Important safety tip: do not bore or anger a predator that bulks in excess of 10 times your mass.
-- Steve does want to know more about what triggered this particular attack, though.
PS: Anybody heard more about the "pet" tiger that killed the guy north of London here a few weeks ago? Last I'd heard Animal Control had lost track of the beast... which is kinda alarming, no?
This particular whale has been involved in someone's death 3 times since 1991. You might get the idea that this individual feels a bit pissy about being 12,000+ pounds and confined to a large swimming pool.
And I seriously doubt the whale was "playing," unless he's psychotic, which is completely possible; I would be too under the circumstances. Cetaceans, particularly one that's been observing humans for decades, are bright enough to understand that humans are soft, squishy, and don't breathe underwater.
You might conjecture that maaaaybe whales don't belong in zoos...
Jellyfish kill more humans in a year than all the shark and whale species combined, yet cetaceans take the blame. Sort of like NYC and Detroit, really :)
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Date: 2010-02-24 10:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-24 10:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-24 10:49 pm (UTC)Large captive marine mammal acts unpredictably, lashes out at trainer, news at 11.
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Date: 2010-02-24 11:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-24 11:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-25 12:05 am (UTC)-- Steve does want to know more about what triggered this particular attack, though.
PS: Anybody heard more about the "pet" tiger that killed the guy north of London here a few weeks ago? Last I'd heard Animal Control had lost track of the beast... which is kinda alarming, no?
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Date: 2010-02-25 12:25 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-25 12:43 am (UTC)And I seriously doubt the whale was "playing," unless he's psychotic, which is completely possible; I would be too under the circumstances. Cetaceans, particularly one that's been observing humans for decades, are bright enough to understand that humans are soft, squishy, and don't breathe underwater.
You might conjecture that maaaaybe whales don't belong in zoos...
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Date: 2010-02-25 12:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-25 04:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-25 04:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-25 05:00 pm (UTC)CONSPIRACY!