Ever go to SeaWorld? Did you see the orcas perform? Though not as big as baleen whales, those toothy monsters are big. Their dorsal fins stand to the height of six feet above a body that outweighs my Ram 1500 by three tons.
They seem playful and quite intelligent, but we know from videos that they kill large white sharks and even sink boats. So, there’s really no sense in putting complete trust in their big brains, that is, the kind of trust that Dawn Brancheau placed in the orca Tilikum till it killed her.* Some have suggested that Tilikum was merely playing with his trainer and didn’t realize that she couldn’t stay underwater or take the toss-about that broke her back and other bones, leading to her drowning.
Brancheau was an enthusiastic orca trainer who performed with the beasts before her death in 2010. She wasn’t the first human killed by a seemingly “friendly orca.” And some people suggest that in at least one other death, one at SeaLand, Tilikum played a role, making the orca a serial killer.
In comparison with an orca, humans are feeble critters. That means any human who ventures to swim with them risks limb and life. Orcas might seem playful, but they can turn on their human playmates.
In comparison with one another, some humans are orcas, whereas others are still feeble humans. Swimming with such beasts can be hazardous.
Biden Swims with a Human Tilikum at San Francisco Bay
So, who thought it was a good idea for a visibly feeble old man to jump into the waters of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)? Swimming in those vast waters will be Xi, the leader of a nation that sent a spy balloon larger than a blue whale across the ocean of American airspace without a response from the President. Will the President believe, like Brancheau and others, that there will be no dangers? That this orca is friendly and harmless and that playful overtures indicate a beast no longer intent on doing harm?
Will Xi and others merely play with POTUS and inadvertently cause an injury to onlooking Americans’ economic fortunes? Will Xi and others purposefully take advantage of a noticeably feeble human whose mental capacities seem woefully diminished since he took office (not that he was the paragon of wisdom before the election)?
*https://nypost.com/2010/02/25/seaworld-whale-mauls-and-kills-trainer-in-front-of-audience/ See this plus numerous related stories.
They seem playful and quite intelligent, but we know from videos that they kill large white sharks and even sink boats. So, there’s really no sense in putting complete trust in their big brains, that is, the kind of trust that Dawn Brancheau placed in the orca Tilikum till it killed her.* Some have suggested that Tilikum was merely playing with his trainer and didn’t realize that she couldn’t stay underwater or take the toss-about that broke her back and other bones, leading to her drowning.
Brancheau was an enthusiastic orca trainer who performed with the beasts before her death in 2010. She wasn’t the first human killed by a seemingly “friendly orca.” And some people suggest that in at least one other death, one at SeaLand, Tilikum played a role, making the orca a serial killer.
In comparison with an orca, humans are feeble critters. That means any human who ventures to swim with them risks limb and life. Orcas might seem playful, but they can turn on their human playmates.
In comparison with one another, some humans are orcas, whereas others are still feeble humans. Swimming with such beasts can be hazardous.
Biden Swims with a Human Tilikum at San Francisco Bay
So, who thought it was a good idea for a visibly feeble old man to jump into the waters of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)? Swimming in those vast waters will be Xi, the leader of a nation that sent a spy balloon larger than a blue whale across the ocean of American airspace without a response from the President. Will the President believe, like Brancheau and others, that there will be no dangers? That this orca is friendly and harmless and that playful overtures indicate a beast no longer intent on doing harm?
Will Xi and others merely play with POTUS and inadvertently cause an injury to onlooking Americans’ economic fortunes? Will Xi and others purposefully take advantage of a noticeably feeble human whose mental capacities seem woefully diminished since he took office (not that he was the paragon of wisdom before the election)?
*https://nypost.com/2010/02/25/seaworld-whale-mauls-and-kills-trainer-in-front-of-audience/ See this plus numerous related stories.
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