Whale trainer killed by whale at Sea World

akumushi · 02-25-2010, 04:16 PM

I'm surprised this kind of thing doesn't happen more often. Orcas are extremely intelligent predators that eat seals/sea lions, even other whales that we keep up in tiny pens and force to do circus tricks day in day out. They're not dogs, and I think that sometimes the trainers get complacent and forget that they are dealing with extremely dangerous, wild animals that could eat them in one bite. It's a shame that someone died, and certainly terrible that it happened in front of a crowd full of kids, but she ought to have been a little more careful.

02-25-2010, 04:16 PM	#19
akumushi Habanos Apologist Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,298 Trading: (11)	Re: Whale trainer killed by whale at Sea World I'm surprised this kind of thing doesn't happen more often. Orcas are extremely intelligent predators that eat seals/sea lions, even other whales that we keep up in tiny pens and force to do circus tricks day in day out. They're not dogs, and I think that sometimes the trainers get complacent and forget that they are dealing with extremely dangerous, wild animals that could eat them in one bite. It's a shame that someone died, and certainly terrible that it happened in front of a crowd full of kids, but she ought to have been a little more careful. __________________ "Eventually, however, every ash must drop. And the drop usually is as sudden as it is final."