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Girl, 8, bitten by dolphin at SeaWorld

as she tries to feed it fish

 Started by Still Waters , Dec 02 2012 09:11 PM
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Posted 03 December 2012 - 03:15 PM

View PostZeta Reticulum, on 03 December 2012 - 12:25 AM, said:

Dolphins are agressive towards each other in the wild. Many have bite marks and scratches on their bodies and fins. Naturally sooner or later one will take a nip at a human if they are in close contact.

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 03:42 PM

The animal's mouth shut around the girl's hand, pulling her toward the water and then, it let go.

Good thing she wasn't feeding the Killer Whales!
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Posted 03 December 2012 - 03:42 PM

I see your point of forcing her to show her injuries now.

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Posted 05 December 2012 - 07:20 PM

Ouch.

She reminds me a little of myself, in a way!

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Posted 05 December 2012 - 11:45 PM

Kid, welcome to the real world.

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Posted 06 December 2012 - 09:29 AM

It seems it was simply going for what it thought was a fish. They are very intelligent, and when confined and seeing this everyday, they would associate the tray for holding fish, it just got a bit carried away. There was no aggression.
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Posted 08 December 2012 - 05:17 AM

View PostOdds, on 06 December 2012 - 09:29 AM, said:

It seems it was simply going for what it thought was a fish. They are very intelligent, and when confined and seeing this everyday, they would associate the tray for holding fish, it just got a bit carried away. There was no aggression.

Still, the dolphin attacked an innocent child...it MUST pay the ultimate penalty!

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Posted 11 December 2012 - 12:31 PM

View Postjoc, on 08 December 2012 - 05:17 AM, said:

Still, the dolphin attacked an innocent child...it MUST pay the ultimate penalty!

Make it watch the movie Flipper 19 times in a row!

You're right, it must be done. And as much as i hate to say it, i agree the ultimate punishment should be applied... Someone find my VHS...
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Posted 12 December 2012 - 06:28 PM

Parents seem like morons.

It's people like them that cause "do not eat" or "do not drink" on obvious things like bleach.

The sign is sufficient enough, it obviously states that for a reason. Why would it need to be explained, I thought it would be obvious.

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 06:24 PM

View Postsarah_444, on 03 December 2012 - 01:09 AM, said:

I watched the video, it looks just like it was going after more fish because she lifted the plate up. (which apparantly she was told not to do) But that's exactly why kids probably shouldn't be doing this. Kids get excited, kids get distracted, kids make mistakes. Hand feeding any kind of animal you are taking a risk.
She seems like a smart kid though. Too bad her parents decided to post the video to the media/public after promising her they wouldn't show it to anyone.
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