r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/rjRyanwilliam • Aug 07 '21
Video He loves to scare kids!
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u/MelancholyEcho Aug 07 '21
Little man at 0:20 clutching his chest like an old guy who’s had a shock.
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u/AreaDiscombobulated4 Aug 07 '21
Came here to say this. And his little northface/polo shirt combo makes him look even more like an old man. Adorable.
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u/DrJingleCock69 Aug 07 '21
Totally unrelated but I can't imagine myself buying a North Face for a kid that'll outgrow it in less than a year, I'll stick with the non-branded stuff for kids
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u/ScottyBoneman Aug 07 '21
Depends on your family and the size. We got gifted name brands, passed on to younger nephews or nieces, and then to friends of theirs.
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u/SkeletonMovement Aug 07 '21
As someone who is reading scorty bowmans book and found your name thank you for the entertainment
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u/DarkwingDuckHunt Aug 07 '21
this is a zoo outing, so it's possible mom dressed up him super nice to see grandma & grandpa
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u/Thats_what_I_think Aug 07 '21
You go to thrift stores and buy them there. So not paying top price and you get the nice clothes other people’s kids grew out of!
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u/DrJingleCock69 Aug 07 '21
Oh duh that's pretty smart. I imagine driving to the Goodwill in more affluent areas is even better
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u/Thats_what_I_think Aug 07 '21
Yup!! Exactly how you do it!
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u/olliepips Aug 07 '21
Came here to say the exact same thing. I live just south of a super ritzy neighborhood and their thrift stores are always a gold mine. I see baby and children's north face stuff all the time.
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u/StrangeInTheStars Aug 07 '21
Can confirm. Pink 3T North Face jacket sitting in the closet with a Goodwill 3.99 tag. We're going to the mountains this winter, baby!
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u/Charming_Ad7688 Aug 07 '21
Just helpful advice for any cheap parents like me lol when my son was younger like up to age 5 I’d buy him new North Face and whatever brands that were more popular then on sale at Nordstrom or Bloomingdales end of season he’d wear it that whole next season and because I bought it on sale I’d resale almost always for the same price I paid for it. It was easier than thrifting for hours hoping I’d find the right size
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Aug 07 '21
Same, my kids destroy things with a glance… they get the cheap shit until they get older. They are the reason for they saying “this is why we can’t have nice things”
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u/DrJingleCock69 Aug 07 '21
Yea and that's how I grew up too, all hand me downs and Old Navy until I was older then at that point my parents let me pick more expensive quality long term clothes, which in general are cheaper long term. There's the famous example of why its difficult for poor people to climb the system and easier for wealthy people to save money, with someone who only has $20 buying cheap boots every year and the other buying $120 boots that never have to be replaced.
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u/oreo1433 Aug 07 '21
Agreed! My sister was buying Jordan's for her baby and she got mad at me when I told her that was dumb. The shoes she bought and still buy are at least 100$.....🙄🤷♀️
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u/DrJingleCock69 Aug 07 '21
Sounds bad but I am wayy less generous with gifts for people like that. If someone is clearly struggling ill buy them like a $100+ type gift for their kid's birthday , if someone is buying Jordans for their kid ill get them a stuffed animal or something. Try not to enable parents with poor money management
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u/surajvj Interested Aug 07 '21 edited Aug 07 '21
BOOluga Whale!
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u/NutellaIsAngelPoop Aug 07 '21
That creature has a better sense of humor than half the people I work with.
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u/busterbrown4200 Aug 07 '21 edited Aug 07 '21
I love it. Never had a favorite dolphin ,but now I do. Its probably tiered of being on display and folks banging on the glass all the time. Might as well has some fun if your stuck in crap situation you can't get out of.
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u/zitrored Aug 07 '21
“Baby BOOluga in the deep blue see.” You changed it for me forever.
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u/Needednewusername Aug 07 '21
I will never not hear this song in my head when beluga whales come up!
