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is-the-owl-video-cute · 2 years

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Please don't take this as a personal attack or anything, but how can you not hate sea world? Aren't they like very well known for abusing their animals to the point they attack and kill handlers? Usually I agree with you but like, as someone who has been to sea world... it's very much Not Good There. Genuinely wanna know how you can not have a problem with them, maybe I missed something and they've gotten better since I was a kid?

the accusations that seaworld abuses animals largely came from peta. Since the park’s inception it has been dedicated to wildlife rehabilitation and educating the public about the ocean and biodiversity. Do I agree with some of their original practices on the theme Park side? No, but that doesn’t change the fact that they are the reason we know how to captive breed sea turtles, cetaceans, and AI various marine animals. They have vastly improved the welfare of their performing animals, and some of the parks have stopped or indefinitely postponed shows involving the orcas.

The first orca attack was not caused by mistreatment of the animal (though it was in the 70s and animal welfare was not great in general), it was caused because the trainer who was asked to work with the orca while wearing a bathing suit instead of a wetsuit. The orca, Shamu, did not recognize the trainer and attacked in what she took to be an invasion of her space by an interloper.

All three of the other known orca related deaths to ever occur were caused by a single orca, Tilikum, whom you may better know as the star of Blackfish. The documentary made bold claims that Tilikum was driven insane by captivity like a human would in solitary confinement for years. These bold claims did not particularly emphasize the fact this whale was captured in the wild by a separate agency, sold to another aquarium after a year alone in a tank, left in a tank with two females which aggressively attacked him to the point he often hid in a smaller medical pool adjacent, a trainer slipped and fell into the pool with the three orcas and Tilikum grabbed her and held her under until she drowned (the two females reportedly blocked any attempts to save her), that aquarium shut down after that incident and was reported by guests to have been incredibly shabby to the point it was likely these animals were not cared for properly, that was when Tilikum was sent to seaworld. Assessments showed the animal was not behaving or reacting aggressively towards humans and the consensus was that the orca was unaware he was drowning her as he had not had many direct encounters with humans as the previous aquariums did not do shows with orcas. He was later found with the dead body of a man who had broken into the park to swim naked with the animal. First reports stated the man died of hypothermia but it was later discovered in a coroner’s report that the man was very likely held under the water and drowned as had happened to the whale’s previous victim. By then there is a pattern and the whale should have been euthanized, but the higher up staff decided it would be poor publicity to euthanize the animal and told the rest of the staff it was a freak accident unrelated to the whale.

Then we have the final incident which caused the controversial exposé documentary. I cannot emphasize enough that 3/4 human deaths caused by an orca were caused by Tilikum specifically. There is now a whale that has decided humans are fun to drag under water until they stop moving, and he does so after being excited by positive reinforcement petting which was believed to help strengthen the relationship between cetacean and trainer. He grabbed her by the hair and arm and dragged her into the pool, drowning her and slamming her against the pool floor hard enough to remove both her scalp and her arm in the process.

This death was not caused by seaworld neglecting its animals, it was caused by corporate leeches not placing any precautionary measures to prevent their staff from being harmed by the wild animals in their care. Tilikum did not attack because of anything the care staff did or did not do, he attacked because trainers were misinformed by their superiors and the attack lead to an investigation and lawsuit by OSHA.

Modern seaworld parks are much safer for the staff and care for the animals is still very important to those who work there. The shows are actually very enriching for the animals and they have long been trained with positive reinforcement, but PETA has conflated them with the unethical circus acts such as “dancing” bears and other atrocities. Because PETA does tend to do that.

On the corporate end? Yes. Seaworld has done skeevy things in the past. But as far as the people who actually care for the animals go, it’s fine. Cetacean care in captivity is still very much evolving as a science, and research towards cetacean welfare and conservation has been pioneered by seaworld whether you like it or not.

In parting, I will also add that it is a myth that all captive orcas have a floppy dorsal fin like Tilikum had. It isn’t caused by depression, it was likely a genetic mutation that is still seen in captive bred orcas from his line.

