I found this article particularly interesting because I haven’t seen any animals with back braces before. Even more interesting is that the brace can be adjusted over time to continue correcting the whale’s curvature – much like a human back brace would do.

For example, when I have an x-ray, my orthotist, Gez Bowman, looks for any critiques he could make to my brace in response to corrections we made, lost, or didn’t achieve. Similarly, the team at SeaWorld can customize this whale’s brace to her progress.

Without any more delay, here’s part 2-

Pilot Whale