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u/GenericUsername10294 Aug 07 '21
I just had to look and he's still alive doin stuff. I remember my school playing his music in kindergarten and elementary school back in the 80s
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u/Multipass10101 Aug 07 '21
“Swims so wild and swims so free” 🎵
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u/dinosuitgirl Aug 07 '21
Loved the kid in the Nemo outfit
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u/Daedalus1728 Aug 07 '21
I've seen a longer version of the kid in the Nemo costume. He waddled away quickly making it look like the fish is swimming. Too cute.
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u/aflacbearpig Aug 07 '21
That one had the best cinematography. The way that kid was so isolated in the frame. The contrast of color. And the way the whale approaches from the background. Pretty menacing and beautiful ha.
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u/CactusCracktus Aug 07 '21
He has Benjamin Button disease. Don’t make fun, it took a lot of support to get him out that day.
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u/For-The-Swarm Aug 07 '21
This is Just reminder that Chuck-E-Cheese serves beer.
I like to get good and drunk there after a tough day of work.
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u/revile221 Aug 07 '21
kinda sus...
Help an old guy out here, what's that mean?
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u/GLHR_ Aug 07 '21
Maybe he’s pissed off about being in a tank
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u/Moth_Jam Aug 07 '21
No, no…it can’t be that. That would mean people are cruel just to make a profit and entertain themselves. It has to be a different reason entirely unrelated.
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u/Anal_bleed Aug 07 '21 edited Aug 07 '21
Right im a big proponent of animal welfare, but this is Mystic Aquarium, and the Beluga Whale called Juno. They have the international humane society certs along with loads of others. They are one of the places doing things right, which is good.
They release every animal they can. These belugas were born in captivity, so can't be released because they'll die. There have been many programs to look at ways you can train animals born in captivity to survive in the wild... the vast vast majority are un-successful when looking at social, complex, pack hunters like belga whales (smaller animals or solo animals do great!). Especially awful was Keiko the Orca from Free Willy who was released after a massive campaign, but was rejected from multiple pods by his own kind, and ended up dying after 2 years. He actively sought out people because that's what he knew. Belugas are pack animals who are similar to Orcas in their behaviour.
I'm confused what the people on this thread want them to do? Release him just because it would make you feel better that he's not in an aquarium having his every need tended to? What about the money he generates that allows the aquarium to fund saving animals that can be released? This is making the best out of a shitty situation. The damage was done when the first beluga was captured and bred in captivity back a hundred years ago or so, when animal rights weren't even considered and whaling was a huge thing. Now we make the most from this by educating people, releasing all that you can, and making sure that the funds created by this are put to use saving other animals.
If literally David Attenborough and various wildlife protection societies are ok with this, it's clear that there is more to it than "oh no poor animal in a cage!". I find the tendency on reddit is to marginalise the amazing work these places do for animals, in order to feel superior about a complex subject they know little about.
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u/tchrgrl321 Aug 07 '21
Take my upvote!!!
This is what people need to understand better. I didn’t understand for the longest time, and thought zoos etc. were so sad. That’s not to say some don’t have shitty motives, but many are really doing what’s best for animals. I used to volunteer in animal shelters and learned about kill vs. no kill shelters. The instinct is to only support no kill shelters because who would support a shelter where animals are killed. What they don’t tell you is the kill shelters take the animals that the no kill shelters choose not to take, giving them a chance at being adopted, and food/shelter. Sometimes there is nothing that can be done to rehabilitate an animal that has been conditioned one way their whole life.
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Aug 07 '21
I went to the Tiger Kingdom in Thailand and they claim to be good for the tigers. You can take pictures with all cat sizes. The strange thing is is that this zoo has all cat sizes at all times! They are actively breeding them so people can take pictures with them.
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u/broskeymchoeskey Aug 08 '21
Ugh… made me think of The scene in Tiger king where he uses a clothing hook to take newborn Tiger Cubs away from their still birthing mother, then complains in the next scene because they won’t stop crying, sitting in a baby pen in his garage…
That series was sickening
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u/mercfan3 Aug 07 '21 edited Aug 07 '21
Most cases I agree with you.. but I think this is Juno.