A lot of the hatred against seaworld has done more harm than good and was both misguided and misdirected from the people responsible leading to consequences for the animals and realistic goals of their conservation efforts.

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orcinus-veterinarius · 2 months

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Do you think it's too late to try and get into the field of working with cetaceans, specifically orcas, in the US? What with the phasing out of cetacean captivity I feel like there's no point in my trying to pursue the field since by the time I finish my years of required schooling and training there probably won't be anything for me to apply to

I wouldn’t say it’s too late. Even though orcas are being phased out, it’s going to be many decades before they’re all gone, due to their long lifespans. You’ll have to be a realistic about it, but I know people who have been hired in the past year or so as killer whale trainers.

It’s overwhelming, but you just have to take it one step at a time and recognize you’re not going to get a job at Shamu Stadium right away. There have never been that many places housing killer whales, and it’s always been extremely competitive (perhaps even more so in the past)! I don’t know what stage of your education you’re currently at, but focus on getting experience with any animals, particularly non-domestics, no matter the species! That will be the first and most fundamental steppingstone into working with cetaceans, and maybe, eventually, killer whales.

#best of luck to you!#orcas #killer whales #seaworld #animal training #answered asks #anonymous

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barbielore · 10 months

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Over the years, Barbie has been many things - and in the mid-2000s, SeaWorld Trainer joined the list.

There were a few different pieces in this line - all showing Barbie as a SeaWorld Trainer: one with a dolphin and an orca, one with dolphin, orca and seal, and one taking her younger sister to see the penguins. The orca is identified on Amazon as Shamu - but of course, as you may or may not know, SeaWorld kept using the "Shamu" name well after the death of the original Shamu.

This series was extremely controversial, to the point where there was a change.org petition calling for the set to be discontinued.

I could enumerate the reasons why this is controversial, starting with the poor treatment of animals by SeaWorld and the number of deaths and serious injuries associated with orcas at SeaWorld, but the 2013 documentary Blackfish answers a lot of that for me.

Mattel did pull the SeaWorld trainer Barbie following this backlash, but naturally you can still get them on the secondary market.

#barbie #controversial barbies #seaworld #seaworld trainer barbie

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ultraericthered · 2 years

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Pokemon English Voice Compare/Rank, Rivals

In which I rank the English dub voice actors of Pokemon characters from strongest to weakest, and sometimes throw in my 2 cents of who I think would be solid casting choices. This one is for rivals.

BLUE: 1. James Carter Cathcart - Voice of Gary Oak in the main anime. Look, I just have to put this one first, it’s GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK. Plus it just fits the original Gen 1 character way too well. Smug and insufferably snotty when he’s a jerk, but more amiable when he mellows out without ever quite losing the defining cockiness. 2. Lucien Dodge - Voice of Blue in Pokemon Origins. Lucien just totally nails Blue. The natural tone of his voice and his every vocal inflection carries across a better-than-thou jackass characterization, and his turn towards humility in the final act is convincingly played. 3. Billy Kametz & Henry Mason - Voice(s) of Blue in Pokemon Masters. If we could take the voice that Lucien Dodge gives Blue and combine it with the more rough delivery of Erik Kimerer, it would pretty much be the late Billy Kametz’s take on Blue, which is emulated by Henry Mason following Billy’s unfortunate passing. Not one of their strongest roles, but definitely suitable for Blue. 4. Erik Scott Kimerer - Voice of Blue in Pokemon Generations. He gets the arrogance down pat, but his voice just doesn’t really fit Blue the way the others do. It’s just Ryuji Takasu if he was an asshole. FANCAST OPTION: Billy Bob Thompson. Not only has he provven he can flawlessly imitate James Carter Cathcart, but even his awful Pokemon Trainer voice sounds more Gary/Blue than it does Red!

GREEN: 1. Kate Bristol - Voice of Leaf in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. With only a handful of lines, Kate fits Green/Leaf’s character like a glove.

