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'Psychotic' killer whale's murderous past before tearing trainer limb from limb

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Nobody expected Dawn Brancheau - one of SeaWorld's most experienced trainers - to be mauled to death by the killer whale she'd trained and loved.

Witnesses at the Dine with Shamu show could only look on in horror as Tilikum, the largest bull orca in captivity, took her long ponytail in his mouth and dragged her into the pool during a petting session in February 2010.

She tried to pull it free but at 126lbs, Dawn, 40, was no match for the 12,500lb, 22ft-long whale, who only yanked harder. Her colleagues immediately initiated their emergency procedures, slapping the water in a signal to Tilikum to stop and dropping a weighted net to try and separate the whale from the woman.

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