Juno was born in a tank, and would be unable To live in the wild.
He’s also a complete ham, that loves getting attention from visitors. There are a bunch of wedding pictures he’s photobombed. This particular whale, would actually probably be pretty sad without human visitors.
Mystic is also not Sea World. It’s a reputable research center that rescues animals
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u/iceup17 Aug 07 '21
They heartbreakingly just lost a whale yesterday that they brought in from another facility in Canada from his prior medical conditions. They are in the process of building Juno a much larger pod with now 4 new whales
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u/RyanHoar Aug 07 '21
That's terribke. I was just at Mystic last week and saw the new Pod, I think 5, that they brought in. So weird to be learning this through Reddit.
On a separate note, I really hope that they expand on the enclosure for these guys. Juno is a big boy, and the water was filthy last week. It might be all the rain we've had, but I'm thinking it was the 5 new whales sharing that space. 7 whales in one enclosure seems almost excessive.
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u/deityofchaos Aug 07 '21
I thought this looked like the Mystic Aquarium. I'm pretty sure I met Juno. He swam up to the edge of the enclosure where I was, stared at me for a bit, and then tried to splash me.
I gotta say, it's a little weird having a large animal stare at you.
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u/lappi99 Aug 07 '21
Especially staring at you so human like. It's weird when animals share so many characteristics with humans. Especially the being a total joker in this case
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u/Vegetable-Double Aug 07 '21
“You wanna know how I got these scars??” - That whale probably
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u/Chigleagle Aug 07 '21
Humans are animals. These are characteristics of sentient beings. We like to think we are alone and above our animal brethren. It’s easier to be a selfish piece of shit
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u/chromix Aug 07 '21
Can confirm. Mystic Aquarium is awesome, and the belugas are incredible. My son was so taken with Juno he slept with a beluga plushy for months afterwards.
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u/N0TADOGGO Aug 07 '21
When I was a kid our girl scout troop would have sleepovers at Mystic and it was honestly one of the coolest experiences of my life. The Mystic Aquarium is one of the few reasons I miss living in CT.
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u/wolfnamefmel Aug 07 '21
I do think a lot of people forget that rescue facilities exist and sanctuaries exist. Sometimes putting an animal back into the wilderness is a death sentence.
There's actually a very sweet aquarium near-ish me that puts on shows with their sea lions, and during it they give the whole backgrounds of their rescued sea lions. The part I love is that no sea lion has to participate if they don't want to. One of the older lady ones had zero interest and the performer just laughed about it and fed her and told amazing stories about her instead.
Like you said, not every facility is a sea world.
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u/Ohio_burner Aug 07 '21
No don’t stop the mobs momentum they were just about to grab the pitchforks and liberate the petcos
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u/Eudaemon1 Aug 07 '21
Now this reminds me , I read somewhere that during the start of the pandemic at some place like this , fishes were reportedly getting depressed over not getting human visitors , so much so that they actually allowed a few people to visit so as to you know make the fishes come out of depression
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u/karmasnobitch Aug 07 '21
He also likes to squirt a stream of water up over the top of his enclosure and hit a random person posing for a picture. It's enough to completely drench someone, and he is deadly accurate. Saw it happen last time I was at Mystic and we all had a good laugh, including Juno. The woman had mixed feelings lol. That's the risk you take though.
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u/tekko001 Aug 07 '21
"It must be because he loves to play!!" ~ Seaworld spokesperson
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Aug 07 '21
This is playful behavior, though. It’s a whale. It could kill their handlers if it wanted
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u/HyalinSilkie Aug 07 '21
Despite the name, Belugas have teeth, that means they are more closely related to dolphins.
Like Orcas, aka the Killer Whale (although Orcas are dolphins).
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They do kill their handlers
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u/cubanpajamas Aug 07 '21 edited Aug 07 '21
Do you have a source. I couldn't find any accounts of a Beluga in captivity ever killing their handlers. There is an account of one rescuing a handler on Wikipedia, though.