2. Michelle Marie - Voice of Leaf in Pokemon Masters EX. How she played the role initially left something to be desired, sounding pretty generic and overly child-like, but her return as Sygna Suit Leaf delivered so much improvement that she’s as great as Kate Bristol! 3. Cristina Vee - Voice of Green in Pokemon Evolutions. Cristina never really does a bad job in a Pokemon role and this is no exception, but the casting of her in this role just feels off. It’s just the typical Cristina Vee girl voice acting with no real substance to it. FANCAST OPTION(S) - Kira Buckland probably should’ve been cast as Green in the latter instead of Cristina Vee. But ideally, I’d go for Lisa Kay Jennings. Her work in Miraculous has shown she can play the untrustworthy, sneaky, sly-as-a-fox type of girl really well.

SILVER: 1. Joe Zieja - Voice of Silver in Pokemon Masters EX. What really can be said other than he plays the part perfectly? 2. Lucien Dodge - Voice of Silver in Pokemon Generations. Lucien’s acting in this role was excellent, but the voice itself isn’t that much different from his Blue, and it fit Blue much better.

FANCAST OPTION(S) - Had Silver got to be in the main anime in a speaking role, Anthony Salerno would be the guy to voice him. And like with Blue, Billy Bob Thompson could voice a great Silver as well - his voice as Shamus in Black & White is what shows that.

BRENDAN: 1. Aleks Le - Voice of Brendan in Pokemon Masters. The vocal pitch and delivery he does for Brendan make him an ideal fit for the role. 2. Unknown VA - Voice of Brendan in the animated trailer for Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire. Generic, forgettable, not much a performance.

MAY: 1. Veronica Taylor - Voice of May in the main anime prior to the Battle Frontier season. Casting the same VA as Ash in the role of May was a big risk but boy did it ever pay off since Veronica’s May is insanely charming and adorable, nailing every aspect of May’s character. 2. Deneen Melody - Voice of May in Pokemon Masters EX. Like how Aleks Le nailed the OR/AS version of Brendan, Deneen totally nails the OR/AS version of May, sounding closer to Veronica Taylor in spirit without having to do a straight up impression of her May. 3. Michelle Knotz - Voice of May in the main anime for the Battle Frontier and Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension seasons. She’s good at imitating Rachael Lillis, but not so much Veronica Taylor. Her delivery was fine, but Veronica’s voice is just one of a kind and she couldn’t replicate it, plus she just sounds naturally more mature. 4. Unknown VA - Voice of May in the animated trailer for Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire. Generic, forgettable, not much a performance.

BARRY: 1. Jamie McGonnigal - Voice of Barry in the main anime. While he sounded too flat and low-voiced at first, by the time of the Twinleaf Festival he was just going all out with nailing Barry’s personality and giving the perfect manic delivery for his “I’LL FINE YOU!” outbursts. 2. Erik Scott Kimerer - Voice of Barry in Pokemon Masters. Going outside his usual range, he gives a surprisingly spot on, properly energized vocal performance, at times nearly measuring up to Jamie. 3. Connor Ludovice - Voice of Barry in Pokemon Evolutions. Very weak casting and weak performance, which really hurts the character since the short he appears in is literally centered around him. FANCAST OPTION - Zach Aguilar could’ve also been cast as Barry and nailed it. His more screechy, frantic and bombastic moments as Nikkaidou from March Comes In Like A Lion could carry this role.

CHEREN: 1. Landon McDonald - Voice of Cheren in Pokemon Masters. While some of his line delivery would fit better with BW Cheren than the B2W2 Cheren that he’s playing, his voice and tone are dead on for how Cheren ought to sound. Smart alecky but not overly arrogant. 2. Todd Haberkorn - Voice of Cheren in the main anime. This was as ideal casting as you could get for Cheren. His voice and Landon’s voice sound quite alike. He really only gets second place here due to his material; I did not care for the Cheren he was playing at all. 3. Jason Griffith - Voice of Cheren in the animated trailer for Black 2/White 2. Oh dear, what were they thinking with this one? This voice doesn’t suit Cheren whatsoever. It’s like you’re expecting Ienzo but get Zexion, as in Vince Corazza’s horribly awkward sounding Zexion! FANCAST OPTION - Darren Dunstan. His Kaz Kalinkaz in Chaotic was basically a dead ringer for Landon and Todd as Cheren anyway.

