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In reply to the discussion: Family Mad After Dolphin Bites Girl at SeaWorld, But 8-year-old broke the rules (video) [View all]yardwork
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Family Mad After Dolphin Bites Girl at SeaWorld, But 8-year-old broke the rules (video) [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2012
OP
everyone knows - don't mess with an animal's food. Anyone ever try to remove food from a kitten?
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2012
#7
I have lost a lot more blood to kittens angry about me touching their food than that kid lost. nt
Quixote1818
Dec 2012
#11
Yep, same with many animals. Don't F with animals when eating, the kid's own fault IMO. n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#104
An adult should not have to resort to physical violence to control a child.
Michigan Alum
Dec 2012
#183
Do we know exactly what they were told? Here is another video at the same Sea World
Quixote1818
Dec 2012
#20
The kid's action was instinctive. She was having fun feeding the fish and ran out of food
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#69
When ships leave port they love to see dolphins swimming and diving around their bow
dballance
Dec 2012
#234
A jury will never see this. It will settle before that and the family will get money.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#133
I love the mother's tone of voice when she says "we're not going to show it to anybody"
KurtNYC
Dec 2012
#48
Maybe not brat. But my Mom would've said, "See? What did I tell you?" Kid should've been supervised
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#72
she didn't 'whine' at all, she cried after being bitten, which 99% of kids would. And she
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#161
Exactamundo! If I were SeaWorld, I'd sue them in perpetuity for traumatizing my sea mammals. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#75
I think I like it, despite the fact that our legal system is far too skewed in
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#92
Well. That Indian motorcycle with an original sidecar IS an attractive nuisance. nt
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#84
Many parents IMO have no F'ing idea how to raise kids. I see them all the time in grocery stores,
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#111
Kids get bitten all the time at petting zoos with a single, tiny drop of blood emerging like here
Quixote1818
Dec 2012
#10
My local Aquarium has a tide pool petting area - 4 kids to reach in and touch star fish, urchin,
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2012
#37
No, common sense should depend on parents not being too stupid to live.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#79
I don't think the kid was being a brat, she just forgot the rule when she ran out of fish.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#18
agreed. sea world would be well advised to reexamine this arrangement though, because
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#157
Yeah. If they know it's a problem when they raise the plates, maybe the sea world people could
Squinch
Dec 2012
#83
I can't imagine anyone thinking children hand feeding doplhins to be a good idea!
hedgehog
Dec 2012
#22
What rule did she break? It looks like she was holding something up AWAY from the water while
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#67
"How many 8 year old kids follow instructions. " and we lower the bar another notch. n/t
IDoMath
Dec 2012
#91
Not lowering the notch. An normal 8 year old does not rationalize as well as a normal 9 or 10
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#97
Gee, I walked in front of a car and it hit me, who wouldah thought ... no sympathy
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#101
That dolphin belongs in the ocean, and these dolphin encounter things are fucking stupid.
LeftyMom
Dec 2012
#102
I think the father planned to have this happen. He wanted to video tape the hand
Dems50State
Dec 2012
#125
Heres an idea don't keep animals in captivity that were never meant to be kept in captivity
Arcanetrance
Dec 2012
#148
Although I am sympathetic, this is kind of an assumed risk when feeding wild animals, and she did
cecilfirefox
Dec 2012
#162
Theyshouldn't have kids under 16 in those situations. I don't know if the girl was scared or teasing
Michigan Alum
Dec 2012
#181
Nothing more reliable on DU than a little child hate. Glad to see we have not lost our way.
CBGLuthier
Dec 2012
#189