Dolphin slaughter... "The Cove"

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Originally Posted by NikeTalker23

Originally Posted by TeamJordan79

Originally Posted by NikeTalker23

Originally Posted by TeamJordan79


What's the diff with Americans the rest of the world and the beef/poultry industry?

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I don't see much of a difference to be honest, but there are some differences. One being the level of intelligence between the two species. 

I think its more in the "cultivation" of cows/chickens for the purpose of being slaughtered and eaten whereas the dolphins are in their natural habitat. Either way, killing is killing. 

Yeah but intelligence has a lot to do with it. How can we slaughter an animal that is this smart?

So what have researchers learned about dolphin intelligence?

Dolphin researcher Pieter Arend Folkens tells this story: "Since trash can be dangerous to dolphins if ingested, some of the animals at Marine World Africa USA were trained to retrieve the trash and return it to the trainer for a reinforcement reward.

"A trainer would come out onto the floating stage and a dolphin would perform a tail stand with a piece of trash in its mouth. The trainer would then reward the dolphin with a bit of fish.

"One day the lead trainer went through the routine only to notice that the dolphin kept coming back with a piece of trash even though the tank appeared clean. The trainer asked a colleague to go below to the engineer's port to observe what the dolphin was doing when a trainer came out on the float. The trainer came out on the float and sure enough, the dolphin quickly showed up with a piece of trash and got his reward.

"The scam was revealed! This dolphin had established a savings account of sorts. He collected all the trash and stuffed it in a bag wedged in a corner of the tank near the intake of the filtering system. In there was paper, rope, and all sorts of trash. The amazing thing is that when he went to the bank he did not simply take a piece, rather he would tear a bit off to maximize the return.

"This behavior is particularly interesting because it shows that the dolphin had a sense of the future and delayed gratification. He had enough presence to realize that a big piece of trash got the same reward as a small piece, so why not deliver only small pieces to keep the extra food coming? He in effect had trained the humans."

pigs are pretty smart too... I dont here anyone tryin to save the pigs either. People just have a basic lack of understanding someone else's culture.

Whale meat taste pretty good too..

 

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Originally Posted by NikeTalker23

Originally Posted by TeamJordan79

Originally Posted by NikeTalker23

Originally Posted by TeamJordan79


What's the diff with Americans the rest of the world and the beef/poultry industry?

word to southpark

I don't see much of a difference to be honest, but there are some differences. One being the level of intelligence between the two species. 

I think its more in the "cultivation" of cows/chickens for the purpose of being slaughtered and eaten whereas the dolphins are in their natural habitat. Either way, killing is killing. 

Yeah but intelligence has a lot to do with it. How can we slaughter an animal that is this smart?

So what have researchers learned about dolphin intelligence?

Dolphin researcher Pieter Arend Folkens tells this story: "Since trash can be dangerous to dolphins if ingested, some of the animals at Marine World Africa USA were trained to retrieve the trash and return it to the trainer for a reinforcement reward.

"A trainer would come out onto the floating stage and a dolphin would perform a tail stand with a piece of trash in its mouth. The trainer would then reward the dolphin with a bit of fish.

"One day the lead trainer went through the routine only to notice that the dolphin kept coming back with a piece of trash even though the tank appeared clean. The trainer asked a colleague to go below to the engineer's port to observe what the dolphin was doing when a trainer came out on the float. The trainer came out on the float and sure enough, the dolphin quickly showed up with a piece of trash and got his reward.

"The scam was revealed! This dolphin had established a savings account of sorts. He collected all the trash and stuffed it in a bag wedged in a corner of the tank near the intake of the filtering system. In there was paper, rope, and all sorts of trash. The amazing thing is that when he went to the bank he did not simply take a piece, rather he would tear a bit off to maximize the return.

"This behavior is particularly interesting because it shows that the dolphin had a sense of the future and delayed gratification. He had enough presence to realize that a big piece of trash got the same reward as a small piece, so why not deliver only small pieces to keep the extra food coming? He in effect had trained the humans."

pigs are pretty smart too... I dont here anyone tryin to save the pigs either. People just have a basic lack of understanding someone else's culture.

Whale meat taste pretty good too..

 

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You think that's horrible? Imagine the same @#$% happening to humans.

 

[gucci mane]

You think that's horrible? Imagine the same @#$% happening to humans.

 

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