BIANCA: 1. Erica Schroeder - Voice of Bianca in the main anime. She doesn’t exactly sound like how a girl Bianca’s age should, but the flighty, peppy delivery and energy in her performance really sells her as the character despite this. It’s the closest to an ideal Bianca that we got. 2. Erika Harlacher - Voice of Bianca in Pokemon Masters EX. I think she needed less Eileen Stevens and more Erica Schroeder in her delivery. Otherwise she does very well, but something’s just a bit off. 3. Eileen Stevens - Voice of Bianca in the animated trailer for Black2/White 2. A few lines, but similar to Erika Harlacher’s late take. FANCAST OPTION(S) - Jennifer Cody would be the perfect Bianca if they were able to nab her to do the role, but if not, then I’d cast Kate Higgins, with a voice like Mimi Tachikawa in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna or Serra in Fire Emblem Heroes.

HUGH: 1. Stephen Fu - Voice of Hugh in Pokemon Masters EX. Ideal casting. He’s got the voice, the strength, and above all, the RAGE! 2. Sean Schemmel - Voice of Hugh in the animated trailer for Black2/White 2. It’s just Goku, and it really doesn’t match with Hugh.

SERENA: 1. Havan Paschall - Voice of Serena in the main anime. I don’t really care for the anime’s Serena and she is a vastly different character from Serena of the games, but Havan Paschall never did a poor job in voice acting her, giving her the right sounding voice and some stellar emotional delivery. She’d no doubt kill it with better material. 2. Jackie Lastra - Voice of Serena in Pokemon Masters. Her voice is just as good a fit for the role as Havan’s, but I think her delivery is off for the most part, as I’d prefer Gameverse Serena to sound more refined and matured as opposed to “generic perky young heroine.”

HAU: 1. Neo Chihi - Voice of Hau in the main anime. A young nonbinary VA born in Japan, they’ve not done much notable work yet they hit the bullseye with Hau’s voice - young but not too young, and easygoing. 2. Laura Stahl - Voice of Hau in Pokemon Masters. Oof. The one indisputable miscast in the entire game. There had to have been a more male-sounding VA who could’ve fit Hau - a voice actress had no business being cast and making Hau sound younger than he is. FANCAST OPTION(S) - Jack Dylan Grazer. He lives in LA and does voice acting there, would it not be awesome if he got cast as Hau?

GLADION: 1. Alan Lee - Voice of Gladion in Pokemon Masters EX. He nailed it. 2. Eddy Lee - Voice of Gladion in the main anime. Same last name as the above, and almost just as good were it not for the fact that his voice is notably deeper and grungier than Alan’s more natural take.

HOP: 1. Vargus Mason - Voice of Hop in Pokemon Masters EX. It’s a stand-up comedian (with voice acting experience, though) putting on a high voice with an obviously fake British accent. How is it that this ends up sounding EXACTLY how I always pictured Hop to sound?

2. AJ Beckles - Voice of Hop in Pokemon Journeys. I’d had him as a fancast option and said “this is the sort of role that up-and-coming AJ Beckles would just thrive at.” Then they went and cast him, and guess what? He thrived at it! Really made the most of Hop’s time. 3. Adriel Varlack - Voice of Hop in Pokemon Evolutions. Barely said much of anything in the first short, which is a shame since he sounds alright and probably could’ve delivered with some more material. 4. Griffin Puatu - Voice of Hop in Pokemon: Twilight Wings. Uh, no. This voice for Hop doesn’t work. Way too forced and actually a bit deeper than Leon’s voice. They got the casting ass-backwards here! FANCAST OPTION(S) - Ogie Banks could do a similarly perfect job as Vargus Mason if Bang Zoom had gotten him again.

