Sea World killer whale claims second victim
 

[URL="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/os-seaworld-orlando-shamu-injury-20100224,0,5560011.story"]SeaWorld Orlando: 1 dead at SeaWorld Orlando Shamu attraction - latimes.com[/URL]

The whale "Tilly" attacked a female trainer, also was blamed for drowning of a trainer at a different park in 1991 and was found with a dead guy in the tank a year later, believed to have snuck in and died of hypothermia, but also had been bitten.

Female trainer was explaining what was going to happen during the show, whale comes up and grabs her, thrashes her around, etc.

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Can't take the wild out of the animal.

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So the whale has killed 2 people, but yet they keep it there??

time to get my harpoon...

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[quote=Mattyk;665847]Can't take the wild out of the animal.[/quote]
Some inappropriate language warning

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[quote=SolidSnake84;665848]So the whale has killed 2 people, but yet they keep it there??

time to get my harpoon...[/quote]I kind of worded the title confusingly

The other victim was in 1991 in a park in British Columbia

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So the Japanese from the Whale Wars episode of South Park had it right.

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Sounds like that whale was into some kinky stuff.

[I]Sold to SeaWorld as a stud in 1992, the whale was involved in a second incident when authorities discovered the body of a naked man lying across his back in July 1999.[/I]

Aparently that naked guy was in the park after hours and went swimming in the water with the KW. Man I would never do that! I have had a nightmare all my life of swimming in one of those tanks at night and a KW getting me, scary shit!

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I was just there on Friday.

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We know a girl who is a trainer/intern there. Here's one of her pics of the whale that killed the trainer. 12k pounds, 22.5 feet long. He's the largest whale they have there.
[IMG]http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs079.snc3/14638_605773802593_31206325_35394930_3180515_n.jpg[/IMG]

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What part of the word KILLER is confusing? I forgive the whale, it was having a bad day.

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[quote=saden1;665860]What part of the word [B]KILLER[/B] is confusing? I forgive the whale, it was having a bad day.[/quote]

That "kill" part that's associated with violence and death? And yeah you should kinda know what you're getting into with a killer whale.

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[quote=saden1;665860]What part of the word KILLER is confusing? I forgive the whale, it was having a bad day.[/quote]

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.

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

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The girl I spoke about above just said that during her orientation at SeaWorld that the trainer that died said that if you slip into this whale's tank, you won't come out alive. They're saying that she slipped and fell into the tank.

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A more entertaining title would have been "Terrence Cody Kills Trainer"

Seriously though, that's tragic. RIP to the trainer

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The poor kids who watched her death now are scarred for life.

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[quote=SmootSmack;665871]A more entertaining title would have been "Terrence Cody Kills Trainer"

Seriously though, that's tragic. RIP to the trainer[/quote]
I'll up my level lol

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[quote=saden1;665860]What part of the word KILLER is confusing? I forgive the whale, it was having a bad day.[/quote]

lol seriously

I feel bad for the trainer but the whale was just being a whale.

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"That tiger didn't go crazy! That tiger went tiger!" Chris Rock

Whale 2 Trainers 0

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[quote=Lotus;665875]The poor kids who watched her death now are scarred for life.[/quote]

I thought it didn't happen during a show, not sure anyone saw it

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It happened in front of an audience

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[quote=Mattyk;665899]It happened in front of an audience[/quote]

Other reports say that it happened backstage. Probably too early to say either way. When I was at the show last Friday, she wasn't a part of it. Not saying she wasn't today. Just saying.

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Do people really think kids are so fragile and frail that this would scar them for life?

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[quote=firstdown;665909]Do people really think kids are so fragile and frail that this would scar them for life?[/quote]

If I saw a 22 foot whale kill a person i might be scarred for life too

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When I was a teenager I'd get drunk and go whaling.

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKvYBbzqQJw]YouTube - Killer Whale Eats Eskimo[/ame]

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if it was during a show it would be hard to believe a video hasnt surfaced

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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.

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I wonder what it would have been like to walk among dinosaurs and share habitat with them. Buster, care to share what it was like?

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[quote=saden1;665969]I wonder what it would have been like to walk among dinosaurs and share habitat with them. Buster, care to share what it was like?[/quote]

:rofl:

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[quote=saden1;665969]I wonder what it would have been like to walk among dinosaurs and share habitat with them. Buster, care to share what it was like?[/quote]

You made me chuckle.

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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]
No doubt, the guy had the audacity to hang his kid around a croc.

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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.