Shamu Christmas Miracles 2009 - Seaworld Florida

[VladPani13]

I built the 2 spotlight towers on that stadium. . .the white ones on each side of the bleachers :D. . .just sayin'!!!

[ShamuTrainerG]

Great footage! Could I use this please? I'll give you full credit :)

[metridium]

2) only 5.1% of these

were the result of work with captive animals. Of these few studies,

more than a third were conducted through institutions that are

not open to the public. There were only two abstracts submitted

by SeaWorld, the largest holder of captive marine mammals in the

world. At several previous SMM biennial conferences, no major

North American facility made a presentation. Naomi A. Rose PhD 2009

[Kimmy1621]

Wow! Dawn was a real artist in the water... She is truly missed.

[BelieveLover]

3:00 this look so fantastic!

[metridium]

1) "It's difficult to imagine any real education or science going on in such a circus atmosphere. It can't, really. The underlying message we get as a member of the audience is that these beautiful animals - their dorsal fins and their wild behaviour withered by captivity - are there only to do would-be cute and comic tricks for us, for our amusement.

[metallicaandbananas]

@metridium your right, but i have to admit that watching it is beautiful. but sometimes things that are wrong and sick arent noticeable until you think about it.

[metridium]

2)They are deprived of what makes them orcas - their deep, long-lasting extended family life, the 100-or-more-mile daily hunts, and the chance to exercise their clever predator skills. They are forced to spend the rest of their shortened lives with a few other (often unrelated) orcas, unable to do more than circle a featureless concrete pool, and eat dead fish." - Eric Hoyt.

[melony91able]

@metridium not neccisarily my sis works there from the last i heard from her nd i no tht its not true wat ur sayin cuz theyre in captivity cuz we r tryin to save them there habitats r dyin same wiff the polar bears

[metridium]

@melony91able Sorry your comment is incoherent. Are you saying Sea World is saving Orca?

[melony91able]

@metridium yes because we save animals not hurt them

[metridium]

@melony91able Your arguments are hubris..."because we save animals not hurt them" The long line of premature aged Orca dead in the Parks, the decimated Southern Resident group that SW ripped apart, the active SW lobbyists keeping Orca off the IWC species protected list, the misinformation SW has gotten away with since the 1994 MMPA changes the Parks lobbyists fought for. That's plenty of hurt...

[metridium]

@melony91able Marine parks have shown no more interest in conserving marine mammals' natural habitats than they have in educating audiences. In fact,

the industry has actively lobbied to keep small cetaceans, such as orcas and dolphins, outside the jurisdiction of the International Whaling

Commission (even though this would help protect these animals in the wild) because they don't want to risk not being able to capture

additional animals in the future. -WAF

[melony91able]

@metridium oh nd the shows and attractions help get us money to support the animals

[metridium]

@melony91able First off who is "we", are you on the Board of Directors?, do you have Stock? SW has been trying to re-brand itself in the last seven years as pro-enviromental, which is no small thing with the blood on their hands. The funds SW makes available to those it chooses is token at best, with all their cash and facilities they don't even rank on the list of the actual Communities that do the real work in Conservation, Research, Environmental.

[galidune]

R.I.P.

[meritree]

incredibly sad, this woman died today in the tank, when a whale who had previously killed grabbed her underwater and thrashed her....

it isn't the whale's fault, you can't just eutanize a killer whale -- sea world and all these "fantasy" parks should release these whales....people should watch the Cove, and realize that the dolphin killings are financed by places similar to Sea World who pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to lock up marine mammals for the disneyfication of society

[Barneypen]

sad, Dawn was killed by a whale today :(

[civicgirl68]

Absolutely beautiful show!!!

[DesertOrcaLover]

This is a Beautiful show

[ecuellaro]

Just to be able to witness live what happens at the minute 3:04 on the big screen at Shamu stadium makes the whole trip to SeaWorld worth every penny! Nothing in Orlando can match an experience like this!

For the record the trainer on that scene is Dawn Brancheau. She is awesome performing!