Blackfish

Sunday morning, I decided before I started my day maybe I should watch a documentary, like why not? I decided to watch Blackfish, a documentary about orca whales and the trainers in SeaWorld. I remember when I was six-years old, I went to San Antonio with my family and went to see this theme park filled with majestic, wild sea creatures that I have never seen before. I was blown by the sea lions and their amazing skills at balancing a ball on their nose, the way the dolphins felt and the largeness of the orca whales. We went on a tour and I remembered getting told that they lived to about 35 years in captivity, supposedly longer than in the wild and their flopped over fins was how it was supposed to be. Which is absolute bull shit. According to the documentary and research, orcas can live up to one-hundred years old in the wild with their back fin straight up and pointy. How could a company treat these animals like that? Then hide it from the trainers and the public. With over seventy injuries to the trainers and about well over ten deaths... It's so unbelievable. How would we like it if we were in a bathtub for twenty years? Forced to entertain and be away from our families...