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Posted 7 years ago
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8 ton orca jumps 15 feet in the air chasing after dolphin
I’m supposed to believe this normal sized female weighs 16,000 lbs?
Fact: Orcas can jump up to 150 feet in the air since they are apparently made of 8 tons of pure muscle.
Posted 8 years ago
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How long do killer whales live? Watch this video to see how independent research proves killer whales at SeaWorld live as long as wild killer whales.
Have a question?Visit www.AskSeaWorld.com to see how you can have it answered.
Which captive born Orcas (there are only a couple wild caught left who do meet this average) have met even the minimum of that average, 30 years? I can’t think of any. Show us some numbers please Sea World.
Of course you can’t think of any, the first successful captive birth was in 1985. Because that skews things, I’m assuming they’re going by annual mortality rate, not mean age of death.Maybe it’s also because no captive born has lived that long.
Yeah, that was actually my whole point… That they can’t have lived their average lifespan of 30-35/50-55 years because the first captive birth was less than 30 years ago.Hmm. 1985 to 2015.. 30 YEARS. The math seems clear enough to me. That’s my point. So then name one (or even more) who’s close.
Who is 29? 28? 27? 26? 25? 24? 23? 22? How far down do we need to go to get an answer from you? Twelve? Nine?
Do you wish to continue to try and spin this or can you actually answer the question? :)
They aren’t doing well in captivity despite how shiny sea world’s (paper thin) lies are.
Kalina was born in September of 1985, and it’s March of 2015… The math seems clear enough to me.
Kayla and Orkid are both close, though. Rest assured I am not trying to ~spin this, I just meant it’s not fair to say captive whales aren’t living as long because they haven’t physically been able to yet.Fair enough as I am not up on the ages of all the Orcas, however, there is one point to clarify.
The first LIVE captive birth was in 1977, not 1985 and NOT at Sea World. Born to Corky (not Corky II either) at mainland of the Pacific. She also gave birth 6 more times while at MLOTP.
She was moved to SeaWorld while pregnant for her SEVENTH time and suffered a miscarriage at Sea World. All of this big news at the time. Especially the way in which Sea World acquired the Orcas from MLOTP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corky_(killer_whale)
So it actually has been over 30 years since the first captive birth of an Orca. 38 years actually.
That’s why I specified the first SUCCESSFUL captive birth, not the first one period! I think I read there were issues there with calves being unable to nurse properly or due to tank shape/size?This is my kind of Whale Wars. You go, Kat.
By “go” you must mean deleting my reply and locking that post… so I’ll just put it here. It’s all still in my dashboard in any case. Cheers.
The first “successful” captive birth would be one that was born alive. That’s what first is. Ignoring that just to make Sea World “look good” isn’t good science, it’s just PR spin. They weren’t the first and that is fact.
My apologies for not following someone who cannot process logic and continues to argue a moot point just for the sake of being a keyboard warrior and winning an argument on the internet. I did not “delete” your reply as I reblogged it from Kat, whose post was made BEFORE your comment was added. That is how this site works. Comments are not updated every time someone reblogs something.
Now, please, take a step back and ask yourself, “Am I really making a difference with these posts?” If you really believe in your cause, then great, but I doubt you are really making a difference by trying to sway once person’s opinion on the matter.
So I do not contradict myself, this will be my last post about the subject. I was merely poking fun at the stupidity of the argument by comparing it to the TV show “Whale Wars.” The joke was obviously lost in your need to correct me. If you would like to continue this discussion civilly, you may message me in private.
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Posted 8 years ago
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How long do killer whales live? Watch this video to see how independent research proves killer whales at SeaWorld live as long as wild killer whales.
Have a question?Visit www.AskSeaWorld.com to see how you can have it answered.
Which captive born Orcas (there are only a couple wild caught left who do meet this average) have met even the minimum of that average, 30 years? I can’t think of any. Show us some numbers please Sea World.
Of course you can’t think of any, the first successful captive birth was in 1985. Because that skews things, I’m assuming they’re going by annual mortality rate, not mean age of death.Maybe it’s also because no captive born has lived that long.
Yeah, that was actually my whole point… That they can’t have lived their average lifespan of 30-35/50-55 years because the first captive birth was less than 30 years ago.Hmm. 1985 to 2015.. 30 YEARS. The math seems clear enough to me. That’s my point. So then name one (or even more) who’s close.
Who is 29? 28? 27? 26? 25? 24? 23? 22? How far down do we need to go to get an answer from you? Twelve? Nine?
Do you wish to continue to try and spin this or can you actually answer the question? :)
They aren’t doing well in captivity despite how shiny sea world’s (paper thin) lies are.
Kalina was born in September of 1985, and it’s March of 2015… The math seems clear enough to me.
Kayla and Orkid are both close, though. Rest assured I am not trying to ~spin this, I just meant it’s not fair to say captive whales aren’t living as long because they haven’t physically been able to yet.Fair enough as I am not up on the ages of all the Orcas, however, there is one point to clarify.
The first LIVE captive birth was in 1977, not 1985 and NOT at Sea World. Born to Corky (not Corky II either) at mainland of the Pacific. She also gave birth 6 more times while at MLOTP.
She was moved to SeaWorld while pregnant for her SEVENTH time and suffered a miscarriage at Sea World. All of this big news at the time. Especially the way in which Sea World acquired the Orcas from MLOTP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corky_(killer_whale)
So it actually has been over 30 years since the first captive birth of an Orca. 38 years actually.
That’s why I specified the first SUCCESSFUL captive birth, not the first one period! I think I read there were issues there with calves being unable to nurse properly or due to tank shape/size?
This is my kind of Whale Wars. You go, Kat.
Posted 8 years ago
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- japan ≠ korea ≠ china
- pakistan is not in the middle east
- most muslims aren’t arabs
- geishas are not prostitutes
- mexico is a very small part of latin america
- there are 54 countries in africa
- china has 56 different ethnic groups and none of them eat chop suey
Okay but as a serious question, what area is Pakistan considered to be in? I thought it was next to Afghanistan, which we do consider the middle east?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East
Pakistan is part of Asia. Same with Afghanistan. We just ignorantly refer to all of those countries as the Middle East because it is easy to do so.
Posted 8 years ago
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Posted 8 years ago
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Aubrey Plaza’s Eye Makeup > *
Posted 8 years ago
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Step one in making proper biker meth is being able to ride legally.
Posted 8 years ago
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My activity is a cat.
i was actually expecting a gif from her sex tape
THEY HAD IT IN THE PALM OF THEIR HAND AND JUST LET IT GO
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Posted 8 years ago
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