1 Of 2 SeaWorld Dolphins Dies In Midair Collision During Jump- Page 2
1 Of 2 SeaWorld Dolphins Dies In Midair Collision During Jump
#25dolphin dies, morons on bww still wasting air meant for intelligent life
Posted: 4/28/08 at 5:14pmplease tell me you don't teach ela.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
george95
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/1/08
#26dolphin dies, morons on bww still wasting air meant for intelligent life
Posted: 4/28/08 at 5:17pmok. You don't teach ela. Is that better?
#27dolphin dies, morons on bww still wasting air meant for intelligent life
Posted: 4/28/08 at 5:20pm
Keep in mind that a lot of the dolphins in captivity are ones who would be unable to survive otherwise.
I once followed the story of a dolphin who had washed ashore half-dead onto a Texas beach. The local mammal rescue network saved him and named him Cupid, as he had come ashore on Valentine's Day. (When dolphins strand themselves, they usually do so to die). It turned out that he had a neurological condition that made him unable to remain swimming properly while sleeping.
Once he had fully recovered, they shipped him off to a Six Flags marine park near San Francisco. Had they put him back in the Gulf, he would have been shark bait.
So, marine parks have their purposes. And porpoises. OK, that was terrible.
Anyway, here's Cupid. I can't remember whether I took this photo or whether it was our photographer.
Updated On: 4/28/08 at 05:20 PM
#28dolphin dies, morons on bww still wasting air meant for intelligent life
Posted: 4/28/08 at 5:21pmthat story warms my heart Cal.
....but the world goes 'round
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#29dolphin dies, morons on bww still wasting air meant for intelligent life
Posted: 4/28/08 at 5:21pm
Thanks, Calvin - I like that story.
And he's so cute!
#30dolphin dies, morons on bww still wasting air meant for intelligent life
Posted: 4/28/08 at 5:24pm
He was a sweetheart. 
I was supposed to have gotten to swim with him, but that never came to be, unfortunately.
The National Geographic Channel or someone did a documentary on him they day they shipped him off to San Francsico. As you can imagine, it's quite an arduous process to get a dolphin on a plane without it being quite stressful to it.
george95
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/1/08
#31dolphin dies, morons on bww still wasting air meant for intelligent life
Posted: 4/28/08 at 5:24pmYeah its cool to hear stories like that. Along the Jersey Shore it seems like every few months they find some sort of hurt/unhealthy turtle/dolphin/seal/etc that they nurse back to health down there.
#32dolphin dies, morons on bww still wasting air meant for intelligent life
Posted: 4/28/08 at 5:25pmAwww...thanks for posting Cal.
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#34dolphin dies, morons on bww still wasting air meant for intelligent life
Posted: 4/28/08 at 5:30pmThis whole thing is Bindi's fault.
PEACE.
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#35dolphin dies, morons on bww still wasting air meant for intelligent life
Posted: 4/28/08 at 5:31pm
The use of animals by humans is a pretty broad and sometimes touchy subject. When I used to live at the Grand Canyon, I simply had to make sure I wasn't around the rim when the mule trains crested. I just couldn't bear to see them all seaty and panting after lugging some tourist up from the bottom in the 100 degree heat. Even the term 'beast of burden' makes my blood boil.
All things being equal, the life of marine mammals in these parks (the major ones, anyway) is actually pretty darn good. They are constantly looked after by people who truly do come to love them - not just as a generalized animal love, but as individuals with distinct existences.
I'd rather see them than something like the horses who draw carriages around NYC, for example.
Is any of it the way they would live in nature? No, obviously not. But in nature, they would spend their lives only hunting for food - or being hunted.
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#36dolphin dies, morons on bww still wasting air meant for intelligent life
Posted: 4/28/08 at 5:36pm
The closest I've been to a dolphin was the dolphin skull in my forensics class.
apparently, we should be familiar with dolphin skulls, in case a dolphin commits a crime or something.
WiCkEDrOcKS
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#37dolphin dies, morons on bww still wasting air meant for intelligent life
Posted: 4/28/08 at 5:39pm
This is so weird/sad.
Sueleen, I choked on a gummy bear when I read your post. Ha!
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