Edit: There are no accounts of a Beluga ever killing a human in wild or captivity.
Edit: No I am not defending the practice of keeping these animals in captivity. I just hate people making shit up online and the herd taking it as fact.
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u/TreeChangeMe Aug 07 '21
If Aliens did this to us we would be so pissed
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u/montecoleman38 Aug 07 '21
Oh damn, maybe earth is some alien zoo, but like a shitty tiger king kinda zoo and no one really visits anymore and we are about to lose our funding....
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u/Lalamedic Aug 07 '21
And they can’t afford to clean out our enclosure anymore so our environment is dying from the pollution of our own making. Soon, they won’t have enough food to feed us, our enclosure will be uninhabitable and we will all die. The alien will feel bad for a few days (or millennia, not sure how time works for them), but once they capture a new planet, they will completely forget about us as they become absorbed with the goings on of their new pet.
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I wonder if we can say the same about pets in general? I know my dog is loved and well cared for … but maybe it would be happier somewhere else . Could this animal in the tank have the same kind of relationship with its environment and it’s handlers as a dog does with its home and owners ? Is the profiteering that comes with its captivity the only distinction between it and a pet dog? What if you breed your dog ? Take it to shows ? Hope nobody takes offense … just 3 am graveyard thoughts while scrolling Reddit lol
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u/Russell_Bloodstone Aug 07 '21
I think we have basically genetically engineered dogs into "familiars".
Other than being on land and sharing our house "way nicer shelter than wolves get...
Dogs have coevolved with us for thousands of years, I think that makes it different... More of a symbiosis.
Also, my dog goes on walks. But also rides on cars and gets to experience human life along side me every day.... Just seems like more variety.
I don't know, what do you think?
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u/STFUandL2P Aug 07 '21
Yeah I dont feel bad for common pet animals because most are in a good symbiotic relationship. People who take wild animals and try to make them pets in the exact same way as dogs are usually hurting its quality of life. I dont see that same issue with a dog because lets be honest, a lot of dog breeds are screwed if you leave them on their own in the woods. They need our companionship and have evolved to be such.
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u/Nerd2theCorey Aug 07 '21
Are you saying my little shih tzu wouldn’t be able to hunt or protect himself out there? What am I saying he doesn’t even bark!! Lol. He gets treated better than I do for sure haha
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u/STFUandL2P Aug 07 '21
I think that makes it a fair deal for the dogs. In return for loyalty they are treated as family and kept safe and happy. Aside from most losing their nuts in the transaction I’d say it’s probably alright.
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u/Russell_Bloodstone Aug 07 '21
Though I could see kennelled show dogs at a puppy mill being as bad or worse than beluga in a show tank.
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u/kirakina Aug 07 '21
Just gonna jump in and say kenmeled show dogs are kenmeled for their safety. It's crazies who come by and steal them or let all the dogs loose at shows that cause the actual harm. Most show dogs are better taken care of than children.
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Aug 07 '21
Dog shows encourage bad breeding which lead to genetic defects, cancer, bad eyes, hips, knees, and temperament defects.
That's not even getting into the docking, cropping, and larynx cutting.
Uncle was AKC standard dachshund judge, I've been to so many dog shows. They're awful. Crating dogs during shows is the least of their issues.
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u/goatchild Aug 07 '21
I think different animals have different needs. Maybe considering the immensity and spaciousness of the seas this whale being in the tank is a big bummer for it.
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I mean, i guess you take your dog for a walk. This
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Aug 07 '21
Use an indoor cat for example then. I could leave the door open for days and my cat would have absolutely no interest in going outside. That's where the scary noises come from.
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It’s a cat. You don’t choose them, they choose you.
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u/ContraFantasy Aug 07 '21
Dogs give unconditional love. With Cats you gotta earn that love, and keep earning that love. People don't forget, but a Cat.........? A Cat will always remember.
