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Dartful Dodger:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on February 25, 2010, 11:56:56 am ---I guess a lot of the apathy towards it stems from my deep seated personal problems with zoos and their ilk.
... (I sat through one of the shows in September)

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If more people who didn't like to see animals in captivities would attend shows at zoos and the like, they'd be able to double the size of the cages and acquire 3 times the amount of animals to live in them.

Hoopz:

--- Quote from: shardian on February 25, 2010, 01:35:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: pinballjim on February 25, 2010, 12:54:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: RobbyMac on February 25, 2010, 12:23:21 pm ---Save the plankton... Kill the whales.

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Killer whales kill other whales.   :P


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Killer whales kill other whales, sharks, dolphins, seals, sea lions, penguins, etc.

I saw a National Geographix special once that showed how Killer whales feasted on sea lions and seals at some remote island where the seals/sea lions hung out on en mass for a few months. The killer whales would hang out in the deeper water off shore until they saw a land dweller venture into about knee deep water by themselves. Then one of the whales would get a head of steam and come plowing up into the shallows to grab the unfortunate animal. It was epically awesome! Then they'd wiggle around to go back out and wait for more.

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There's a video, almost assuredly on Youtube now, of a sea lion that was supposedly in captivity either hurt or just in a zoo, that was being released into the wild again.  A group like PETA had a bunch of people there to celebrate the poor thing being finally released.

They let it go and it swam away free at last.  A minute later, you see a killer whale flip the little bastard or another sea lion and eat it.  It's fairly comical because of the PETA morons. 

Gorotsuki:
Wild or not.
I do think you can
befriend and train animals.
If you watch them
they are all pretty smart in their own way.

As for this accident
you know, stuff happens.
In Ohio a 300 pound woman
sat on her husband and killed him.
You gotta' be careful with the
really big animals.

Necro:
They said in one of the stories that this particular whale has been a bit pissy for awhile.  It was involved in another accident previously, MAY have killed a guy that snuck in to the place after hours, etc.  So...it wasn't a particularly 'nice' whale. 

Also, something like only 50% of the trainers would work with this particular whale and no one would get into the tank with it normally because of it's temperment. 

Sounds like this whale was pissed, the trainer did something - prob. not on purpose - that set it off and it just grabbed her like a seal and decided to do what killer whales do. 

And, it's a few thousand pounds of whale - a breathing thing wouldn't have done much more than have her stay conscious while the whale flung her apart.  (Look at some video footage of killer whales killing things in the wild - it's insane.)

Frigo:
It's cut and dry from the headline: KILLER whale KILLS human. I mean, if you think for one second that this beast of an animal is going to be cute and cuddly all it's life without any sort of wanting to lash out, then you're nuts. I feel sorry for the family of the woman who died, but beyond that, she either knew the risks going in, or was incredibly naive, and either way, suffered the consequences of her own actions. Then of course the media has to sensationalize it, because, you know, this sort of stuff never happens in the wild...  ::)

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