killer whale goes nuts and assaults trainer • Non-Gaming • News and Politics • Eurogamer.net

templar-wizard 28 Jul 2004 15:59:01 3,153 posts
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i shit you not

if it really wanted to hurt him he could have torn him to shreads.

semprini 28 Jul 2004 16:05:23 3,144 posts
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well.. maybe they'll let it go back to the ocean now. there's an idea.

pjmaybe 28 Jul 2004 16:06:06 70,666 posts
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Saw that on the news yesterday. That thing wanted to kill the trainer.

Serves the fucker right for trying to get the whale to jump through hoops or whatever.

Peej

squaylor 28 Jul 2004 16:06:18 3,737 posts
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I hope it doesn't go near Spanky...

templar-wizard 28 Jul 2004 16:06:50 3,153 posts
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i dont think he wanted to kill the trainer peej, due to the fact that he didnt kill the trainer.

pjmaybe 28 Jul 2004 16:08:10 70,666 posts
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That'll teach me to watch 5 news then. Twas reported as if the whale was trying to kill the trainer, but was too big and clumsy to get a grip on him or something.

Mind you a killer whale can rip a seal in half so I can't see it having too much trouble with a wetsuited mong.

Peej

squaylor 28 Jul 2004 16:10:43 3,737 posts
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They eat sharks too, they truly r0xx0r. In the Sydney Morning Herald they were saying the whale was a bit on the randy side. As templar said (EG's answer to Jacques Cousteau that he is) if ti had wanted to kill him, he'd have lasted only seconds.

templar-wizard 28 Jul 2004 16:11:58 3,153 posts
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i saw an Orca v White shark vid somewhere, let me locate...

Spanky 28 Jul 2004 16:12:00 15,037 posts
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squaylor wrote:
I hope it doesn't go near Spanky...

/spanky walking to tesco
/spanky spots killer whale tied to lamppost looking sorry for itself
/spanky goes over to give it a pet
/killer whale shits on spanky then bites his arse cheeks off

pjmaybe 28 Jul 2004 16:12:44 70,666 posts
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squaylor wrote:
They eat sharks too, they truly r0xx0r. In the Sydney Morning Herald they were saying the whale was a bit on the randy side. As templar said (EG's answer to Jacques Cousteau that he is) if ti had wanted to kill him, he'd have lasted only seconds.

With the distant memory of that poor kid and the labrador incident at my school still there, I think I'd rather be ripped to bits by a whale than humped by one...

Peej

squaylor 28 Jul 2004 16:13:51 3,737 posts
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LOL spanky!

And killer whale v. great white v. templar wizard - now that I'd pay to see!

/puts tenner on killer whale

WoodenSpoon 28 Jul 2004 16:17:39 12,360 posts
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/Puts �10 on TW. Don't let me down!

templar-wizard 28 Jul 2004 16:24:51 3,153 posts
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i remembered it was better
tbh, its a butchered clip, you cant see shit, the video is too small and the res is bad. you really have to see it from a primary source on tv or dvd or similar.

oceanmotion 28 Jul 2004 17:13:32 17,358 posts
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I watched a documentry on Killer Whales a while ago and it showed you them catching and killing a seal. The killer whale actually throws the seal about while its still alive. It plays with its food for a while then eats it. So that guy might of eventually got eatin.

scitzoid-pingu 28 Jul 2004 17:18:50 786 posts
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WooHoo!!! wrote:
I watched a documentry on Killer Whales a while ago and it showed you them catching and killing a seal. The killer whale actually throws the seal about while its still alive. It plays with its food for a while then eats it. So that guy might of eventually got eatin.

I saw that one! They reckon it's one of the only animals apart from us that takes pleasure in torturing it's victim! Also said they do it to stun the seal so they can train the little 'uns how to catch seals!

/casts around furtive glance for killer whales
/is glad is of pingu extraction and not a seal

squaylor 28 Jul 2004 17:24:07 3,737 posts
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Erm...I'd watch out for these, if I were you, scitzoid...

pjmaybe 28 Jul 2004 17:25:29 70,666 posts
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squaylor wrote:
Erm...I'd watch out for these, if I were you, scitzoid...

Grim!

And he didn't even take the wrapper off!

Actually, Polar Bears eat penguins too..

Peej

squaylor 28 Jul 2004 17:30:53 3,737 posts
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pjmaybe wrote:
Actually, Polar Bears eat penguins too..

Peej

*groan*

Leopard seals are well nasty - one of them killed a young researcher for the British Antarctic Survey last year. There was a great part of Blue Planet, which showed one of them hiding behind an ice floe to sneak up on penguins. It was amusing to see it peeking round the corner waiting for the penguins to jump into the sea. Clever boy...

hoathenfold 28 Jul 2004 22:38:48 418 posts
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Looks like he was having a whale of a time!!!

Freek 28 Jul 2004 22:46:30 7,682 posts
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Orca thinks they're playing a game, goes a little too far but later calms down.
It's a wild animal, they're extremly powerfull, even if they're just playing along.
If he really was trying to kill the guy he would have just open his mouth and ripped him to shreads in a second.

Menace 28 Jul 2004 23:09:11 5,887 posts
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One lucky guy.. to his credit he kept his cool.

It happens "all the time".. trainers of wild animals think they know their "pet" and then shit happens. Reminds me of the true story of a german zookeeper who felt he had a special bond with the lions he was taking care of, so he brought a cameraman with him, illegally, at night to document it. To everyones horror the lions killed the zookeeper and the cameraman got it all on tape.. can't imagine I'd record it, but then again, I can't imagine I'd be in that situation at all..

Don't mess with mother nature.. she's a bitch!

st3ph3n 29 Jul 2004 00:49:52 2,833 posts
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Still not as good as the exploding whale video.

deem 29 Jul 2004 00:57:46 31,667 posts
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erniewhatbert 29 Jul 2004 09:24:06 3,131 posts
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I blame the whole thing on Manhunt. Blasted video games spoiling the innocence of the orcas.

Chris-Gardiner 29 Jul 2004 09:41:31 962 posts
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bunglebonce wrote:
I blame the whole thing on Manhunt. Blasted video games spoiling the innocence of the orcas.

Damn!

Beaten to it.

Grump 25 Feb 2010 08:50:17 1,208 posts
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This is all over the news today

mal 25 Feb 2010 08:58:48 29,326 posts
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Third time it's killed apparently. Bonkers!

shamblemonkee 25 Feb 2010 09:06:14 17,967 posts
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Sounds like it was bored and had a tantrum - but as with all these sorts of incidents involving large and/or powerful predators their tantrums are more than sufficient to fatally injure a human.

Khanivor 25 Feb 2010 09:10:35 44,800 posts
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Sounds like it needs to be taken on a reforming adventure holiday along with a group of other troubled sea-mammals. Imagine the change that could be brought about by the otters, seals and orcas frolicking in Rhyl in the early spring.

Khanivor 25 Feb 2010 09:10:38 44,800 posts
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Sounds like it needs to be taken on a reforming adventure holiday along with a group of other troubled sea-mammals. Imagine the change that could be brought about by the otters, seals and orcas frolicking in Rhyl in the early spring.