death or predeath, i don't know. but all i can comment on is that the guy definitely jumped in the wrong pool. so why keep tillicum there? he is clearly a liability to the institution. why keep him around? it's simple to answer that is his seamen is worth a lot of money. >> over the world tillicums is one of the main breeding whales at seaworld. they can get his sperm and freeze it and he is operating a sperm bank.