37 replies to this topic

[davidv]

Had a good look around.No real info. Yet. If we look the other way can you pick up a daddy long legs without damage.

[mighty mini jack]

Sounds like they was having a whale of a time.

Oh dear.

[captainjack15]

Its what you get for messing with nature, anything smaller than the ocean is captivity for a whale, immoral and cruel. Not that i think she deserved it.

How can you say that??

You keep about a gazillion fish in tanks... It's the same!!!

I'm going to Orlando in 34 days... Didn't intend on going there anyways so nevermind

Such a shame though, although as someone has said it's a "killer whale" DUMB!

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Its what you get for messing with nature, anything smaller than the ocean is captivity for a whale, immoral and cruel. Not that i think she deserved it.

How can you say that??

You keep about a gazillion fish in tanks... It's the same!!!

I'm going to Orlando in 34 days... Didn't intend on going there anyways so nevermind

Such a shame though, although as someone has said it's a "killer whale" DUMB!

BIG tanks!, Besides that these are bred by us and know of no other life. These tanks are huge compared to the size of the fish anyway, we have 4 goldfish in a 5 foot tank ... for example. And the amount we spent on maintaining the tanks is silly really.

If we housed them in these (which people genuinely keep betta's in in america)


which we dont, more like this, then i could see your point:


The only fish we keep in small-ISH tanks is Siamese fighting fish, even in their devided tanks they have at least 5 gallons each.

These whales are taken from their natural habitat jack, and the majority of the time they are in pools thats the equivalent to them as the first picture i posted, surely you can see the difference? we keep fish that have been kept and bred for hundreds of years in environments as close to their natural habitats as possible, not whales ...

Edited by Mini-Mad-Craig, 25 February 2010 - 08:34 PM.

[captainjack15]

It's principle Craig!

[mighty mini jack]

No Jack, its a whale!

[captainjack15]

Really??

[Jackamilf12]

why did they think that a KILLER!!!! (emphasis on KILLER!) whale wouldnt be likley to kill a human!

is watching some one ride a whale worth the moeny and people dying? also im no animal rights activist but is it worth keeping a whale captive?

genuine queston! i've never seen it.

Edited by Jackamilf12, 25 February 2010 - 10:53 PM.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

It's principle Craig!

Its completely different Jack, Fish have been bred in aquariums for a very long time, and a guppy for example, is probably about 1/4000 of the size in the tanks that we keep them in, where as the whale is probably 1/4 of the size of those pools.

Edited by Mini-Mad-Craig, 25 February 2010 - 11:08 PM.

[davidv]

Fish Wars and wag Tails. She asked for it and got it,learn to swim.
I have seen a FAT man do a belly flop at the baths,just the same.
There are so many people and not many whales. She could have gone Lion trainning.Thumbs down.

[Trail of Dead]

Well its likely that most of you guys have never been to Seaworld in Orlando and most likely most of you guys will never go there. I have been there (got to go for free....Military Appreciation), I have watched that Killer Whale during one of those shows. It was AWESOME to see. To be 100% accurate Killer Whales aren't even whales.....they are in the Dolphin family (orca). I think it is a shame that this happened and nope....I don't think for a second it had anything to do with captivity. That specific Killer Whale attacked a trainer back in 1991 when it was owned by a company similar to Seaworld. It seems it's just this whale......or I mean Dolphin. You get the point. If you ever get the chance to go to Seaworld in Orlando then first....you MUST eat at the Olive Garden (the one that is next to the Restaurant with the Monster truck parked in the grass) and finally you MUST go on the Arctic Expedition thing they have just to see the Walrus down there. That Walrus is so hardcore, when he swam past the glass you could literally "hear" the bass resonating through the water as he swam by. He was scaring the kids on purpose too. Little kids would be standing by the window and the Walrus would swim straight for the window acting like he was going to hit it head on, at the last minute he would pull up and THAT is when you could hear the loud bass reverberate through the water. Followed a bunch of little kids screaming in fright. It was great. I am the eggman....koo koo ka chew.

*edit* I see some of you have been there.....did you see the Walrus!?

Edited by Trail of Dead, 26 February 2010 - 12:29 AM.

[BoboGib]

yes ToD, that walrus is a beast. Don't think I saw the resturant with the monster truck though. Sounds like I missed out. Nevermind, planning another trip over there at some point, and since I can get in for free it would be a shame not to go again.

[Trail of Dead]

yes ToD, that walrus is a beast. Don't think I saw the resturant with the monster truck though. Sounds like I missed out. Nevermind, planning another trip over there at some point, and since I can get in for free it would be a shame not to go again.

Do it up! You have to go to the Olive Garden though! Make it a point! Here is a picture of the Olive Garden I ate at:



(The address to this Olive Garden is: 8984 International Drive)

If you have never been to an Olive Garden then I'd like to recommend the "Zuppa Toscana" and the bottomless breadsticks with a boat of Alfredo sauce! MMMM!

This is the restaurant that is next to the above Olive Garden. It is called Race Rock.

[davidv]

Not found a video yet on that fun show but did love the JAWS films.There must be one in the tank .

[Heather&Henrietta]

I've seen the sea world Orca shows 5 times now, and the relationship between the trainers and the whales is wonderful, they are like seal, sealions and dolphins, they love to play and show off.


I think in this situation, this whale has been sparked off by something, maybe he is a whale who doesn't like crowds, it has happened before, not every animal has the right nature for these things. It's a pity this wasn't realised sooner...

Condolences to her family, Dawn always put on a wonderful show with the Orca's, I shall miss her performances.