Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Feb 24, 2010 5:14pm
http://www.news4jax.com/news/22660462/detail.html
"Telly (the whale) took off really fast in the tank and he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started thrashing (her) around," Biniak said.
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devil1197
Posts: 6,220
Feb 24, 2010 5:15pm
Hence the name Killer Whale.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Feb 24, 2010 5:17pm
FREE WILLY!!!!
Seriously this is too bad, but it is the risk you run when you try to keep dangerous animals in captivity and try to interact humans with them. Im shocked it doesnt happen more often (at zoos, circuses, etc.)
Seriously this is too bad, but it is the risk you run when you try to keep dangerous animals in captivity and try to interact humans with them. Im shocked it doesnt happen more often (at zoos, circuses, etc.)
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Feb 24, 2010 5:18pm
I am shocked it doesn't happen more either!
ytownfootball
Posts: 6,978
Feb 24, 2010 5:19pm
PETA anyone?
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devil1197
Posts: 6,220
Feb 24, 2010 5:19pm
Those people are pretty good at what they do, but you're still dealing with some dangerous animals.
Fab1b
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Feb 24, 2010 5:21pm
Maybe that whale worked undercover for the Sea Shepards? 
ts1227
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Feb 24, 2010 5:28pm
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CinciX12
Posts: 2,874
Feb 24, 2010 5:38pm
Hahaha. Haha. Hahaha.
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Feb 24, 2010 5:39pm
Now they are saying the trainer slipped or fell into the tank and drowned:
http://www.news4jax.com/news/22660616/detail.html
http://www.news4jax.com/news/22660616/detail.html
so why the heck would some one say the whale lept out of the water, grabbed the trainer by the waist and thrashed her around if that actually didn't happen, interesting....ORLANDO, Fla. -- A killer whale killed a SeaWorld Orlando trainer who slipped or fell in its tank Wednesday, drowning her in front of a horrified audience.
Dan Brown, president of the Orlando park, said the trainer was one of the park's most experienced.
He would not answer questions about whether it happened during a performance, but an audience member said a show was just starting.
The whale "took off really fast in the tank, and then he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started thrashing around, and one of her shoes flew off," Victoria Biniak told WKMG-TV.
Jim Solomons of the Orlando County Sheriff's Office, said the trainer slipped or fell into the whale's tank, which seemed to contradict Biniak's description.
"This appears to be an accidental death, a tragic death," said Solomons.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Feb 24, 2010 5:40pm
Just got word that the head trainer is from Toledo, and she is 40 (same age as the woman killed). My ex gf knows her and it looks like she was the one killed. Although they arent announcing which trainer it was yet.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Feb 24, 2010 5:41pm
I doubt the chick drowned. How would she not be able to swim???
Plus, dont those whales sense fear in their trainers and help them? At least they do in Free Willy!
Plus, dont those whales sense fear in their trainers and help them? At least they do in Free Willy!
ytownfootball
Posts: 6,978
Feb 24, 2010 5:42pm
SeaWorld spokesman = slipped
witness = grabbed by waist
liability...
witness = grabbed by waist
liability...
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Feb 24, 2010 5:44pm
Oh I don't think the trainer drowned without the help of the whale, I am sure at some point the whale grabbed her and pulled her under just want account of what went down really happened?
Laley23
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Feb 24, 2010 5:46pm
Yeah, the Whale did something wrong for sure.
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devil1197
Posts: 6,220
Feb 24, 2010 5:50pm
I doubt one of their most experience trainers simply drowned after falling into the tank.
The whale messed her up, just a tragic incident that happens in life.
The whale messed her up, just a tragic incident that happens in life.
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Feb 24, 2010 5:52pm
I don't think the whale did anything wrong, it's a wild animalLaley23 wrote: Yeah, the Whale did something wrong for sure.
Laley23
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Feb 24, 2010 5:54pm
I didnt mean wrong in that sense. Just out of the ordinary. Wrong in the sense that the whale played a part in the death.Fab1b wrote:I don't think the whale did anything wrong, it's a wild animalLaley23 wrote: Yeah, the Whale did something wrong for sure.
No way a trainer drowns in a tank (hell I doubt she even SLIPS) without the help of the whale.
Fab1b
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Feb 24, 2010 5:55pm
I know what you meant
bucks36
Posts: 182
Feb 24, 2010 6:01pm
"this appears to be an accidental death"
Really?!?
Really?!?
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Feb 24, 2010 6:03pm
They get away with it because they cant interview the whale!bucks36 wrote: "this appears to be an accidental death"
Really?!?
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Feb 24, 2010 6:05pm
Maybe the dolphins saw what happened?
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DESCENTdmc
Posts: 372
Feb 24, 2010 6:07pm
and now some info from a nerd who watches to much nat geo
killer whales aren't whales, their from the dolphin family, they got the name from being whale killers
killer whales aren't whales, their from the dolphin family, they got the name from being whale killers
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Feb 24, 2010 6:09pm
DESCENTdmc wrote: and now some info from a nerd who watches to much nat geo
killer whales aren't whales, their from the dolphin family, they got the name from being whale killers
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Feb 24, 2010 6:24pm
That whale is a thug.
Sorry, someone had to say it.
Sorry, someone had to say it.