcs. And yet, yesterday, in full display, one of her mammals killed her. Until 2010, caregivers could swim with orcs but now they have to stay on board. Following the accidents that happened two years ago in the United States and in Tenerife, the company's policy was to ask us to stop working in the water. So we respect that and we don't go. Do you find it frustrating? Frustrating? No, we do other things. A handkerchief and a look in every corner before the arrival of the spectators, Elsa inspects the park. How are you, Philippe? Have you been able to put the panel of the assembly point on the thermostat? Great. You have to go in every little corner. Even if the customers don't go to that place, they still have a view on everything. It's really in the details. In fact, you really have to check everything in detail. For example, here, we realize that there are some debris that have been forgotten. Yes, Mohamed, I'm at the dolphin entrance at the fish kitchen and we have in the gardeners on the right side some debris still hanging. OK. OK, nothing is left to chance. A lamp that is missing, a dust in a corner, a paper that is hanging. Everything must be impeccable before the arrival of thousands of spectators. Let's go. While Elsa continues to check the park... Thank you. Bye. ...at the sleeves, too, it's the big cleaning. And it's Bruce, the caretaker, who sticks to it. Smells like a flower. You would have understood it, a particular smell scents the basin. It smells like manchot. It smells like manchot, but above all, it smells like maribas. Here are the gorgon jumpers and the royal manchot, who have a, let's say, singular way of moving. From time to time, in an empty basin, you have to be sure to check all the rocks, everything is in place. And if ever we have a little algae that starts to hang, we will eliminate all that. Don't forget that in all these basins, there is no javelin in there, because it plays a little on the feathers of our manchot friends. And here, deep down, the manchot cover their eggs, while others are a little more agitated. Under the astonished and perplexed gaze of some, the cleaning follows its course. It's a good head! And we rub, and we stretch the basin of the manchot to remove this little film of algae. Ah yes, in fact, below it was blue. A manchot in particular seems happy to have a clean basin. But yes, we are happy for you too! And they also take care of the cleaning, but they will take a little more risk than Bruce. Regis and Vincent are the divers of Marineland. In a few moments, they will dive in the middle of the squalls. What we are going to do is that we are going to go for a dive of about half an hour, three quarters of an hour. So we equip ourselves with diving bottles to clean the windows of the tunnel. Cleaning the windows of the basin is essential to avoid the accumulation of algae. But to dive with the sharks, some precautions are still necessary. The first thing is really that we dive to make movements. It is really very soft, in fact, so as not to stress them. If they stress, they will stress all the other sharks too. And there, they will have a little risk. But it is really to dive very slowly. There is a shark there. But in fact, as soon as they see us, they leave right away. So there is not much risk in fact. No risk may be good, but it's damn intimidating anyway. Twice a month and for about an hour, Régis and Vincent come to clean the entire glass surface of this large basin. At the bottom of the sand, but also teeth. The sharks lose them regularly, but apparently it grows back. Once the aquarium of the sharks is clean, the work continues with the orcas. Three days will be necessary to completely clean the basin with this submarine vacuum cleaner. In Marineland, cleaning never stops. But already the first visitors arrive at the entrance and the park opens in half an hour. Here is Manuel. He is the veterinarian of the park specialized in marine mammals. For five years, he has been sculpting all the animals of Marineland. Today, he wants to know if Carolina is pregnant. Carolina, sorry, it's the otter. We do it slowly. It's you who decides. It's an animal. Without you, I will not do that. So you are the boss. Yes, it's good because it's all the TV Carolina is anxious. Manuel is on his guard. He must not make sudden movements. She is beautiful. She is good. She lost a little bit of weight. No, she is great. She is great. Do you know that? The otter is disturbed by the presence of Manuel. But after a while, he can finally do the ultrasound. Good girl. Open. There's a good girl, Carolina. He's a good girl, Carolina. Open up. There's a good girl. And if that's the case, at some point, we'll have to move her to another basin, a quieter one, where she can see the baby quietly. And after ten minutes of ultrasound, the verdict? I saw that she has a good layer of fat, like all marine mammals, but I didn't see a pregnancy. We will do the exam regularly in the next few months. Last year, an otter was born in Marineland, Pumba. Joined by his assistant, Manuel continues his medical visit of the animals. We combine the regular health check-ups with the research of the ormans that we usually do. Once a month, Manuel comes to take a blood sample on an orc, to insert a needle in an animal that weighs more than three tons. A priori, the maneuver is going to be complicated, but in fact, helped by the caretaker, Manuel is going to take the sample with disconcerting But watch out for splinters. We're going to take a blood sample and at the cetaceans, at all the whales and all the dolphins, the most accessible vein is here. It stings a little, but by myself, I'll never make it. But with the caretaker, everything is possible. She is very, very well trained. It's part of our prevention program. That means we prevent diseases by doing a lot of checks. And at the same time, we take the opportunity this time to to have samples for a research which is the research on the hormones of the orcs. The orcs, for example, they have cholesterol. They also have triglycerides, the two types of fat that exist everywhere. But the values, for example, the cholesterol are much higher. But on the other hand, it's not bad cholesterol in them. The sclerosis that we fear in humans, it almost doesn't exist in the whales and in the elephants. We never know if there is maybe something that hides the symptoms of a disease. They don't show it. A terrestrial animal will lie down more, it will move less. Orcs, when they breathe on the surface, they don't have the choice to lie down or sleep or find a quiet place to lie down. That's why the symptoms are much less obvious. And the blood is a guarantee for us to see that everything is fine. Just like high-level athletes, each animal is scanned daily. Blood samples, skin samples, ultrasound, all physical parameters are scrutinized by the team. Ok, I'm done. Thank you. The orc behaved well and as a reward, a little hug from Anker, with even a kiss on the tongue. It's disgusting. Yes, Noël, I just wanted to make sure that all the gates were closed. Everything is closed. We are ready to open. We are waiting for you. Here, one last little check. Elsa is finally ready to open the park. What time is it? Ok, let's go. At full capacity, we are going to open Marineland. I remind you that there were 12 VIPs in the park. There is a planned group on Marineland, 20 people. And today, the forecasts are 1,300 on Marineland and 60 on the golf course. Have a good day. Are you ok? Yes. There are a few people in front. Ok, perfect. It's clean. We are going to open. The curtain has just opened and the spectators are already heading to the stairs to admire the show of the VIPs. At Marineland, the performances are in sequence and on the other side of the park, while we are a few minutes from the show of the orcs, Lionel, the director, comes to get information from Hank. The healers and the technicians must coordinate. Here, all the representations are different. How are the animals today? It's ok, so far it's calm. Specific things, complicated animals? No, he is a little soft. But no, it's ok. First behavior, it's going to be Wiki, who is going to come out on a tornado. It's rolling. It depends, you can change the show every day. It's very important for the animals, you can't have the same rhythm all year long, all day long, we have to vary, it's important to stimulate them mentally. And we, the specificity is that we have to read all the behaviors that are happening around the pool. We take a maximum of information before, but there is a lot during the show of unforeseen events, and we communicate a lot with Toki Woki, or a lot with gestures too. And these gestures, you have to know how to read them, watch them everywhere, apprehend them, react to all of this. We do the watering and everything, are you ok? Yes, we do everything, all of it. Well, good show, see you later. Thank you, you too. We are a few moments from the show, the 6,000 spectators take place in the stands, a capacity equivalent to three times the Olympia room. At the control room, Lionel makes his last adjustments. Under the watchful eye of John, the zoological director, the Orcs' show can start. Come on, come in, healer. Orc healer, it's your turn, good show. It's on the screen, camera 1. Back to PFS, camera 2, reverence to the left. An overused music, a real American show of half an hour, given up to five times a day. Everything must be millimetred, fluid movements and a perfect symbiosis between the Orcs and the healers. It is of course necessary for a successful show. They don't know at all that they are doing a representation, they know that there are people in the stands, they know that there is music, they know that there is all of this, but in fact, as they only have a long period of interaction with the healers per day, it lasts from 8 am until midnight in summer, and all they see is from time to time during this period of interaction, there are people who come in the stands. So they are totally abstract from that, they are not in the show, they don't have the meaning of the show. What we try to do in a show is always that the music, the emotion, everything coincides with the movements of the animals so that we have the maximum impact on the people. It's only a perfect coordination between the music and the animals that will create the emotions. That's what makes the hair stand up on the arm. It's a science, if you will, but it's not life. Because there is nothing less precise than an animal that doesn't work at all for our product. It works for its skin and it's right. The little one from the basin, Moana, is on the show with four other orcs. For him, a long career is being announced in Marineland, a 30-year career, enough to make a lot of artists dream. © transcript Emily Beynon