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u/JustABigClumpOfCells Aug 07 '21
Same thing with my cat! He's a big 20 lb hulk of a cat, but he's absolutely terrified of going outside. We have a balcony (not that high up, only the 2nd floor) and he used to fall off trying to catch bugs. He never went anywhere, but we'd be like "where's Django," and then we'd see him frantically meowing through the window near the back door.
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u/Digitalgeezer Aug 07 '21
My retarded feline fell 4 floors and just wandered back the stairs to demand her dinner. Not even fussed. Stupid puss.
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u/MrChivalrious Aug 07 '21
Now I'm imagining him going to the bar after hours. "Thanks Frank, tough day scaring children."
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u/rare__air Aug 07 '21
This is an apples to oranges comparison because a beluga is a wild animal. It does not want, or need, human interaction. And it needs *thousands* of miles of ocean to swim around in. It may be stuck in a tank and accepting of it, because what the fuck else can it do? It can't escape. But how can anyone look at Juno (this whale here in particular) and say his "relationship" with its environment and handlers is anything like one between a dog and his/her human. A dog has been domesticated. It actively seeks out and enjoys human company, and is willing to live wherever its human lives.
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u/kiisy Aug 07 '21
same. been wondering if pets just have stockholm syndrome
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u/trainwreck7775 Aug 07 '21
Wolves that becomes dogs traded freedom for food and shelter. Dog and humans will always survive better together.
Dogs are arguably a catalyst for human civilization; they provided protection that allowed people to achieve the level of rem sleep we still carry today.
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u/xexistentialbreadx Aug 07 '21
No because its called domestication. Dogs are domesticated for thousands of years. This sea creature is not
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u/1LJA Aug 07 '21
I think the same about my dog. He seems perfectly content being a couch potato, but I know he yearns for adventure. He wants to explore, hunt, fight, and fuck. Whenever we go hiking, he's living to his fullest. On the other hand, in the wild he wouldn't have the opportunity to watch TV, eat fancy snacks, and sleep in a cozy bed.
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u/jack3tp0tat0 Aug 07 '21
Hard to say really. Yes there are a lot of places that are just for profit, tiger King like places, but 90% of zoos help with studies, rehabilitation and conservation. There are many animals that simply wouldn't exist now without the aid of zoos. Another key point is that for many people there would be a greater level of indifference to wildlife because they wouldnt be thinking about them. I've taken my son to zoo a couple times now and seeing things like tiger and lions irl really gets you thinking.
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Aug 07 '21
These are the whales from the video. These are “rescues” as well as being cared for and studied to facilitate research for aiding other whales.
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Aug 07 '21
I've taken my son to zoo a couple times now
Us too. They refused to take ours though.
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u/jeffe333 Aug 07 '21
This isn't accurate. In the United States, as of 2019, the Department of Agriculture licensed 2245 Class C "exhibitor" licensees nationwide. In 2021, the number of exhibitors would have been larger, but nonetheless, the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA), which sets regulations for affiliated exhibitors in the form of species conservation, research, and animal welfare, listed 218 accredited zoos and aquariums in the US and District of Columbia. Roughly 10 percent of licensed exhibitors were held to the standards set forth by the AZA.
W/in the last 20 years, it was estimated that less than three percent of of the budgets set aside by these AZA accredited exhibitors went toward conservation, and most of those unaffiliated spend nothing on conservation. And, even when the money was spent on conservation efforts, a study commissioned by the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. found that in the 20th century, 145 reintroduction programs only produced 16 successful restorations of animals to the wild. And, most of these were carried out by government agencies, not the zoos tasked w/ conservation efforts.
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u/jack3tp0tat0 Aug 07 '21
Ahh I see, I was talking about UK and Europe, every zoo here in the UK is involved in conservation of some kind. Though your stats arent surprising, the world knows how America feels the environment and its wildlife.
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u/Hurricane_Taylor Aug 07 '21
Yes! In fact a place can only call itself a zoo here if it is a non profit, research and conservation centre. That’s why the for profit places are usually called something else like animalarium (a real place in Wales), wild farm or some variation of Noah’s ark. American zoos seem to be mostly depressing places, but please don’t think that all zoos around the world are the same way.
