jakeman
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I'll have to use that next time I'm waiting in the hospitals and bored.
"Don't worry guys! I've STUDIED!"
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Depressed Dolphins at The Living Seas
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"Don't worry guys! I've STUDIED!"
Animaniac93-98
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I look forward to the next installment of The Dolphin Whisperer.
MaryJaneP
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CM told the dolphin no more Jonas Brothers. They really enjoyed fish sticks. Enough to depress any mammal.
BaconPancakes
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Someone get it a Zoloft STAT!
Clever Name
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Ric O'Barry needs to look into this situation.
I felt depressed at The Living Seas, so I can only imagine how the poor sea animals feel. I know they are well taken care of but I think they deserve a little more pampering & space!
Disney should just tear this place down and build a brand new state of the art aquarium for them and us (especially them)!
Disney should just tear this place down and build a brand new state of the art aquarium for them and us (especially them)!
BiffyClyro
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You're acting ridiculous and immature. Didn't say i was the one who saw it anyway. Actually read the post before you attempt whitty come backs.
Another obnoxious user on wdwmagic.
jakeman
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You are, of course, entitled to your opinion, but I would like you to ponder for a moment that you are calling me "ridiculous and immature" in a thread about sad dolphins and your justification of that evaluation amounting to "I read this in a book once."
I did. So let me refer you to your previous post. For your convenience I've bold the 1st person plural pronouns for you that indicated you did in fact witness Emo the Dolphin.
What I see in this thread is anthropomorphizing of an animal from a group of people who have not expressed to have the require expertise to come to such conclusions. If bringing levity to such a situation is obnoxious then it is a badge I will wear proudly.
FettFan
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"I'm not a marine biologist... But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night."
FettFan
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Likewise. But mostly because they took the sciencey stuff out and replaced it with Nemo.
erstwo
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The Living Seas is the SECOND LARGEST salt water aquarium tank in the ENTIRE United States! The ONLY way they could move to 'more space' is if they moved up 75 to Atlanta and the Georgia Aquarium! (And until 2005, when the Georgia Aquarium overtook the lead, it was THE largest aquarium tank in the US!)
We were lucky enough to see the dolphins in action a few weeks ago. They looked anything but depressed and the trainer at the audience windows was incredibly protective of the dolphins, encouraging us not to tap on the glass, etc. Marine biologists have a passion for sea creatures and those that work at Disney are no exception. There is no 'depressed' dolphin at Disney unless it's a 'depressed' dolphin who is being well cared for - in which case, it's a moot point.
Bairstow
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The Georgia Aquarium is extremely impressive, btw.
Anyone with an interest in marine life can spend the better part of a day there.
It really gives you a perspective on how far aquarium design has advanced since The Living Seas was built.
Compared to a lot of more modern aquarium exhibits, the Living Seas, even with the Nemo overlay is painfully, and possibly irreparably dated.
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Bairstow
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Those fish look depressed....
Well if they'd stop playing Sarah McLachlan it would probably help.
Uncle Remus
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I'm a Miami Dolphin and I've been depressed for the most part since 1998
awoogala
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Oh, please. obnoxious comments aside, it is well known that pacing, self-harm, butting , etc. are signs that an animal in captivity is not well, depressed, etc. It is not difficult to see an animal and see desperation. I have been to several zoos that I would never return to, due to a carnivore pacing a tank in obvious desperation, a leopard stalking every toddler that walks through, keening, etc. It's not rocket science.
Yes, a dolphin (uninjured), not swimming, is a red flag, and would worry me.
Again, I have no issue with herbivores (manatees) floating, eating lettuce, happily floating, but a hunting carnivore in captivity needs a LOT of stimulation to be appeased. A dolphin needs massive interaction and stimulation to achieve what happens in the wild.
Yes, a dolphin (uninjured), not swimming, is a red flag, and would worry me.
Again, I have no issue with herbivores (manatees) floating, eating lettuce, happily floating, but a hunting carnivore in captivity needs a LOT of stimulation to be appeased. A dolphin needs massive interaction and stimulation to achieve what happens in the wild.
Clever Name
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You'd be depressed too if you had to share a tank with Nemo. He has this bad habit of jamming pebbles into the water filter and the rest of the fish have to swim around in filth for days on end.