BEDE: 1. Beau Bridgland - Voice of Bede in Pokemon Masters EX. Not only can he pull off young characters, but he actually is British, meaning his accent is authentic! There could’ve been no casting more perfect. 2. Brandon James Winckler - Voice of Bede in Pokemon: Twilight Wings. His brief material did him no favors. Bland, generic, ill-fitting.

MARNIE: 1. Cristina Vee - Voice of Marnie in Pokemon Masters EX. Marnie is a Girly Girl with a Tomboy streak trying to come across as more of a competitive hardass punk than she really is at heart, and the voice acting from Cristina Vee really gets that across. Plus, that accent! 2. Hayden Daviau - Voice of Marnie in the main anime. Hayden voiced a reserved, antisocial but nice girl unable to smile in Love Live! Nijigasaki School Idol Club, and she does just as great here. 3. Dawn M. Bennett - Voice of Marnie in Pokemon: Twilight Wings. Her brief material did her no favors. Bland, generic, ill-fitting.

NEMONA:

1. Yolis Arroyo - Voice of Nemona in Pokemon Horizons.

2.Olivia Vidas - Voice of Nemona in Pokemon: Paldean Winds.

3. Cristina Milizia - Voice of Nemona in Pokemon Masters EX.

FANCAST OPTION - Michelle Rojas

#opinion #Pokemon #rivals #voice acting #comparison

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laina · 1 year

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goddamn the seaworld tag on this website is a WARZONE lmao i was hoping there would be someone like me who hates the parks but keeps up with the whales …. no dice tho

anyway back to Blogging i do want to visit the orlando and san diego parks also… orlando is where tilikum lived but he died in 2017, there’s 5 orcas there now including katina who birthed the original ~baby shamu~ and she’s one of 3 remaining in the parks who were captured from the wild as a baby!!!

and then i really really wanna go to san diego because my favorite orca lives there, her name is orkid she’s 35 and she’s a huge bitch!!! she has the most aggressive incidents towards a trainer on record by far 🥰 the largest male is there too, but he’s still a solid 2k pounds smaller than tilikum was which is fucking bananas.

i really really really wanna see wild orca someday though. i think they’re so beautiful. and seeing them at a seaworld park isn’t really anything like seeing them in the wild. i wish i could just spend time near them for a while. they’re smarter than people are, i really think so. their brains are more wrinkled than ours and they have a higher brain-to-body ratio than we do!!!! they have incredibly complex social systems and SO much of their behavior is socially learned …. just like people :~) they’re just so fuckinf cool i really believe they are god’s perfect creature.

i’m teaching myself to tell all the seaworld orcas apart so i can tell who’s who when i go see them :3

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nukenai · 2 years

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Whales

I have a pretty bad phobia of whales. On one hand I want to call it a “phobia”, because it’s very irrational and I live hours from the nearest coastline. On the other hand, I’ve been closer to whales than a lot of people and I can fully understand how big they are. I know they would never purposefully hurt a human because they’re such peaceful creatures (hell, even wild orcas don’t have a single recorded attack on people because they’re so brilliant they understand we’re no match and we’re not food. Captive ones attack because they’re pissed and full of murder. Can you blame them?)

Anyways. I’ve been going on whale watches since I was little. When I was about 10, a humpback breached out of the water very close to our boat and I was one of only about 4 people who saw it, since everyone else was looking at dolphins on the other side. It was actually pretty traumatizing for me because almost the whole damn whale came out of the water and my brain had a sort of “this is wrong and nothing should be that big” reaction.

