Quelle Surprise, A Killer Whale living up to its name

dceire · 25-02-2010 01:31AM #1

What do you get if you put a 'killer' whale in a tank?

Answer!

minidazzler · 25-02-2010 01:33AM

Poor woman, RIP.

GLaDOS · 25-02-2010 01:34AM

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

tee hee...

Sharpshooter · 25-02-2010 01:35AM

ScienceNerd wrote: »

tee hee...

Hump back whale?

25-02-2010 01:35AM

the whale was involved in a second incident in which authorities discovered the body of a naked man lying across his back in July 1999.

lol.

minidazzler · 25-02-2010 01:36AM

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Hump back whale?

And this is why she is Mod!

Owen · 25-02-2010 01:37AM

Quelle!

GLaDOS · 25-02-2010 01:39AM

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Quelle!

Kel

El Weirdo · 25-02-2010 01:44AM

Dan Brown, the park’s manager, fought back tears as he said the trainer ‘drowned in an incident with one of our killer whales'. He wouldn’t comment on what is likely to happen to the killer whale.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1253564/Trainer-dies-attack-killer-whale-SeaWorld.html#ixzz0gVJ87xdl

Does this mean that he's stopped writing shite novels?

Sharpshooter · 25-02-2010 01:48AM

Tilly for short, suddenly jumped out of the 35-foot-deep tank, grabbed the 40-year-old trainer around the waist and "thrashed her all around".

Someone orca warned her of the danger tbh.:(

m@cc@ · 25-02-2010 01:50AM

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Someone orca warned her of the danger tbh.:(

You'd done so well with the earlier one.........

minidazzler · 25-02-2010 01:51AM

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Someone orca warned her of the danger tbh.:(

Do you wanna delete that post? It's not up to standard at all!

OT, I hope they don't get rid of the Whale because of this!

There are inherent dangers but as long as the staff are willing to accept them there is no reason to get rid of it!

And releasing it to the wild is simply not feasible, it's probably too domesticated now!

m@cc@ · 25-02-2010 01:53AM

minidazzler wrote: »

Do you wanna delete that post? It's not up to standard at all!

OT, I hope they don't get rid of the Whale because of this! There are inherent dangers but as long as the staff are willing to accept them there is no reason to get rid of it!

And releasing it to the wild is simply not feasible, it's probably too domesticated now!

Agreed. They're usually quite docile creatures as well until you coop them up in a tank and force them to perform.

Sharpshooter · 25-02-2010 02:10AM

m@cc@ wrote: »

You'd done so well with the earlier one.........

minidazzler wrote: »

Do you wanna delete that post? It's not up to standard at all!

Ah lads, sperm me the put downs.:p

If I was a whale and was kept in a tank, however big it was, I would take the first chance I got to attack the human I saw to be the one helping to keep me there.

It's not like the name of the whale was inconspicuous now, is it?

m@cc@ · 25-02-2010 02:12AM

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Ah lads, sperm me the put downs.

Oh er, missus.

Sharpshooter wrote: »

It's not like the name of the whale was inconspicuous now, is it?

I'm afraid the killer part is almost as inappropriate as the whale part (they're actually dolphins).

GLaDOS · 25-02-2010 02:18AM

m@cc@ wrote: »

I'm afraid the killer part is almost as inappropriate as the whale part (they're actually dolphins).

"Reasonably Peaceful Dolphin" doesn't quite catch the headlines though

Sharpshooter · 25-02-2010 02:23AM

m@cc@ wrote: »

I'm afraid the killer part is almost as inappropriate as the whale part (they're actually dolphins).

So why the different term when identifying them?

Surely Whales are classed as different to dolphins?

Victor · 25-02-2010 02:26AM

dceire wrote: »

What do you get if you put a 'killer' whale in a tank?

Something thats unstoppable!

opinion guy · 25-02-2010 02:26AM

Dan Brown, the park’s manager, fought back tears as he said the trainer ‘drowned in an incident with one of our killer whales'. He wouldn’t comment on what is likely to happen to the killer whale.

Hmmm. I think the Japanese might be able to come up with a few recipes ideas there.

Ahem - and before anyone else says it:

F*ck you whale, f*ck you dorephin !!!

m@cc@ · 25-02-2010 02:30AM

Sharpshooter wrote: »

So why the different term when identifying them?

Surely Whales are classed as different to dolphins?

They are. It's probably to do with mis-translations down the years. For instance, Hippopotamus is Greek for 'river horse' but obviously it's not a horse. I'm fairly sure it's not the only instance of animals having incorrect names but none come to mind at the moment.

opinion guy · 25-02-2010 02:39AM

m@cc@ wrote: »

For instance, Hippopotamus is Greek for 'river horse' but obviously it's not a horse.

For some reason this sentence evokes images in my head of eric idle in his best monty python voice saying "It is to an horse"

brendansmith · 25-02-2010 02:41AM

She should have split her lungs with blood and thunder and this never would have happened. I would have. Its common sense.

Run_to_da_hills · 25-02-2010 02:48AM

m@cc@ wrote: »

They are. It's probably to do with mis-translations down the years. For instance, Hippopotamus is Greek for 'river horse' but obviously it's not a horse. I'm fairly sure it's not the only instance of animals having incorrect names but none come to mind at the moment.

There are quite a few animals with "incorrect" names that confuse people. Guinea pigs, MeerKats, Prairie dog's which have no connection with pigs, cats or dogs.

daithijjj · 25-02-2010 02:49AM

How does a killer whale get 'history' for the occurence of a naked man dying of hypothermia?

Must have seduced him out of his clothes i suppose, silver tongued devil.

Sharpshooter · 25-02-2010 03:01AM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

There are quite a few animals with "incorrect" names that confuse people. Guinea pigs, MeerKats, Prairie dog's which have no connection with pigs, cats or dogs.

Yeah, I heard before that a Prairie dog was a type of ground squirrel.

And a Meerkat is a type of Mongoose, that originated from South Africa.

It's confusing to say the least.

Michellenman · 25-02-2010 03:04AM

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Yeah, I heard before that a Prairie dog was a type of ground squirrel.

And a Meerkat is a type of Mongoose, that originated from South Africa.

It's confusing to say the least.

I bet they're not types of geese either.

/headmelt.

Sharpshooter · 25-02-2010 03:07AM

Good spot, feather we like it or not this kind of explanation can get you down.

The_Minister · 25-02-2010 03:11AM

m@cc@ wrote: »

I'm afraid the killer part is almost as inappropriate as the whale part (they're actually dolphins).

We went on a whale watching trip in Canada, and all we saw were loads of killer whales at a huge distance.

No-one could understand why I was pissed.

seanybiker · 25-02-2010 03:16AM

where was the naked chap off to? Fecking lunatic.
Wonder if that whale used to live in barrymoores pool. Would get him off the hook.

Tar.Aldarion · 25-02-2010 03:22AM

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

Bet he had a whale of a time.

Sharpshooter · 25-02-2010 03:23AM

You still spouting?

Quelle Surprise, A Killer Whale living up to its name

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