As a crowd-pleasing family film, Dolphin Tale takes few risks but will still most likely be enjoyed by its target audience. It tells the “based on true events” story of Winter, a dolphin that lost its tail after getting caught in a crab trap off of the Florida Gulf Coast. After rescue and recovery, Winter learns to swim anew, in part thanks to a first-of-its-kind prosthetic dolphin tail.
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Movie Review: Dolphin Tale
Posted in Animals, Environment, Movies, tagged aquariums, Ashley Judd, bottlenose dolphins, conservation, dolphin, dolphin movie, Dolphin Tale, dolphins, Florida, Harry Connick Jr., Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman, mountain top removal, oceans on August 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Not Another Shark Movie
Posted in Animals, Environment, Movies, Science, tagged Animals, conservation, documentaries, documentary, education, endangered species, Facebook shark, fear, great white sharks, knowledge, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Movies, oceans, Our Oceans, Pacific Ocean, Science, Sean Aronson, shark attacks, shark research, sharks, surfers, surfing, tigers, White Shark Cafe on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Now that his film has been released, Aronson thinks he has added something valuable and new to “what has been said” about great whites.
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 »
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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