Experts and critics question intentions of orca in SeaWorld Orlando trainer death

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Homicide investigators in Orlando said Thursday that the death of a trainer at SeaWorld on Wednesday occurred when the theme park’s largest male Orca whale grabbed the trainer by her hair while she stood in shallow water, and dragged her into a deep pool. Was the 12,000-pound Orca acting violently, possibly because of stress from captivity? Or was he just playing?

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Or if you're KEXP, you just have to appeal to Paul Allen. :)


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Fixed that for ya, buddy:

LostKause said:
...And strangely, Gonch, I feel that if Six Flags wants to sell Q-Bots, because of higher profits, they have the right to do so. It's up to the guests to try and understand how the company can take advantage of the long lines. If one is worried that some people wont see through the company's tricks, than "Just because it's profitable, doesn't mean it's right" could be a justifyable statment, but I'd like to leave it up to the guests to figure it all out.

I keed. I keed. :)


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I didn't say that, and the two are far from being similar, but I get the "joke".


Animals can think and reason to a certain extent. But they also have instincts. Orcas have to kill to stay alive. Tigers have to kill to stay alive. Killing is their survival instinct. You can't train that out of them. I read a book by Charlie Bowman, a tiger trainer with Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. Mr. Bowman raised his own tigers partly because they are an endangered species. Even though Mr. Bowman raised his tigers from little babies, he said they still can turn on you in an instant. Why? Because they have to obey their instinct, which is to kill. The Orca was probably obeying its instinct.

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