Sea World Orlando
Orlando, Florida
January 27 2013
Page Twelve






The show is called "One Ocean" and is a multimedia presentation with a huge television screen behind the whales but I really didn't even notice it as I couldn't take my eyes off of the whales.



The killer whales are joined by trainers but after an unfortunate drowning of one by one if them by one of the whales being playful a few years ago seeing a trainer swimming with them as part of the show is long gone.  The thing is even though these mammals are highly intelligent and can perform a highly choreographed show like One Ocean they are still wild animals...animals that are significantly larger and stronger than us. 



Of course after the death animal rights activists threw a fit and protested SeaWorld claiming abuse and cruelty.  Now I have a hard time wrapping my brain around that as first off if SeaWorld abused any of their animals those creatures won't live long and it is not like you can go and just round up another killer whale easily or inexpensively.  If SeaWorld's trainers were beating them would they have any customers?  If they were abused and beaten by their trainers as alleged would the animals follow orders on queue...especially during a show when there is no way the trainers could beat them into doing tricks? I don't think so.  In my life I have ran into several people who took the path that the trainers at SeaWorld took and all of them loved the animals they came into contact and got to work with and would never abuse one of them. 



You can't get the masses to where the killer whales are but bringing them to where the people are is the best way to show the wonders of the natural world and reminds all of us that we need to make sure to take care of this fragile blue and green ball out in the vastness of the universe.



Ok I'll get off my soapbox and get back to the killer whales at SeaWorld.
 



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