When I was 5 or 6, I went to SeaWorld. For the record I don’t support them and had no choice in whether we went obviously. But we went to the Shamu show. A stranger sat next to my mom and I and started chatting with us. Finally he got to the point - he was one of the trainers, and was wondering if I wanted to be “part of the show”. My mom asked me and of course I said yes! The man then carried me down the stairs and up to the orca. He placed me on her back, in front of her dorsal fin, and told me to sit still and quietly! They basically shoveled fish into the orca’s open mouth (she was half out of the water) while I sat there, getting pictures taken of me by probably hundreds of people. I very clearly remember how she felt underneath my tiny little hands trying to grab onto her, and against my tiny little legs since I only had shorts on.

Most of my other whale watches were pretty unremarkable but I almost always got to see some breaches which was cool! But the last one I really remember where something cool happened was when I was about 18.

We came up to a mom and calf, and the calf swam right up to our boat. I’m talking, almost touching it. The captain had killed the engine obviously. The baby literally stuck the side of its face out of the water and its eye was right under me, and it was staring up at me. Of course this cute little calf was more than half the size of the damn boat, but I could see that its eye was brown.

I’ve seen mostly humpbacks and some Common Dolphins on those watches, but we also came across an Ocean Sunfish once and a Basking Shark! “It’s a juvenile”, said the captain as I laid my eyes upon one of the biggest monsters I’d ever seen in my life. Basking sharks are horrifying wtf! I’ve never had the privilege of seeing an orca in the wild, but I’d really like to someday. Mostly to make up for having gone to SeaWorld lmao.

Anyways flashback to me at age 13 playing Pokemon Sapphire and having the time of my fucking life. Until I see Kyogre and I hear its terrifying scream. Sure I saw it on the box, but fighting it was something else. This was a scary monster that was trying to drown the world. This is super overreactionary of me, but I was 13 so cut me a break: I was having trouble catching Kyogre, and I was legitimately scared of it. I told myself, “I shouldn’t have this Pokemon”, and just knocked it out instead. My first Kyogre was in my Emerald. I was really scared of it because of all my experiences with whales and experiencing a game where a Pokemon was actually a threat for the first time.

So these are just my whale stories. My fear is also full of fascination because I’ve voluntarily gone on whale watches despite being buttfuck terrified of them and shaking the entire time. I also don’t LOVE open water or boats but I really love the ocean and being by and in the ocean (getting to swim in the ocean during one of my Florida trips was a serious highlight of my life). I just never want to be in the water with a whale because they are fucking scary and can destroy you without even realizing it. But it’s kind of like playing scary video games - the fear is kind of fun. I watch videos of whales and orcas sometimes when I’m feeling spicy. I’m not very scared of orcas and feel way more of a kinship with them but holy FUCK am I scared of humpbacks. There’s some insurance commercial that used to air that had footage of a big ol’ humpback breaching and it would actually make me nauseous.

I don’t think people can really understand that if they haven’t seen whales in real life. I am more scared of them than sharks because I’ve never seen sharks outside of aquariums which are totally controlled situations, and that one basking shark and those bitches don’t have teeth.

So yeah there’s some rambling about my Whale Experiences. It won’t really bring insight to anything I guess but, idk I guess I’m sort of proud of myself for overcoming my fear of Kyogre and gaining a connection with it instead. It’s tattooed on my leg for god’s sake, I think I’ve pretty efficiently conquered that nonsense.

I also technically have a humpback tattooed on me because of my Wind Fish tattoo. The Wind Fish is definitely part of this whole thing but I was never afraid of it because idk, it just floated there as a static sprite and he was very friendly! lol.

#whales #my life #idk i'm just talking about WHALES and being SCARED OF THEM #bc I HAVE SEEN TOO MANY IRL

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kawipastell1928 · 2 months

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Pokémon Players that I interacted with in Pokémon Sword/Shield in the Wild Area, Isle of Armor, and Crown Tundra on February 16, 2024!

