and where was he going to run? there's no place to run. >> i think he spent a lot of time in isolation. seaworld claims, oh, no, he's always in with the other -- with the females. but from what i saw he was mostly put with the females for breeding purposes and he didn't spend a lot of time with the other whales. >> it's for his own protection, you know, he gets beat up, and so by segregating him, it provides a physical barrier so the females can't kick his butt. >> tilikum is pretty much kept in the back, and then brought out at the very end as like the big splash. he was always happy to see you in the morning. >> hi! >> there we go. >> good boy. >> look at his choppers. >> maybe because he was alone. maybe because he was hungry. maybe because he just liked you. who knows what was going on in his head. >> want to whistle? [ whistling ] >> yes?