BBC: Killer Whale Culture

It's horrible how man kind exploits animals, for example at sea world. Animals should be in their natural enviroment, anything else is just hideous.

why don't you focus on the conversation we're having? It has nothing to do with littering. These are animals, not the method we dispose of our waste. Another thing, this is the way the world is. Those animals are not hurt. No matter what, they got no chance in the wild. So if someone wants to work there, you have to deal with that whether you want to face it or not. You can get as upset as you like, but it is the way it is and only you can come around. So come around to reality.

What is shown here as fact is merely a theory thats not even based on logic. For one thing captive whales have a culture of their own as their behavior is not similar to any wild whales. Second, other predators as lions perform in circuses as well without them having a wild counterpart of non mammal hunters. Third, the description of the video in itself, saying some whales are happy to perform is highly unscientific as its suggestive, not stating facts. Not up to BBC standard in my opinion.

@Seppeline5 There is actually a division of killer whale societies in the wild. There are the generally pescivore "resident" (meaning they live in a specific area semi-permanently) whales, and the marine-mammal-eating "transient" (meaning they travel constantly) whales. They don't interbreed, and they seem to have very different dispositions toward interacting with humans when in the wild. So, while some of the statements made in this video are unscientific, that particular one was not.

I certainly have to agree that this is based off no form of logic, as true as this may be for captive-raised orcas, this says nothing about the Icelandic transient orcas Seaworld has been content to capture and throw in their tanks

totally agree with you- just study them in the wild its far more interesting and exhilariting than trapping them in a tank and making them perform mindless tricks and ninaashtia you completely contridicted yourself by saying follow your dreams when you previously said dont bother none of it will make a difference

Can i use that?
i give you credit : )

In the beginning they say., they eat sea lions, dolphins and whales, but they have no interest in eat mammals. Well Sea lions, dolphins and whales ARE mammals. I think they mean people. They is only one WILD orca attack on a human and it was non threatening injuries, most likely mistaken identities

he said shamu's group weren't interested in eating mammals refering to the ones at seaworld because all their life they've eaten fish... well thats how i interpreted it anyway

@MsCarter8705 :D it's the British what do you expect?