I will be putting the name shown to me in game, and only put names in English so I apologize to any foreign Trainers I had to leave out due to unable to write your name in your language, but I love you all the same! Names have been wrote down EXACTLY as I saw them in game, so yes, these are what people names themselves. Enjoy! ✨

Mauve

Keegan

Reu

Mike

Daria

Cam

Jamsie

god gamer

Lindy

Aoife

Jared

Magnus

Olibrius

jayden

Shaunda

Keven11

CamBug

Bean

Arashe

sonic

Kalika

y-pog

Meed

Tomás

Lela

emma

boris

exell

ash

bjhandsome

Thotimo

Jasmine

lylian

Jared

Shane

leon mon

badboy1234

alex

Elliott

Marcus

Lili

tina

mik

luca

Rich

Chewy

zane

Guau

Rhys

louis

ggttwweee552

Basti

Sean

Charlie

Zingo

Darc

Glurak

Lily Fern

BabyYoda047

charmand31

Geraldô

miguel

Suky

azarion

florian

Liam

Dino

99999

Happy

flo

amelia

mt.pizza

p-dowg

Mr_Name

🤍•Kev•🤍

Angélique

Chahd.K

ari

Bowie

BreadIsLife

Zachary

Andrew

Link

Brayden

nipples

??????

bom

Ash

Lucas

Shamus

Marie

ryuky

Seb

Dread

Dawn

Mack

bozo

Morgan

8 Bit King

Mel

Tails-X

Cora

Juan

Shivyn

Marie

Daniel

Ira

589

Kounkin

#pokemon #pokemon sword #pokemon shield #pokemon sword and shield #Neat #enjoy #free palestine #free gaza #free sudan #free hawaii

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antoniorichardsonblog · 1 year

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Watch "SeaWorld's Old Shamu "Believe" Show With Trainers in the Water!!!" on YouTube

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when-did-shamu-kill-the-twj · 1 year

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when did shamu kill the trainer

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don-lichterman · 2 years

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SeaWorld San Diego ending killer whale show with final performance Sunday – Chicago Tribune

SAN DIEGO — SeaWorld San Diego is ending its long-running killer whale show after years of outcry and falling attendance prompted it to renounce theatrical orca displays. The show that featured killer whales cavorting with trainers and leaping high out of the Shamu Stadium pool will have its final performances on Sunday. This summer, the park will unveil a new attraction in the revamped pool.…

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runawaycarouselhorse · 2 months

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[RP-based, CW underage drinking]

Usually, when Shamus and Trip do something stupid, it’s Shamus’ idea (and then, it’s usually some kind of weird publicity stunt for the Fire Warriors or some kind of scam or both)… Trip’s usually the model student, while Shamus is the delinquent…

… except the time the stupid plan was “let’s sneak into my parents’ wine cellar and drink something.” Courtesy of Trip, who’s always convinced he’s oh so grown-up. Spoilers: he is not.

Anyway. They did NOT have fun and were just immediately sick and unable to walk or string words together properly. Someone tried to argue OOC-ly “you can’t get drunk that fast!” but they’re literally kids.

It’s dangerous for a whole host of reasons when your body's small and mind/body are still developing, but also, I based this on two incidents from childhood...

Incident one where I--self-reliant and clever, but not wise, eight or so year old--believed I could estimate exactly how much Paracetamol syrup to drink for my fever without needing the little measuring cup or even the cap, so I just took a swig from the bottle and stumbled, as if drunk, back to bed while my vision was swimming. Light’s out immediately! Never did that again…

Incident two was when we all took our eyes off of a toddler for seconds, who then grabbed the bottle of baby cologne off the bedside table and presumably took a swig, as we turned and found the poor kid stumbling around as if drunk, unable to walk straight.

So, yes, immediately goes to the legs and makes them dizzy and miserable and everyone learned a valuable lesson that day.