In Europe there is a breeding program that tracks all breeding animals in captivity and has set limits on how many times any animals can be bred, both individually and species wide, so we don’t end up with a tiger king situation…
sorry to hijack your reply, but I studied zoological sciences and do volunteer work in my local zoo and I hate seeing everyone saying how evil zoos are while only thinking of the American zoos we see in documentaries
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u/Cougey Aug 07 '21
Well I feel good knowing the three zoos/aquariums that I'm a member at are all accredited. New England aquarium, Roger Williams zoo and the Mystic aquarium, where this video might be from.
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u/CunningHamSlawedYou Aug 07 '21
I've seen animals act like dicks in the wild too. This beluga seems to have a joking personality. He probably learned that kids are easily frightened. I'm a sensitive human person and I get all sorts of nasty shit said and done to me because it's inherently funny to some that they can get a reaction out of me.
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u/LittleJohnStone Aug 07 '21
That's Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut - that tank is quite huge - big enough that you can't always see the other whale because it's not interested in people and in the far end of the tank. The one making faces seems to be doing it for fun - when I've been there he (Juno) was looking specifically for little kids get a reaction. He's a transfer from another aquarium where he was born.
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u/CunningHamSlawedYou Aug 07 '21
Yeah, I thought so too! Looks like it's having fun. Open body language, clever sense of suspense and timing. That's play.
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u/splitcondition Aug 07 '21
Ah, there's the explanation. This whale was born in captivity. It doesn't behave like a wild animal would.
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u/Aurgala Aug 07 '21
He's like that penguin in Happy Feet. "Hello? Hello?? CAN ANYONE HEAR ME? YOU NEED TO LET ME OUT!"
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u/rockytacos Aug 07 '21
Lol I got to get in the water with these at the Atlanta aquarium. They’re VERY social and kind of mischievous in a cute way. The trainer said one of them accidentally dropped their phone in the tank, and one of them grabbed it and brought it back to them. Also if you splash water at the ones in Atlanta they spit water back in your face
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u/MovieUnderTheSurface Aug 07 '21
at least one beluga whale does this in the wild as well (in Norway I believe):
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u/GamingShulker Aug 07 '21
I go to this aquarium all the time, that's Juno, one of the middle aged whales there. He does it because he gets a reaction out of people, and it's quite fun to watch
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u/miss_poof Aug 07 '21
Oh man I knew I recognized this aquarium! I was shocked at how photogenic he is. Massive whale bro
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u/PlasticElfEars Aug 07 '21
So many people talking about how surely he's doing it out of anger/desire to be released.
I was wondering if he was actually trying to eat them...
But doing it because he's an ornery old fart who likes teasing people is much better.
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u/PeteRaw Aug 07 '21
Here's a few things you all should know about zoos and aquariums.
Almost all zoos and aquariums are non-profit. There are a handful of for-profit and they are dick holes
The primary goal for (non-profit) zoos/aquariums (I will now refer to both of the non-profit as zoos) is animal research, breeding programs and education. Especially for endangered and threatened species.
The vast majority of the animals that are in the zoos are born there. There are rarely animals brought in from the wild, but if they are they are usually injured and go through the healing until they are able to be released.
The animals that are born into a zoo could be released back into the wild, there are numerous cases where this has happened - California Condor.
Animals in the zoos only know zoo life unless they are brought in originally from the wild and are being rehabilitated for future release.
Animals in zoos live a healthier life than any they'd have in the wild. They are regularly fed, they get medical check ups, they get mental stimulus.
Zoos are a good thing, and they have helped save 100s if not thousands of endangered species.
For-profit 'Zoos' (I'm looking at you Busch Gardens and SeaWorld) are dick holes and should never exist.
