Sad

[poolkeeper1]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_re_us/us_seaworld_death
This Is very disturbing, But It needs to be seen.
Bill

 

[ameares8]

Yeah, that is sad. When my wife and I went to Sea World to do the "trainer for a day" program, they warned us that could potentially happen and would not allow us near the orcas. They have been know to take a person under their pectoral fin and swim with them under water thinking that you are their baby. Some people have drowned that way.

 

[ZachB]

Calculated risk.

I feel bad for the family, but I also feel bad for the whale. It's taken out of it's natural environment, stuck in a small (relatively speaking) tank, and expected to be in a good mood 24/7. Animals have bad days too. Maybe it didn't have its cup of coffee today. It's a 7,000 pound animal against a 100 pound woman, it may have even been playing.

 

[ameares8]

Indeed

 

[poolkeeper1]

Or Angry that It was couped up like Zach said, Kinda makes you wonder what our fish would do If they could?
Bill

 

[mhills16]

think that one was actually 12 or 14000 lbs...Mike

 

[ai-reefer]

this kind of primal behavior is normal for large animals with small or underdeveloped Prefrontal cortex.

 

[AdrianBryce]

nm.