#old art I never shared dumdeedum…#trainer Trip #trainer Shamus #Pokemon Trip #Shuuti #Shootie #Shamus #Suwama #Pokemon #Trip #my doodle #chibi #inebriation *#intoxication *#alcohol *#drinks *#pkmnart

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is-the-owl-video-cute · 2 years

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I suggest watching these videos about Seaworld and the things they’ve done to their orcas. Even if outside they have done good, they still have neglected their orca and this has caused real deaths that they don’t want you to know about. Please feel free to correct me though! https://youtu.be/QwJ4hCzddX8 https://youtu.be/mOkx6A02ero

Only two of these deaths involved seaworld. The trainer attacked by Shamu because she wore a different outfit that the whale did not care for for some reason, and the trainer attacked by Tilikum who independently killed two other people likely did so due to the original conditions he was raised in, which were not at seaworld but a separate roadside aquarium that was derelict and overall poor in terms of husbandry. He discovered that drowning people was fun as was eating pieces of them, and honestly he should have been euthanized after the first incident at the previous aquarium.

If the claim that orcas at seaworld are simply neglected and mistreated leading the animals to lash out held water, there would be far more incidents. There are currently 19 orcas in the care of seaworld. If the facilities have a running issue neglecting and abusing them, why have there only been two trainers attacked and killed by the whales? Why have only two whales attacked anyone at all?

Yes, the corporate back end was guilty of endangering employees and breaking OSHA violations, that part I agree with! However, the matter of seaworld is more complicated as the corporation responsible for it is not directly involved in any of the park’s missions. The CEO isn’t cleaning dolphin tanks. It is possible to be critical of corporate practices while also acknowledging that the animal care, training, rehabilitation, propagation, and conservation staff know what they’re doing and are educated on animal welfare. They act accordingly and have the animals’ best interest in mind because there is no alternative to positive reinforcement in terms of cetacean training. A lot of modern animal training techniques were pioneered by seaworld.

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orcinus-veterinarius · 2 years

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How come SO many are very against sea world? and whats some repiles to give to the anti sea world crowd?

I can only speculate as to why SeaWorld became the #1 target of animal rights extremists, but I think it was a variety of factors. Although they’re an accredited zoological facility, with all that entails, their parent organization (SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment) is a for-profit entertainment company. They initially purchased most of their collection animals from wild captures, and although this was common practice for all zoos historically, these captures took place in living memory and were documented on film. Killer whales are among the most intelligent and charismatic of all animals, and they served as SeaWorld’s main attraction for decades. Plus, thanks to movies like Free Willy, the public already had a subconscious “anti-captivity” bias, although SeaWorld for years seemed largely exempt from this, probably due to their hugely successful presentation of their whales as the famous “Shamu family.”

All this served as ideal ammunition following the tragic death of Dawn Brancheau, but had she never been killed, I sincerely doubt the anti-SeaWorld sentiment would’ve taken off quite like it did. The general public was absolutely shocked by this death, and I think at least part of that was SeaWorld’s own fault. Even though they were instrumental in changing public opinion of killer whales from mindless fish-stealing monsters to beloved icons, they went too far in the opposite direction by portraying them as basically giant friendly ocean dogs. It was too easy for the audience of the Shamu shows to forgot that this was still an enormous, incredibly powerful, wild predator, and when Tilikum killed Dawn, they just couldn’t understand it. How could Shamu do this? Weren’t orcas supposed to be friendly, lovable creatures with a mystical connection to human beings? Cue the Blackfish crew and their supporters (PETA, HSUS, etc.) swooping into create this narrative that the only reason this horrible tragedy could ever have occurred was if the orcas were abused and tortured to the point of psychosis. After all, they’re a for-profit company. They purchased captured orcas 40+ years ago. Killer whales are so intelligent and live in families just like humans, so they must have the same desires as humans. Look, we even have a handful number of ex-trainers willing to speak against their former employer. Never mind their AZA accreditation or robust research and rehabilitation efforts. Animal rights activists have always campaigned against zoos and aquariums, but this was the perfect situation to get their previously fringe beliefs presented to the wider public.

And boy oh boy, was it successful.

As for good resources in support of SeaWorld and similar facilities, I discuss it in this post! I have another ask that I’m working on answering that will go over some rebuttals to the most common anti-Seaworld talking points, so keep an eye out for that!

#seaworld #zoos #aquariums #answered asks #anonymous

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