Photos showing how closely SeaWorld's trainers worked with Tilikum in the years before Dawn Brancheau died.

1. SeaWorld And Tilikum Was Dawn Brancheau Simply Unlucky? It Appears That Getting Close To Tili Was Not Uncommon

2. On A Slideout (7/10/08)

3. Tongue Tactile. Supposedly Banned? (7/10/08)

4. Same Tongue Tactile (7/10/08)

5. Lying Down, Just Like The Fatal Day (7/10/08)

6. Face To Face Close-Up (12/27/07)

7. Head Hug (12/27/07)

8. More Close Work (3/21/08)

9. This Is A Safer Position (9/27/08)

10. Tili Is Huge! (7/10/08)

11. Another Perspective (2/7/09)

12. A Closer Shot (2/7/09)

13. Could Tili Grab A Hand Here? (12/13/08)

14. Safer, But Still Close…(10/4/08)

15. More Close Work On A Slideout (8/9/08)

16. Still Vulnerable…(8/9/08)

17. More Hands To Rostrum (7/3/08)

18. Probably Best Not To Look Away…(7/3/08)

19. Hand Almost In Mouth (7/3/08)