Shamu, beautiful Killer Whale named Tilikum that was withdrawn from its natural habitat and imprisoned for entertainment of fat, disgusting humans with obnoxious kids at Sea World in Orlando, Florida has attacked a trainer before. The video below shows Shamu Attack during one of the exercises but that time the trainer got off easy. This wasn’t the case of February 24, 2010. On that day, Orca trainer Dawn Brancheau did not see that Shamu was not having it today and kept getting in its way. Frustrated after years of abuse, Shamu snapped and killed the trainer. Now, if only all other animals enslaved for entertainment of fat, disgusting humans with obnoxious kids snapped and went on a killing rampage, perhaps then we would realize that they are living creatures that wish to be left alone.
Shamu: 1
Trainer: 0
SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida has temporarily suspended the killer whale show until the Shamu situation is resolved. An article in Orlando Sentinel explains that said trainer, who’s a Sea World old-schooler was telling the audience what they were about to see and what the performance involved. When she was done talking, Shamu jumped out of the pool and owned the woman trainer. Witnesses reports state that Shamu grabbed Dawn Brancheau by the waste and thrashed her around like a ragdoll.
Tilikum: 1
Dawn Brancheau: 0
Does anyone wonder why this happened? How about if we take a look again at the name given to these beautiful animals: Killer Whale! No way, is “killer” really in the name? Could it be that there is a reason for that? Regardless – whether Orcas are notorious killers or not, they have no business being imprisoned in confined spaces outside of their natural habitat being mistreated and abused by some trainers at the Sea World. That’s just not right and it only serves trainer well that she was owned. Killer Whales are carnivores. They eat meat. A trainer is nothing more than a greasy chunk of meat surrounding shaven vagina. Shamu only did what comes natural to it – ate the vagina.
Saddest part is – the idiots at Orlando Sea World are going to take Shamu down. They’re gonna declare it unsafe and kill it. Well, duh! Killer Whale unsafe? Who would have thought? How about you release Shamu to its natural environment and spare it from abuse. It’s had more than enough of you, people. Save Shamu. Kill a trainer!
Maximum Exposure video showing previous Shamu attack is below. Guess they didn’t learn:
Photo above shows Dawn Brancheau – the actual trainer who was killed by Shamu the Killer Shale. Photo taken by Orlando Sentinel
A group of conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society operating on the coast of Bangladesh claims they have discovered 6000 os rare Irrawaddy Dolphins in the area. The same group however warns that these Irrawaddy Dolphins are facing population threat due to excessive fishing nets and climate change.
Irrawaddy Dolphins are mammals closest to other marine mammals, in particular killer whales or orcas. They were discovered in freshwater regions of South Asia, within the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest in Bangladesh and Bay of Bengal the waters of which are adjacent to Sundarbans. Up to this point, there has been very little research on marine mammals done in the area. Prior to this discovery, the largest known population of Irrawaddy Dolphins has only had a couple hundred members.
Irrawaddy Dolphins were listed on the IUCN Red List as vulnerable species, in particular since it was not known how many of them still remain on the planet. Thriving population of Irrawaddy Dolphins in Bangladesh gives us hope that there is future for these mammal and that they will be preserved in their natural habitat. Despite this discovery, however, Irrawaddy Dolphins remain threatened by fishing nets where they often get entangled by accident and drown. Declining fresh water supplies pose even bigger threat to Irrawaddy Dolphins. India has been diverging upstream water and sea level has been rising due to global warming, both of which contribute to devastating effect on the population of rare Irrawaddy Dolphins.
These circumstances however threaten more dolphin species than just Irrawaddys. Ganges River Dolphins are as endangered as Irrawaddy Dolphins in the Sundarbans mangrove forest. Freshwater dolphins are very vulnerable to extinction via humans impacts. Baiji or Yangtze River Dolphins are a reminder that unless humans live in harmony with wildlife, we will lose some of the most beautiful creatures that are on this planet.
Check out the video with Irrawaddy Dolphins below:
