Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Sea Worlds Tilikum
It's hard to believe that a killer whale would actually kill a human being? or is it? Natural instincts come easily to wild animals and yes killer whales are wild. At my first read of this tragic event, I felt that Tilikum was agitated. He felt annoyed and ignored. I have always had a special communication with sea mammals and I love talking with those at Sea World. They are no different than most creatures, they love attention and they especially love "those sweet fish". That is usually what I would hear from each of them. They would tell me which trainers gave them the "sweet fish" they liked and also who they liked the best. Tilikum was trying to get attention. He was trying to tell them that he is tired of being treating like "just another one of them". He was showing that he was the one to be put on the pedestal. He was the one that should get all the attention. He is the dominate one. I believe its wonderful to try and teach others about the wild animals in in our world, it's another thing to assume that we humans can "control" a wild animal. Animals get annoyed, scared and jealous just like us humans. I feel that at this time it is important for all trainers that have killer whales to take a step back and be gentle and understanding at this time. Animals have the ability to connect with their own across that globe at any given time. He has set off a tremor through his species and us humans need to be understanding on his behalf.
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