Yes the documentary Blackfish sheds light on the psychopathic corporate mentality of the seaworld industry. They don't care about the animals or the people they hire to care for them. They lie to both the trainers and the public about the animals behavior and needs. In fact the trainers are the only ones who really care about the animals.
Nature is amazing :)
by LoveUniHateExams 33 Replies latest jw friends
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LoveUniHateExams
^^^ Take a look at this fossil ^^^
It's evidence that ichthyosaur babies were born tail-first, like most baby dolphins apparently are.
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Vidiot
LoveUni - "Then there's the man who swims with a crocodile he rescued and nursed back to health. It seems the crocodile never forgot that and formed a bond with the guy."
Kinda reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-zGIS-WWZQ
Not typically the kind of behavior you expect from reptiles, but cool nontheless.
Regarding your "croc whisperer" story...
...I suspect that instinctively, carnivores in general don't seem particularly inclined to prey on (what they regard as) their own "family".
I could be wrong.
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LoveUniHateExams
I suspect that instinctively, carnivores in general don't seem particularly inclined to prey on (what they regard as) their own "family" - interesting thought but I'm not sure about this.
For instance, saltwater crocs are highly territorial. If one is hungry, it'll attack you for food. If it's not hungry, it'll attack you because you are in its territory. Or a female with young could be aggressive for obvious reasons.
Carnivorous species often kill other carnivores when the chance arises. Lions will kill leopard and cheetah young, and even adults, if they can. Not for for food but to eliminate local competition.
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_Morpheus
Uni, i dont think thats what vidiot meant by family. I took the statment to mean most species dont engage in cannibalism with the word “family” meaning “their own kind”, not “other carnivores”.
The reality, however, is that the animal world has examples of cannibalism but i do tend to agree that generally species dont engage in eating their own kind. If a predator like a crocodile imprints on a human then it could be a factor in the phenomenon seen in your video.
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Scully
LOL @ typical dog behaviour of poo sniffing, up close and personal.
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LoveUniHateExams
i dont think thats what vidiot meant by family - yeah you're right.
The only thing I can say in my defence is that I typed out that answer at 5.30 this morning!
I took the statment to mean most species dont engage in cannibalism with the word “family” meaning “their own kind”, not “other carnivores” - yeah that's a much better understanding.
And I agree with what vidiot meant and with what you said.
As you were, Morph and vidiot. XD
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Vidiot
Thanks guys, 'preciate it.
By "family" I meant actual familial connections (not just same species)...
...same lion pride or wolf pack members, for example (not necessarily biologically related, but still an instinctive sense of kinship that precludes harm or predation, regardless of territoriality or hunger), that seems even to extend to "adopted" "families".
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That being said, I've actually seen documentary footage of female crocodiles carrying other crocs' hatchlings (and even other species' hatchlings) safely down to the water.
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scary21
Uni, I think you would find interesting on you tube lots of videos on( the wolves of yellow stone park).
They were released in the park in 1995 and changed the whole eco system .
Wish I could post a few. maybe someone can,or I'm sure you can find them on you tube
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_Morpheus
They were released in the park in 1995 and
changedrestored the whole eco systemfixed it for ya
