Today a killer whale killed a trainer during a live show at the famous U.S. Aquarium known as SeaWorld. It is not clear what will happen as a result of this incident, but at minimum we should reconsider whether or not the educational value of aquariums and zoos outweighs their costs to animals.
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Killer Whale Kills Trainer During Live Show at Sea World– What Happens Next?
Posted in Animals, Environment, tagged animal rights, Animals, aquariums, conservation, education, endangered species, ethics, great white sharks, killer whale, killer whales, NBC News, Sea World, Seaworld, sharks, whales, zoos on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kids in Peru Delighted by Opening of Kilimanjaro Restaurant Café
Posted in Animals, Food, tagged Animals, animatronic animals, Food, kids, Kilimanjaro Restaurant Café, Lima, Peru, rainforest, restaurants on December 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
About three weeks ago Kilimanjaro Restaurant Café opened in the Lima district of Surco. Decorated like a rainforest, Kilimanjaro Restaurant Café is a thrill for kids. Its large interior features numerous life-size animatronic animals that periodically come to life and put on a show.
My wife and I decided to take our 2 year old daughter [...]
Do Ants Count Their Steps? Watch this Great 4 Minute Video to Find Out
Posted in Animals, Science, tagged ants, desert, National Public Radio, NPR, research, Science, video on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the day after Thanksgiving, NPR decided to strangely dump a fantastic piece of evergreen content on the internet. Why they would choose to do this on a day when more people weren’t paying attention I don’t know. It’s an animated video that humorously illustrates an experiment that was designed to find out if ants have internal pedometers– basically, if when they go back and forth to the nest they are counting their steps.
