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killer whale goes nuts and assaults trainer • Page 3
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Genji 19,682 posts
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Day 319 posts
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Registered 19 years agoThere was a interesting docu on BBC2 last night about a young killer whale and it's contact with humans. Bit of a spoiler though, sadly it doesnt end well... 
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oceanmotion 17,358 posts
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Registered 18 years agowhite_frank_white wrote:
In slightly related news, they're trying to reclassify dolphins as "non-human persons" o_0
Anything to stop the cunting Japanese fishermen slaughtering them. It's quite horrible what they do to the poor things. -
_Price_ 3,072 posts
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Registered 15 years agoPhysically_Insane wrote:
The clue is in its name.
Pretty much. Although I don't suppose entomologists have the same issue with assassin bugs.
Oh, and:
20 years ago the whale was implicated in the death of another trainer in Canada.
Did they find flipper prints on a piece of lead piping or were the 3" teeth marks a bit of a giveaway? -
Lukey__b 3,716 posts
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Registered 12 years agoNaw, it was the letter of confession. -
I actually met* Shamu once!
* was in an audience of about 500 watching him/it perform - no fatalities that day -
Zidargh 2,048 posts
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Registered 15 years agoProbably gonna have to take it to the moon. -
Lukey__b 3,716 posts
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Registered 12 years agoMy grandparents used to live along Cardigan Bay in Wales. I once saw a beached Dolphin that had been shot in the face*. True story.
I think it had been shot… it didn’t look like it had been dead for very long, and it had a hole in its head. Maybe just harpooned. -
Uh... all cetaceans have holes in their head... 
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Lukey__b 3,716 posts
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Registered 12 years agoLol
Ok, it had a few holes in its head. One more than it should have had.gif)
I couldn’t figure out why someone would have randomly killed it like that. Unless the hole happened another way…. The rest of the dolphin was intact without a scratch though.
Maybe the Welsh were getting bored of sheep…. -
Zerobob 3,017 posts
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Registered 12 years agoHmmm, Orcas in the wild risk getting beached to snatch sea lions from the shore. Maybe it was obeying a natural predatory instinct to snatch something from the edge of the water.
However, I seem to remember that the mother has to teach their young to do this in the first place, so maybe not.
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Doomspoon 3,040 posts
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Registered 14 years agomingster wrote:
good... bloody cruel it is. Well done whale.
They shut the dolphinarium down in Brighton, so they should do the same there.
(Although the Dolphins did sing happy birthday to me when i was about 5 years old)
I'd blanked the memory of going there as a child, I did got to the Sea Life centre that's there instead a few years ago.
It's good to see wild dolphins swimming off the coast of Brighton on the odd summer, not seen any for a few years but it happens from time to time. -
This thread is repeated on 'News and Politics'
Why lock the thread on 'News and Politics' and keep it open on 'General Gaming'
Should't it have been vise-versa ? -
PezzaDispenser 13 posts
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Registered 13 years agoPersonally I would just try and refrain from posting the title of this forum… “Killer whale goes NUTS and ASSAULTS trainer”!
I bet she had a “Whale” of a time. -
Forum's not what it used to be, we should be knee deep in puns by now.
Am I right? -
wile_coyote wrote:
Because this thread predates the introduction of categories. Answer: recategorise. And you should use the proper classic view. ;p
This thread is repeated on 'News and Politics'
Why lock the thread on 'News and Politics' and keep it open on 'General Gaming'
Should't it have been vise-versa ? -
ronuds 21,781 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI say good for the whale. These poor things are used to swimming in oceans and suddenly they're stuck in a tank the size of a bathroom, and that's where they're to stay for life. I'd be pissed, too!
You know his free mates are all: "Hey, everyon's going to hang out down by the sea lions for a bite. Wanna joi......ohhhhh yeah, you've got THAT whole thing going on." -
PezzaDispenser 13 posts
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Registered 13 years agootto wrote:
Forum's not what it used to be, we should be knee deep in puns by now.
Am I right?
Man... That Pun "Blowholes"!
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Cadence 2,585 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThere really is no porpoise in all of this.
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PezzaDispenser 13 posts
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Registered 13 years agomcmonkeyplc wrote:
Any hole's a goal!
In 1999 Daniel Dukes, an unauthorised visitor to the Florida park who entered after hours, was found naked and dead, draped over Tillikum’s body, after apparently jumping into the tank in his underwear.
McMonkeyPlc clearly has the same thought pattern as Daniel Dukes... Ha! -
Day 319 posts
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Registered 19 years ago2K00L4SK00L wrote:
Day wrote:
There was a interesting docu on BBC2 last night about a young killer whale and it's contact with humans. Bit of a spoiler though, sadly it doesnt end well...
Watched that earlier
Made me think the "Indjuns" should've left smart people to solve it....
Yeah, I know what you mean. It was sort of depressing in its inevitable really! -
sirtacos 8,279 posts
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Registered 14 years agoKeeping orcas and dolphins as captive circus freaks is abhorrent.
I've gone swimming and diving with the latter in the Pacific. I was even in the water with them as they hunted a school of fish. Seeing them in the wild drives home just how wrong it is to wrench them from their home, emprison them in the equivalent of a teacup, and have them perform in front of large crowds. As with dancing bears, this practice has no redeeming feature.
Unfortunately it's too late for many of them to return to the big blue, but I long to see the day where this barbaric practice is entirely eliminated. Every trainer death, however sad in itself, is further proof that cetacean captivity should end. -
TheSaint 20,950 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI really don't think you can compare Sea World to dancing bears. -
sirtacos 8,279 posts
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Registered 14 years agoTrue, dancing bears in India and Pakistan (or wherever) have it incomparably worse. At least dolphinariums are regulated and trainers usually like the animals they work with.
Still, a comparison can be made in how devoid of merit both practices are. -
TheSaint 20,950 posts
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Registered 16 years agoDolphins and Whales have been shown to play in the wild and I don't really think what they do at parks like this is much different.
I was at Sea World once and they started the killer whale show but the whales weren't interested in performing so they just cleared out the stadium with an announcement that they don't force them to do anything and to try again at a later show.
As longs as the tanks are a decent size and the animals are not cruelly treated then I don't have a problem with it. -
Oceans > tanks
I think it's very sad that these animals are kept in tanks for our amusement. It's also very sad that people think it's okay to do this.
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