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Mamatus
reply to post by grey580
Gee, are you speaking of the very trainers that actually go, get in the water and choose which slaves they will take?
Gee, are you speaking of trainers that want to have jobs tomorrow?
Sorry for the sarcasm, I detest what is being done and get quite angry about it.
swanne
reply to post by Mamatus
We all know that dolphins are as intelligent as humans are. A
JohnPhoenix
I don't think we do know anything of the sort. Sure they are smart but so is my dog and cat. I think people speculate and Dolphin lovers really want it to be true. I do not think there is any real hard scientific evidence to prove they are as smart as Humans.
But so what.. I mean.. lets assume it's true - does that mean those huge animals have any less potential for danger to humans just cus they have smart brains? Nope.. Humans harm other humans all the time. I could argue being smart makes an animal even more dangerous.
kosmicjack
reply to post by grey580
Right side?
I would think the right side is abandoning archaic concepts such as zoos and aquariums, especially given our modern technology. What do we really learn about animals in such a cruel habitat anyway...the behavior is not "normal". It's adapted.
edit on 3/7/2014 by kosmicjack because: (no reason given)
bismarket
reply to post by swanne
We do not know that Dolphins are as intelligent as humans. We have no way of knowing if they have worked out the fundamentals of space-time or visited the stars but i suspect not. Now, they may be quite clever as animals go but to claim they're as intelligent as Humans is a step too far. I understand that Crows & Ravens are the current wunderkinds of the intelligent animal set?
bismarket
reply to post by swanne
We do not know that Dolphins are as intelligent as humans. We have no way of knowing if they have worked out the fundamentals of space-time or visited the stars but i suspect not.
blupblup
Interesting articles about their intelligence
theraptorlab.wordpress.com...
articles.orlandosentinel.com...
Whether these animals are smart or not (they are) and whether or not Blackfish had an agenda (it did) or not is irrelevant.
It is CRUEL and unnecessary to keep these wonderful, majestic creatures locked and cooped up.
They are social creatures and a calf never leaves its mothers side and a pod stays together for life.
Unless they're stolen from the ocean and split up and sold to water parks
*sigh*
I can only go by observation, but the whales look pretty excited when the music starts playing. So yeah I think they have fun in the shows.