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[quote=htownskinfan;665958]if it was during a show it would be hard to believe a video hasnt surfaced[/quote]


That is what I am saying! Where is the vid.

I heard that whale was only used to splash the audience not a ride around whale.

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If you ask me it would be nice for a change if a horrific event wasn't caught on tape.

[url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/25/earlyshow/main6241789.shtml]Witness: Whale "Shook Her Violently" - The Early Show - CBS News[/url]

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This was a special show they have for people who can have lunch at tank lavel at a place called "Dinning With Shamu". Well, I guess they got to dine with Shamu. Read what they say about the experience as its kind of wierd after this happened.

[url=http://www.orlandoescape.com/seaworld/dinewithshamu.htm]Sea World Dining Experience - Dinner with Shamu[/url]

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[quote=firstdown;666082]This was a special show they have for people who can have lunch at tank lavel at a place called "Dinning With Shamu". Well, I guess they got to dine with Shamu. Read what they say about the experience as its kind of wierd after this happened.

[URL="http://www.orlandoescape.com/seaworld/dinewithshamu.htm"]Sea World Dining Experience - Dinner with Shamu[/URL][/quote]


Am I missing the comments? All I see is a description and pricing.

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This may come as a shocker to folks but animals don't want us caging them up and trying to make them part of our world.

This is a great doc:

[url=http://thecovemovie.com/]The Cove Movie: Welcome[/url]


Basically it is about the guy who trained Flipper and now realizes that the show Flipper has brought a hardship on to the dolphins. He is now trying to save the dolphins from humans.

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[quote=GMScud;665965]Darwinism at it's finest. Swimming with a 22 foot monster that happens to be called a Killer Whale = fail. Someone was killed by a Killer Whale? You don't say....

It's like Steve Irwin. I loved the guy, but you just knew mother nature was gonna take him sooner rather than later.[/quote]

I bet, statistically, her commute to work was more dangerous than her job.

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Wonder what unusual circumstances were involved. They normally do not attack humans, at least as a food source they don't. Could have been the result of some other form of provocation.

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[quote=Longtimefan;666139]Wonder what unusual circumstances were involved. They normally do not attack humans, at least as a food source they don't. Could have been the result of some other form of provocation.[/quote]

Or they just sense fear, like most wild animals.

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[url=http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/AmazingAnimals/seaworld-curator-dawn-brancheau-ponytail-caused-fatal-killer-whale-attack/story?id=9934382]SeaWorld Curator: Trainer Dawn Brancheau's Ponytail Likely Caused Fatal Killer Whale Attack - ABC News[/url]

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[quote=Mattyk;666158][url=http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/AmazingAnimals/seaworld-curator-dawn-brancheau-ponytail-caused-fatal-killer-whale-attack/story?id=9934382]SeaWorld Curator: Trainer Dawn Brancheau's Ponytail Likely Caused Fatal Killer Whale Attack - ABC News[/url][/quote]

Demonstrates how unpredictable a wild animal can be. This is a person who has undoubtedly work with this animal on many occasions before. Sad.

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[quote=mredskins;666097]Am I missing the comments? All I see is a description and pricing.[/quote]
Thats not what I was talking about. Its their discription of dinning with Shamu. Here it is.

Up-Close Dining! Unique Dining! Experiences Only At Sea World Adventure Park Orlando Florida. Taste a World of Discovery! [B]Dine With Shamu. Come sit at Shamu’s table![/B]
You’ll dine alongside Sea World's killer whale habitat in an area only open to our trainers, animal care specialists and YOU! Trainers may join you at your table and, of course, [B]Shamu will be right there to show off![/B]

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[quote=firstdown;665866]I was thinking the same thing. If I was a killer whale this is what I'd want to do to the people holding me in that small tank.

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iig-Eq2biK4&feature=related"]YouTube - KILLER WHALE JUMPS ON GUY![/URL][/quote]

i used to go in the pacific in my lil itty bitty sea kayak when i lived in san diego. man, it was scary as hell when you got 1/2 mile or so off shore. i was always worried about a mako jumping up and attacking me or a whale surfacing below me (that happens).

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[quote=Mattyk;666058]If you ask me it would be nice for a change if a horrific event wasn't caught on tape.

[URL="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/25/earlyshow/main6241789.shtml"]Witness: Whale "Shook Her Violently" - The Early Show - CBS News[/URL][/quote]



Looks there is a vid but the family is trying to keep it wrapped up.

[url=http://wjz.com/national/SeaWorld.Dawn.Brancheau.2.1547561.html]SeaWorld, Trainer's Family Want Video Suppressed Showing Dawn Brancheau Being Killed By Tilikum - wjz.com[/url]