Killer whale Kandu V died at SeaWorld after a fight with another orca left her spouting blood from her blowhole in front of a horrified audience.
It was the second killer whale death at the park in the space of just a year as male whale Orky had died three days after Kandu gave birth to her baby.
Kandu, who was 14 when she died, rammed into a bigger orca during a show, severing a major artery in her nasal passages and fracturing her jaw.