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(page 127 of 1007)
"So far I've found the prelude, prologue, and first chapter to be overdone in fighting/action with very little discernible narrative. From there I'm feeling as though I've been thrust into a setting that so far makes little sense to me. The impression with these early chapters can be summed up as "this could have been an email."" — Oct 05, 2024 01:21PM
"So far I've found the prelude, prologue, and first chapter to be overdone in fighting/action with very little discernible narrative. From there I'm feeling as though I've been thrust into a setting that so far makes little sense to me. The impression with these early chapters can be summed up as "this could have been an email."" — Oct 05, 2024 01:21PM
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(page 87 of 384)
"I paused reading in March 2023 due to the book being misplaced whilst cleaning. Found recently so the reading will continue soon." — Oct 05, 2024 01:09PM
"I paused reading in March 2023 due to the book being misplaced whilst cleaning. Found recently so the reading will continue soon." — Oct 05, 2024 01:09PM
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(page 101 of 256)
"I actually stopped reading this in June 2024. I'm having a hard time taking the contents of this book seriously." — Oct 05, 2024 01:02PM
"I actually stopped reading this in June 2024. I'm having a hard time taking the contents of this book seriously." — Oct 05, 2024 01:02PM
“Naomi noted in closing that Britain had one of the "most staunchly conservation-oriented publics ... they are strongly antiwhaling ... they are an island nation who feel they must protect the marine environment." Yet there were zero cetacean displays left in the UK. "Clearly they are getting their marine education, their marine ethic, from some other source.”
― Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity
― Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity
“Gudrun had a rough time when she got to Florida. Not only did Katina assert her dominance by raking and shoving the newcomer, but SeaWorld began breeding her almost immediately. She was locked in a back pool with Kanduke, who chased her around the tank, trying to penetrate her over and over, and often succeeding. What seemed like serial rape to Jeff produced the birth of Taima, the unpredictable Transient-Icelandic hybrid, in July 1989. Born during a summer storm, her name was a Native American word for 'crash of thunder.' It would prove to be an appropriate moniker.”
― Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity
― Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity
“Nearly one-quarter of all orcas captured for display during the late sixties and early seventies showed signs of bullet wounds. Royal Canadian fighter pilots used to bomb orcas during practice runs, and in 1960, private fishing lodges on Vancouver Island persuaded the Canadian government to install a machine gun at Campbell River to cull the orca population.”
― Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity
― Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity
“The whales always fell silent when the throbbing hum of humanity grew overwhelming. Whenever a ship of any size came near, I had to take off the headset to protect my ears. I wondered if a species that had taken millennia to evolve such a delicate and sophisticated sense of hearing could adapt to humanity’s sonic onslaught. My notes from the time bear witness to the effect on my own primitive ears: “I have been listening to boats all day; my head is throbbing; the silence of my canvas tent feels good tonight—poor whales.” That”
― Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us
― Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us
“But what if the capture of the young calf had never occurred? Tilikum might still be swimming free in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic, chasing his cherished herring, perhaps alongside his mother. He might be surrounded by siblings, nieces, and nephews, and his grandmother might still be leading the pod.
An oceanic Tilikum would be gliding through his boundless home with fearless power and majestic grace, his fin erect, his teeth intact, his interactions with humans minimal and nonlethal. There would be no need for gelatin or Tagamet, antibiotics or isolation.
And of course, if Tilikum had never been wrenched away from his family and friends, entirely for the amusement of humans, the family and friends of Keltie Byrne, Daniel Dukes, and Dawn Brancheau might not be grieving to this day.
Tilikum was trying to tell us something. It was time to listen.”
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An oceanic Tilikum would be gliding through his boundless home with fearless power and majestic grace, his fin erect, his teeth intact, his interactions with humans minimal and nonlethal. There would be no need for gelatin or Tagamet, antibiotics or isolation.
And of course, if Tilikum had never been wrenched away from his family and friends, entirely for the amusement of humans, the family and friends of Keltie Byrne, Daniel Dukes, and Dawn Brancheau might not be grieving to this day.
Tilikum was trying to tell us something. It was time to listen.”
―
Sparkle? Oh, hell no.
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for people who agree DOWN WITH SPARKLING VAMPIRES!!!
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