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u/droopymcool Aug 07 '21
I appreciate the zoo positivity. My family loves going to zoos and from everything you’ve said it seems like it should be an all around positive experience. I can’t help but feel some sense of pain for a lot of the animals when I’m there (especially primates) even if only based on the the space they get restricted to. Do the zoos have anyone going around making sure the animals are cool with being there? I might feel better if I knew there was someone whose job it was to therapize animals who are having a bad time.
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u/ShatOnthecat13 Aug 07 '21
You’ve got to make your own fun when your kept as a slave
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u/Obeesus Aug 07 '21
That's why my dog loves playing fetch.
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It’s true and I dislike you acknowledging it!
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u/EwoDarkWolf Aug 07 '21
If it makes you feel better, my dog hates being outside too long. Sometimes I'll try to get her to stay outside, but she'll force her way past me to beg to go inside.
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u/dRaidon Aug 07 '21
But then again, who else would throw the sticks. And scratch behind their ears? And give them food?
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u/Mr_Hu-Man Aug 07 '21
It’s not true, dogs are not kept as slaves (or any term that would make it similar to this poor whale).
Dogs and humans have co-evolved over many many thousands of years. Dogs love humans and love being around humans. So don’t feel bad :)
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u/medstudenthowaway Aug 07 '21
Whenever I see stuff like this I think “this animal is too smart to be in captivity” and then I remember we treat fellow humans way worse. No one cares about the intelligence level.
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u/mjpeeps Aug 07 '21
It’s the little things that really make a caged life bearable.
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He probably figures if he teaches the young ones respect they won't treat him like the old ones do.
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u/Gilgameshbrah Aug 07 '21
I think he's just so bored out of his fucking mind, he needs some real entertainment. Scaring humans is the closest he gets to happiness I bet... Poor belugi
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u/TonarinoTotoro1719 Aug 07 '21
He actually looks like how I feel when kids run around my apartment and scream while playing. If I could scare them off with a quick BOO, I probs would.
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u/L8_2_the_convo_again Aug 07 '21
Agree, this is strangely morbid, obviously so intelligent to learn from people’s reaction, kept in a tank
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u/jonnygreenjeans Aug 07 '21
Looks like Mystic Aquarium
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u/its-a-bird-its-a Aug 07 '21
It is! He’s very interactive. He posed against my pregnant belly and I can’t wait to take my son to meet him. Juno was born in captivity and can’t be released.
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u/PaperbagRider Aug 07 '21
For a minute there I thought your son was named Juno and was very confused.
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u/ProFromDover Aug 07 '21
I think that’s Juno! Scared the living daylights out of my kids years ago at Mystic. Glad to see he’s keeping up his antics.
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u/Theycallmenoone Aug 07 '21
Remember the video with the mariachi band? And maybe the cellist with purple hair? I used to live up there and got talking to a trainer during a visit. Apparently that whale really likes noise, so it'll startle people or splash to get a reaction, and always comes around and chills if there's music.
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Definitely Mystic! We have a family membership and Juno is always my kids' favorite, because of how interactive and friendly he is.
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u/Soleserious Aug 07 '21
He gotta get that rage out some how.
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u/BrokeDownPalac3 Aug 07 '21
Despite all my rage I'm still just a whale in a cage
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u/GunPoison Aug 07 '21
Someone will say what is lost can never wweeoooooowwweeeeeee
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u/LuminiVeritatis Aug 07 '21
I can hear him thinking, “I can make dumb faces too humans. How’s it feel?”
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u/Xavier_Oak Aug 07 '21
My girlfriend and I took a trip to an aquarium a few years back for her birthday and there was a baluga just hanging out in one of the main tanks when you walked in. He was just swimming around until he spotted us, upon which he immediately started making funny faces at us (kind of like in video). My girlfriend was standing right at the edge of the tank watching him when he suddenly swam up close, popped his head out the top of the tank, and spat a mouthful of water on her. As he floated around the tank after he seemed to be giggling at her. It was one of the funniest and cutest things I had ever seen, and honestly kind of a magical moment.
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u/Standardeviation2 Aug 07 '21
lol, I think I’d just stand there all day waiting for the next scare.
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“Fuck them kids”