part 347 dimensions of sight and sound

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and of mind. Do do do do do do do do do do do.

How was your end-of-December-into-January time, meme? Did you make any New Year's resolutions? Or light a candle in your window in the hopes that Himaruya would update again instead of leaving us behind like an 19th century light house keeper's wife whose husband has gone off to sea? ... Did you?

Enjoy part 347!

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[(Anonymous)]

think of the cute goldfish! but no, they're fine to own as pets! whales are more important. who cares about goldfish?

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[(Anonymous)]

Presumably whales are smarter, enough that they show extreme unhappiness in captivity. Goldfish don't know up from down.

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[(Anonymous)]

And yet, apparently people only really care about whales, and maybe dolphins, when it comes to "marine captivity".

Most aquariums, for example, contain many different species, some smarter than others, other than just whales.

Basically, "marine captivity" =/= only "smart" marine animals or just whales and dolphins.

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[(Anonymous)]

People are currently talking mostly about orca captivity because of Blackfish, because that was what the film was specifically about. On top of this, part of the reason that captivity is so detrimental to whales and dolphins is their intelligence.

I'm sure some people don't think about other marine life in captivity, but that doesn't mean they wouldn't care if someone were to show them the detrimental effects captivity has on certain animals. Just like I know people who didn't give Sea World another thought until they saw the documentary and decided to do more research and realized that something they were brought up to think was normal/fun was pretty disturbing.

On the blogs I follow re: animal welfare and marine life, people talk about (including but not limited to): sharks, seals, penguins, dolphins, whales, walruses, 'regular' fish, mantas, etc, including the downsides of captivity for many of these species.