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Quelle Surprise, A Killer Whale living up to its name

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  • #32
    nibtrix
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    There are quite a few animals with "incorrect" names that confuse people.

    I know, when Callitrichidae were separated from Cebidae I just couldn't handle it anymore...


  • #33
    Tar.Aldarion
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    Sharpshooter wrote: »
    You still spouting?

    Don't get your back in a hump.


  • #34
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    Bet he had a whale of a time.

    Water way to have a good time. Ah ha!


  • #35
    Sharpshooter
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    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    Don't get your back in a hump.

    Sea now, other forum if you want to make waves.;)


  • #36
    WalterMitty
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    when we were on the J1 in AMerica there were a load of irish lads working in the local seaworld where there was a petting zoo full of rabbits near to the Orca whale tank. Im sure you can guess what happened one night when the lads were drunk.


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  • #37
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    WalterMitty wrote: »
    when we were on the J1 in AMerica there were a load of irish lads working in the local seaworld where there was a petting zoo full of rabbits near to the Orca whale tank. Im sure you can guess what happened one night when the lads were drunk.

    A pack of cnuts obviously.


  • #38
    CianRyan
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    No more puns, please!:(


  • #39
    opinion guy
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    CianRyan wrote: »
    No more puns, please!:(
    Why is there something fishy with puns ?


  • #40
    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    CianRyan wrote: »
    No more puns, please!:(

    I think they're finished anyway.


  • #41
    brendansmith
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    CianRyan wrote: »
    No more puns, please!:(


    You ok?

    You sound abit shook!


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  • #42
    IvySlayer
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    The whales need to be living in captivity like they need a hole in the head. Jeesh.


  • #43
    cson
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    I know this is After Hours but a little bit of discretion wouldn't go astray - someone is dead.


  • #44
    BigDuffman
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    WalterMitty wrote: »
    when we were on the J1 in AMerica there were a load of irish lads working in the local seaworld where there was a petting zoo full of rabbits near to the Orca whale tank. Im sure you can guess what happened one night when the lads were drunk.

    hhmmmm besides that being ridiculously cruel and disgusting..I wouldn't say much else happened.

    Rabbits AFAIK don't tend to be able to swim so it would drown and secondly a tiny fluffy rodent whilst sharing some small similarity to a TINY seal mightn't exactly fit in to an orcas natural prey range.


  • #45
    petes
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    I was just after watching a documentary about Luna the killer whale and how friendly it was in Canada when I heard this.


  • #46
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    cson wrote: »
    I know this is After Hours but a little bit of discretion wouldn't go astray - someone is dead.

    Hey, if people as important as celebrities don't get it, what chance do you suspect this doll has?


  • #47
    cson
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    m@cc@ wrote: »
    Hey, if people as important as celebrities don't get it, what chance do you suspect this doll has?

    Ah sure go on, just rip the piss out of the dead at will. What was I thinking :rolleyes:


  • #48
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    cson wrote: »
    Ah sure go on, just rip the piss out of the dead at will. What was I thinking :rolleyes:

    Don't think anyone has ripped the piss out of her, maybe you can quote me wrong.


  • #49
    LittleBook
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    I love the way they keep referring to IT as "he" and "him" :rolleyes:

    There's a related article which lists the "string of deaths" of wildlife trainers (oxymoronic).

    March 1991: Pamela Orsi, 27, an animal trainer, was trampled to death as she tried to break up a fight between two elephants at San Diego Wild Animal Park, California. She suffered fatal head injuries in the clash of the two Asian elephants, each weighing more than two and a half tons.


  • #50
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    dceire wrote: »
    What do you get if you put a 'killer' whale in a tank?

    Answer!

    Its an Orca not a "Killer whale"
    :rolleyes:


  • #51
    ejmaztec
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    m@cc@ wrote: »
    Don't think anyone has ripped the piss out of her, maybe you can quote me wrong.

    Perhaps he's talking about the whale.


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  • #52
    General Zod
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    And the second ever recorded death involving an Orca is one in captivity again!


  • #53
    General Zod
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    LittleBook wrote: »
    I love the way they keep referring to IT as "he" and "him" :rolleyes:

    Perfectly fine to use "he" and "him" seing as they know the sex of the whale.


  • #54
    m@cc@
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    LittleBook wrote: »
    I love the way they keep referring to IT as "he" and "him" :rolleyes:

    It's not a robot. Fairly sure it would have genitils.


  • #55
    seamus
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    cson wrote: »
    I know this is After Hours but a little bit of discretion wouldn't go astray - someone is dead.
    You play with fire, you're going to get burned.

    I feel sorry for her family and friends, but she spent day in and day out playing games with a 5 tonne wild animal kept in captivity, so she knew the risks and she died doing what she loved doing.

    I feel about as much sorrow for her as I did for Roy (of Sigfried and Roy) after he was mauled by a wild animal that he'd kept in captivity and forced to perform tricks.

    These are intelligent mammals - if they're sufficiently hungry or angry, they're probably going to find something small and defenseless and take it out on them, no matter how much you think you've trained them.

    In the wild, Orcas are no threat to humans, but if they're hungry enough I'm sure a swimmer makes a tasty meal.


  • #56
    panda100
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    Insurgent wrote: »
    I was just after watching a documentary about Luna the killer whale and how friendly it was in Canada when I heard this.

    Just because this hapened doesnt mean whales arent friendly. He was probably just bored and playing with her and didnt realise it would result in her death.

    I feel sorry for the trainer who died,but I feel even more sorry for the poor whale,who has to live his whole life stuck in a fishbowl performing tricks for stupid Americans.


  • #57
    sideswipe
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    It's not a robot. Fairly sure it would have genitils.

    Free Willy!


  • #58
    trustno1
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    sideswipe wrote: »
    Free Willy!

    Don't you mean FREE TILLY?


  • #59
    The_Minister
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    panda100 wrote: »
    Just because this hapened doesnt mean whales arent friendly. He was probably just bored and playing with her and didnt realise it would result in her death.

    I feel sorry for the trainer who died,but I feel even more sorry for the poor whale,who has to live his whole life stuck in a fishbowl performing tricks for stupid Americans.

    Firstly, he isn't a whale.

    Secondly, these creatures are predators.
    They will literally rip Minke whales to pieces. They are violent creatures, they just don't tend to eat humans by choice.


  • #60
    opinion guy
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    brendansmith wrote: »
    You ok?

    You sound abit shook!

    ? guh ? I don't get it ?


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  • #61
    artanevilla
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    She probably took it's orange soda away.


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